It was a Jewish family and although Abraham Robinson senior was a Zionist he had never been to Palestine but he had accepted the position of head of the Hebrew National Library in Jerusalem just before he died. Hedwig Robinson was a teacher and she brought up her two sons in Germany until 1933 when Abraham was fourteen years old.
Ito ay isang Hudyo pamilya at kahit Abraham Robinson senior ay isang Zionist niya hindi pa sa Palestine ngunit niya tinanggap ang posisyon ng ulo ng mga Tagalog National Library sa Jerusalem lamang bago siya namatay. Hedwig Robinson ay isang guro at siya nagdala up ang kanyang dalawang anak sa Alemanya hanggang 1933 kapag Abraham ay fourteen years old.