Turok was born to poor working-class Jewish parents in Byelorussia in 1927,who were radicalized by the secular JewishsocialistBundist movement;[2] his parents migrated to Libau,Latvia when his father became involved in the Jewish labor movement. Later,seeking safety,Turok's father moved the family to the then Union of South Africa in 1934.[3] Jewish identification in his household was mostly cultural and his parents were involved in Yiddish theatre:"There were play readings,poetry evenings,political debates and a host of similar events all focusing on the Jewish way of life". His parents were not religious and he did not have a bar mitzvah,however he was obliged to attend Hebrew school.[4]
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