existence Hashomer had at most 100 members, 23 of them women. Most of them came from a small number of families who believed they were on the verge of becoming the leaders of Palestine's Jews. Professor , Dean of Humanities at the University of Haifa, described the Hashomer as "...illiterate people, chauvinist. They spoke Yiddish and not Hebrew. Even a poor Yiddish, they curse a lot. They were people I wouldn't like to meet in a boulevard at midnight." Gallery Notable members Israel Shochat Manya Shochat Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Alexander Zaïd Mendel Portugali Israel Giladi Eliyahu Golomb Yaacov Pat See also Jewish Supernumerary Police Jewish Settlement Police References External links Jewish Virtual Library: Hashomer Alexander and Zipporah Zaid Collection - Hashomer on the Digital collections of Younes and Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa Jews and Judaism in Ottoman Palestine Militant Zionist groups Military units and formations established in 1909 Military units and formations disestablished in 1920 Zionist organizations 1909 establishments in the Ottoman Empire