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


Judicial reform, Tisha Be'av, Yom Kippur War: Time to haste or hesitate? - opinion

There are times when you must refuse to capitulate and times you must compromise. Times to haste and times to hesitate.

 GOLDA MEIR, 1964.

Helen Mirren: 'I want to play great women, and Golda Meir was one of the greatest'

The famed actress arrives for the Israeli premiere of the biopic.

 Dame Helen Mirren at a press conference in Jerusalem ahead of the premiere of the film "Golda."

Golda Meir can heal the divisions in Israeli society - opinion

Dubbed as both Israel’s Iron Lady and the nation’s grandmother, she embraced both titles – caring for the children and soldiers of Israel like they were her own.

Prime Minister Golda Meir

Israel's humanitarian aid, to Sudan and elsewhere, fulfills its Jewish, Zionist ideals - editorial

As Israel pledges to aid Sudan and countries beyond, it is both advancing its interests and fulfilling its Jewish and Zionist ideals to be a light unto the nations

 Workers handle packages of Israeli humanitarian aid destined for Ukraine, at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 1, 2022

Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren release date announced

In addition to Mirren and Schreiber, the film stars Israeli actors Lior Ashkenazi as IDF Chief of Staff David “Dado” Elazar and Rami Heuberger as Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.

 HELEN MIRREN as Gold Meir in ‘Golda.’

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.