Golda Meir

Showing some respect: Places around the world named after famous Israelis

At a time when the word "Israel" evokes controversy and extreme hostility in many places, it is moving to recall eras and locations where Israelis were actually a source of admiration.

In April 2004, about nine years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, an emotional official ceremony took place in the heart of Berlin to commemorate Israel’s fifth prime minister. Yitzhak-Rabin-Straße.
A rabbi blows a shoat ahead of Yom Kippur at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2026.

Inheriting moral instincts: How choices become a legacy – opinion

THIS TIME, Benjamin Netanyahu’s United Nations General Assembly address was meant to reflect an Israeli prime minister standing up to a hostile world. The question is whether this will reach the voters it was meant to impress, the writer wonders.

Netanyahu's UNGA speech pushed Israel's military prowess over its desire for peace - editorial

 GOLDA MEIR, 1964.

Golda read right to left. Some still don’t - opinion


Jerusalem Film Festival to open with Golda, starring Helen Mirren

Golda tells the story of former prime minister Golda Meir, focusing on how she handled the Yom Kippur War, a topic that was the source of great controversy and which led her to resign.

 HELEN MIRREN as Golda Meir.

In a man's world, a woman prevailed: Golda Meir, Israel's 'Iron Lady' - opinion

Despite socialist Zionism’s professed commitment to gender equality, she was nevertheless a woman in a male-dominated political world.

 THEN-US president Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon host then-prime minister Golda Meir at the White House in 1969

Israeli consul in St. Petersburg and local celebrity chef prepare ‘Golda Meir’ soup together


Grapevine May 14, 2023: A crisis of another kind

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ANGELA MERKEL, then German chancellor, arrives with her spokesman Steffen Seibert for a news conference after a meeting with governors of former East German states at the Chancellery in Berlin, in 2020.

Jewish women's org. celebrates eight women who changed Israeli history

The campaign will be integrated into existing Momentum programs like the Momentum Fellowship and the Momentum Yearlong Journey. 

A young girl raises an Israeli flag.

US could mint a Golda Meir coin in honor of Israel's 75th Independence Day

Lawmakers from both houses will converge on Capitol Hill next week to support and celebrate the initiative at a special Yom Ha’atzmaut event in the halls of power.

Prime Minister Golda Meir

Helen Mirren triumphs in Golda Meir biopic ‘Golda’

If Golda finds an audience, Helen Mirren’s work will surely snag her an Oscar nod, and very deservedly so.

 HELEN MIRREN as Gold Meir in ‘Golda.’

First clip of Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren released

The nearly two-minute footage shows Mirren playing the Israeli leader during the events of the Yom Kippur War in the early 1970s.

 HELEN MIRREN as Golda Meir.

Grapevine February 15, 2023: He'll be 64

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG places a wreath during the memorial ceremony for prime minister Ariel Sharon.

US Reps. cosponsor bill directing treasury to mint Golda Meir coins

'She modeled leadership for future generations and was fundamental in strengthening the United States-Israel partnership,' said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Prime Minister Golda Meir