(JTA) — A mere 43 years after her death, Golda Meir is ready for her close-up. Just a month after it was announced that the Israeli star Shira Haas would portray Meir in a TV series, The Hollywood ...

We’ve seen our fair share of prime ministers, from the likes of Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher. But now get ready for the story of Golda Meir, Israel’s prime minister back in the ’70s. In the ...

“Golda,” now playing in theaters in the U.S., is part of the director’s hope to correct the narrative surrounding the misunderstood figure, while also acknowledging her faults. Starring Oscar winner ...

A bronze bust of Israel’s first and only female prime minister is located in a plaza in Manhattan’s Garment District. Since 1979, the stretch of Broadway has been known as Golda Meir Memorial Square. ...

Oscar winner Helen Mirren’s role as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the historical epic “Golda” garnered backlash for her portrayal of a Jewish woman. The British icon, 78, recently gave ...

Israeli director Guy Nattiv has defended his casting of non-Jewish actress Helen Mirren as iconic Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in his biopic Golda, which world premieres at the Berlin Film ...

The 1973 Yom Kippur War exists in memory as a relatively straightforward victory for Israel 19 days after a simultaneous attack by Syria and Egypt on either side of it. But the war’s conclusion was ...

Golda Meir is an extraordinary historical figure. Helen Mirren is an extraordinary actor. So it should come as no surprise that Mirren’s portrayal of Meir in director Guy Nattiv’s historical drama ...