Complex sentence: The son of Jewish immigrants his childhood was lived in relative poverty but was able to obtain a law degree and gain a position on the California markets board staff, where he became acquainted with the concepts of agricultural co-operation for the first time.
Split into simpler sentences: The son of Jewish immigrants his childhood was lived in relative poverty. Despite this, he was able to obtain a law degree and gain a position on the California markets board staff, where he became acquainted with the concepts of agricultural cooperation for the first time.