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She initially grew up in Pinsk. However, due to the anti-Jewish riots in Russia, the family emigrated to the USA in 1906, where they set up a small business in Milwaukee (Wisconsin). At the age of 14, Mabovitch ran away from home to live with her older sister in Denver. There in 1915 she came into contact with a socialist wing of the Zionist movement, which called the "Poale Zion" movement in the USA and advocated the establishment of an equal Jewish society in Palestine. In 1917 she married Morris Meyerson, whose name was Hebraized to "Meir" in 1956. In 1921 the couple emigrated to Palestine, where they joined Kibbutz Merhavia. In 1922 they moved to Jerusalem, where their first child, Menachem, was born a year later.
In 1928, Meir was appointed secretary of the Workers' Council of Histradut, the Jewish Workers' Union of Palestine. From 1932 to 1934 she worked as a representative of the women's organization in the USA. During this time she separated from her husband, who died in 1951. After her return, Meir was accepted into the Histadrut's executive committee in 1934 and made head of the political department. During the Second World War she was a member of the War Economic Advisory Board set up by the British Mandate Government for Palestine. In the last years of the British mandate after the war, Meir was the most important representative of the Jewish cause in Palestine. In 1947/48 she was actively involved in the preparations for the founding of the State of Israel. She was one of the 25 signatories of the Declaration of Independence of May 14, 1948, which is considered Israel's founding act.
As the first Israeli ambassador to the Soviet Union, Meir was sent to Moscow in 1948, where she soon began to initiate the emigration of numerous Jews to Israel and the West. In 1949, Meir returned to Israel, where she worked as a member of the Labor Party (Mapai) in the Knesset until 1974 and also in numerous government functions. As Minister of Labor from 1949 to 1955, she made outstanding progress in building a social system and creating jobs for the masses of immigrants. In the decade 1955 to 1965, Meir made a recognized name for herself at the international level as Israel's Foreign Minister. In this role, she primarily built a comprehensive development program for African states with which Israel had worked closely for a long time.
In 1965, Meir was promoted to general secretary of the Labor Party, as which she subsequently contributed to the unification of the three Labor parties to form the Israel Labor Party. On March 7, 1969, Meir was appointed Prime Minister of Israel, succeeding the late Eshkol. As head of government, the politician advocated negotiations and a peace solution with the Arab world. At the same time, however, it rejected talks with the PLO under Yasser Arafat because it viewed it as a terrorist organization. Meir was the first Jewish head of government to meet with Pope Paul VI at the beginning of 1973. together. In the fall it had to overcome a serious foreign policy crisis with the Yom Kippur War. In the general election of December 1973 the Labor Party was confirmed in government.
However, in 1974, Meir resigned from her position as head of government in connection with a parliamentary investigation into the military events during the Yom Kippur War. As a result, Meir continued to appear in public and in the press as an advocate for the Israeli cause.
Golda Meir died on December 8, 1978 in Jerusalem (Israel).- Actor
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Gary Bayer was born on 25 June 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Children of Artsakh (1999), All That Jazz (1979) and Psycho III (1986). He died on 6 January 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Actor
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Ya'ackov Banai was born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Palestine. He was an actor, known for The Omen (1976), Snooker (1975) and Not Without My Daughter (1991). He died on 28 December 1993 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Actor
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Uri Zohar was born on 4 November 1935 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was an actor and director, known for Metzitzim (1972), Three Days and a Child (1967) and Every Bastard a King (1968). He was married to Elia Zohar and Ilana Rovina. He died on 2 June 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Producer
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At the time of his death-- killed by gunfire while covering the Six Day War in the Middle East in 1967-- Ted Yates was among the most honored and respected of television's news documentary filmmakers. He was known as a tenacious reporter and producer who had produced seminal documentary films for NBC in the 1960s. He was a pioneer in television documentary, with an intimate understanding of the medium's visual power. During a tribute broadcast following his death, his colleagues described him as "not a daredevil but a dedicated professional."- David Levy was born on 21 December 1937 in Rabat, Morocco. He was married to Rachel Edri. He died on 2 June 2024 in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Saskia Cohen Tanugi was born in 1959 in Tunis, Tunisia. She was an actress and writer, known for Never Say Never Again (1983), Le faucon (1983) and Le maître des éléphants (1995). She died on 20 July 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Fran Lee was born on 28 September 1910 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Lux Video Theatre (1950), Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers (1951) and The Big Story (1949). She was married to Samuel Weiss. She died on 13 February 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Yehuda Barkan was born on 29 March 1945 in Netanya, Israel. He was an actor and producer, known for Abba Ganuv II (1989), Abba Ganuv (1987) and Charlie and a Half (1974). He died on 23 October 2020 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Additional Crew
Simha Rotem was born on 10 February 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is known for Uprising (2001), Les combattants de l'ombre - Des résistants européens contre le nazisme (2011) and Shoah (1985). He died on 22 December 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Writer
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Meyer Levin was born on 7 October 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Compulsion (1959), The Illegals (1947) and My Father's House (1947). He was married to Tereska Torres and Mabel Hall Schamp. He died on 9 July 1981 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Composer
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou was born on 12 December 1923 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam was a composer, known for C'mon C'mon (2021), Time (2020) and Passing (2021). Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam died on 27 March 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Actor
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Yossele Rosenblatt was born on 9 May 1882 in Bila Tserkva, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Jazz Singer (1927), The Voice of Israel (1934) and Halome Ami (1933). He was married to Taube Kaufman and Traube Kaufmann. He died on 19 June 1933 in Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel].- Else Lasker-Schüler was born on 11 February 1869 in Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany. She was a writer, known for Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me (2003), Summer (2007) and Haus Kummerveldt (2023). She was married to Georg Lewin and Berthold Lasker. She died on 22 January 1945 in Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel].
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Edgar Wenzel was born on 12 September 1919 in Kronstadt, Romania. He was an actor, known for The Lady Vanishes (1979), Die feuerrote Baronesse (1959) and Secret of the Red Orchid (1962). He died on 1 February 1980 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Avner Yehudai was born on 30 December 1928 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Avner was a writer, known for The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers (2013). Avner was married to Mimi Cailingold. Avner died on 24 March 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel.
- Gabriel Bach was born on 13 March 1927 in Halberstadt, Germany. He was married to Ruth Arazi. He died on 18 February 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Alona Einstein was born on 7 June 1936 in Kfar Giladi, Israel. She was an actress, known for Big Eyes (1974), Metzitzim (1972) and Shablul (1970). She was married to Arik Einstein. She died on 6 January 2006 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Director
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André Halimi was born on 28 April 1930 in Beja, Tunisia. He was a director and writer, known for Corps z'à corps (1988), Cinéma 16 (1975) and La délation sous l'occupation (2003). He died on 1 December 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Additional Crew
Hannah Pick-Goslar was born on 12 November 1928 in Berlin, Germany. She is known for Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), Classmates of Anne Frank (2008) and Anne Frank Remembered (1995). She was married to Walter Pinchas Pick and David Cohn. She died on 28 October 2022 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Director
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John Fernhout was born on 9 August 1913 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Sky Over Holland (1967), Fortress of Peace (1965) and And So They Live (1940). He died on 1 March 1987 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Director
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Herz Frank was born on 17 January 1926 in Ludza, Latvia. He was a director and writer, known for Flashback (2003), Reiz dzivoja septini Simeoni (1989) and Augstaka tiesa (1987). He died on 3 March 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Director
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Wim Van Leer was a Dutch engineer, pilot, playwright, film producer and the scion of a philanthropic family. Wim was a British Royal Air Force pilot in World War II, and later moved to Israel where he was a pilot in the Israeli Air Force. He became a leading industrialist, and in 1952 married Lia van Leer. Together they were the founders of the Haifa Cinematheque, the Israel Film Archive, the Jerusalem Film Festival, as well as Israel's first film archive; the Jerusalem Cinematheque. A Van Leer production was featured at the 1961 Berlin Film Festival, Chris Marker's "Description d'un combat" (1960). His family endowed the Van Leer Institute, a research center in Jerusalem that promotes Arab-Jewish dialogue.- Gad Granach was born on 29 March 1915 in Rheinsberg, Brandenburg, Germany. He died on 6 January 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel.
- Chaim Banai was born on 14 May 1937 in Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel]. He was an actor, known for Shabatot VeHagim (2000), Programmed to Kill (1987) and The Ambassador (1984). He died on 10 August 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel.