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Ben-Gurion Eulogizes Edmond de Rothschild as Yishuv Builder

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion eulogized Baron Edmond de Rothschild as the Yishuv’s unparalleled builder.
Rothschild financed over 30 villages, the first Jewish glass factory and a wine industry.
In 1924 he created the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, buying 125,000 acres.
French minister Adolphe Crémieux secured press freedom, ended debt imprisonment and abolished death penalties.
Crémieux and Sir Moses Montefiore secured an Ottoman edict protecting Jews after the 1840 Damascus blood-libel.

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Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion eulogized Baron Edmond de Rothschild as the Yishuv’s unparalleled builder.
Rothschild financed over 30 villages, the first Jewish glass factory and a wine industry.
In 1924 he created the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association, buying 125,000 acres.
French minister Adolphe Crémieux secured press freedom, ended debt imprisonment and abolished death penalties.
Crémieux and Sir Moses Montefiore secured an Ottoman edict protecting Jews after the 1840 Damascus blood-libel.