Ben-Gurion House in Tel Aviv
Monday, 8 August 2022 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante General , Museums, Exhibitions , Union for the Mediterranean
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The Ben-Gurion House is a
historic house museum in
Tel Aviv , which served as the family home of
pre-State Zionist leader and then first
Defense and
Prime Minister of
Israel ,
David Ben-Gurion , between 1931 and 1953. Until his death in 1973 it continued serving as an additional residence, along with two others, one private – “
Ben-Gurion’s hut ” at
Kibbutz Sde Boker in the
Negev (known as his desert home), and the official residence as
Prime Minister of Israel during his multiple terms as head of government. The latter, known as Julius Jacobs House, is located in
Rehavia ,
West Jerusalem . Ben-Gurion House is located at 17, Ben-Gurion Boulevard in northern
Tel Aviv .
The house was built in 1930–1931, and David Ben-Gurion and his family lived there from June 1931 until 1953, when they moved to a small wooden house in Kibbutz Sde-Boker in the Negev desert, after which they returned to the Tel Aviv house only part of each year. The house was built on Jewish National Fund (JNF) land, when the first shechunat ha-po’alim (lit. workers neighborhood , i.e. a workers housing project ) was established there in 1930–31, as Shechunat HaPo’alim Aleph , at the junction of Jewish National Fund Boulevard and Lassalle Street. The Jewish National Fund (Hebrew: Keren Kayemet Le’Israel) Boulevard was renamed to Ben-Gurion Boulevard after the politician’s death in 1973. The house was designed by engineer David Tuvia, and as customary in “workers neighborhoods” in Israel at the time, the house included only one room and was worth 350 British Mandate pounds . The Ben-Gurion family asked for permission to build a second floor, which was granted. The house was expanded in 1946, and renovated in 1960.
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In his will Ben-Gurion requested to bequest the house to the State of Israel, as is stated:
“I hereby bequeath to the State of Israel my house in Tel Aviv”
Three years after Ben-Gurion died, the Ben-Gurion law 1977 was enacted, which stipulates that the house will be open to the public, and will serve as a museum in memory of Ben-Gurion and as a commemoration of his legacy, as well “as a Reading, Reviewing and Research center “, as Ben-Gurion himself requested. The house was opened to the public on 29 November 1974, and as of today, guided tours and symposiums are conducted in the house, with the purpose of depicting Ben-Gurion’s character and life work as a leader. In addition, memorabilia, historical documents, and Ben-Gurion’s titles awarded to him when he was prime minister are exhibited in the house. The Boulevard in which the house is situated, was called at the time Ben-Gurion lived there, Keren Kayemet Boulevard (“Jewish National Fund Boulevard”), and was renamed Ben-Gurion Boulevard after Ben-Gurion died. The name Keren Kayemet Boulevard was then moved to a central street within a northern Tel Aviv neighborhood, Ever Ha-Yarkon suburb, and is still named after the JNF today.Ben-Gurion House , GemsInIsrael.com – Beit Ben-Gurion and Wikipedia Ben-Gurion House (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index ). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net . Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.VIDEO
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