Golda Meir
July 7, 2025, 1:06 pm
Remembering Golda Meir in an age of historical amnesia
The Golda Meir House Museum — a lovingly restored tribute to a woman who helped shape the modern world.
By MICHAEL SCOTT
Photo: Instagram
June 19, 2025, 11:08 am
Hope and fear in a time of resolve
'You cannot negotiate peace with someone who has come to kill you', Golda Meir once famously said.
By AJN STAFF
Dame Helen Mirren talks to the BBC. Photo: Screenshot
October 9, 2023, 7:06 am
Mirren defends prosthetic nose
"I think the whole question of assuming a certain physiognomy because you're playing a particular race. There is something offensive about that,"
IDF chief of staff David Elazar looks over the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War, October 1973. Photo: Israeli State Archives
September 21, 2023, 9:01 am
Almost all Yom Kippur War files declassified
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Israeli State Archives reveal thousands of documents and records of the intelligence failure that preceded the war, debates on a pre-emptive strike and more, writes Michael Bachner.
Golda Meir during a press conference at the Israeli embassy in Rome on January 15, 1973. Photo: AP Photo/ Giuseppe Anastasi
August 10, 2023, 11:48 am
Golda Meir considered Palestinian statehood
Declassified protocols indicate former PM mulled the idea.
Actress Helen Mirren and co-star Lior Ashkenazi attend a press conference for the upcoming film 'Golda,' about prime minister Golda Meir, in Jerusalem, July 13, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 14, 2023, 10:52 am
In Jerusalem, Helen Mirren says Golda Meir ‘one of the greatest’ roles she’s played
Ahead of Golda premiere at Jerusalem Film Festival, UK actress says she is ‘moved and excited’ to see mass pro-democracy rallies in Israel, recalls her time on a kibbutz in 1967.
By AMY SPIRO
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's film Golda. Photo: Jasper Wolf
March 7, 2023, 7:14 am
Golda Meir’s complex legacy on screen
A Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren avoids politics, but it couldn't avoid 'Jewface' questions writes Gabe Friedman.
By Gabe Friedman
A Ukrainian soldier named Alex keeps Golda Meir's biography in his backpack. Photo: Screenshot from Twitter
March 16, 2022, 10:22 am
Jewish leaders inspiring Ukrainians
Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir is a hero to Ukrainians in the fight against Russia
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Israeli actor Shira Haas accepting her Ophir Award in 2018 for Best Supporting Actress. Photo: Flash90
July 16, 2021, 7:00 am
Portraying the lioness
Hollywood and Jewish royalty Barbra Streisand is bringing Golda Meir's story to the screen, tapping the shoulder of a thrilled Israeli actor, Shira Haas, to take on the lead role.
By Jessica Abelsohn
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