Golda Meir

Grapevine: Knowing Golda

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Prime Minister Golda Meir
DAME HELEN Mirren attends a reception at St James's Palace to mark International Women's Day and the fifteenth year of WOW on March 10, 2026 in London, England.

'Evil Zionist b****': Helen Mirren harassed on London streets over Israel support

Werner Braun's 1964 picture of five nuns in the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem is a symphony in monochrome.

Capturing a nation: Werner Braun’s photographic journey

Modern day hero Theodor Herzl.

Who will save Israel? Lessons from its greatest leaders - opinion


Grapevine, April 10, 2021: Pure Gold(a)

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DOCTORS, NURSES and support staff at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York who participated in the six million steps campaign.

Before Helen Mirren, here are 7 actors who played Israeli prime ministers

It won’t be the first time that Meir has been portrayed in a big production. But Israeli prime ministers beyond Meir haven’t exactly hogged screen time in Hollywood productions over the years.

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren will portray Golda Meir in new Yom Kippur War film

The focus of the movie will be the drama of and high-stakes nature of Meir's decisions during the Yom Kippur war.

Helen Mirren

Golda Meir is gone: Israel has a long way to go on gender equality

Golda Meir, who served as prime minister from 1969-1974, was an anomaly. Not only has there not been a woman prime minister since then, but there has not been a women defense minister ever.

‘AS THE only democracy in the Middle East, Israel’s legal guarantee of rights has meant that women play crucial roles in all aspects of Israeli society.’ Gold Meir during the 1973 war.

'Our Natural Right': Descendants of Declaration of Independence signers

The film tells the historic story through the voices of 10 adult grandchildren, all descendants of original signers of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.

A SCENE FROM ‘Our Natural Right’ at Tel Aviv’s Independence Hall.

Shira Haas to star in new show about Golda Meir

Barbra Streisand will executive produce Lioness, a drama series about the life of Meir.

Shira Haas is seen in 'Shtisel.'

Grapevine February 7, 2021: Once there were Anglos in the Knesset

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MACCABI HNAMTE (72) and his wife, Sarah (70), were among the Bnei Menashe couples who remarried recently at Shavei Israel’s immigrant absorption center in Nordia.

New photos show Golda Meir in Yom Kippur War operational meetings

Pictures released show prime minister Golda Meir meeting with top generals and soldiers in briefings

Prime Minister Golda Meir during the Yom Kippur War.

When Biden met Meir: Joe Biden advised Jewish PM to trade land for peace

Following a return from Egypt where he discussed with Saadat regarding several things, roughly 40 days before the surprise attack that would turn into the Yom Kippur war.

GERMAN AMBASSADOR Rolf Pauls kisses the hand of foreign minister Golda Meir, after presenting his credentials at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem in 1965.

Remembering the Rogers Plan and Israel’s forgotten war

A little more than half a century ago, Israel became embroiled in a war that seemed to be without end.

A helicopter waits to fly troops and equipment back after the completion of military action on Egypt’s Shadwan Island in 1970 during the War of Attrition