DAVID BEN-GURION (1886-1973) ISRAELI POLITICIAN AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER

David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973 was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine) Autograph Letter Signed, “D.Ben-Gurion” 1pp., Haifa, January 27, 1966 to Mrs. Archibald Silverman, Providence RI. In part, I was glad to learn that you are writing your biography that you yourself are ably tellinmg your readers .. Polia was not quite well lately and she needs a rest. May I still hope to meet you in Israel ..” Ida Silverman was a Jewish philanthropist, who with her husband helped found approximately 100 synagogues, mostly in Israel. She is the only woman to have served as vice president of the Zionist Organization of America and the American Jewish Congress.