Golda Meir was the Middle East's first female head of state. She was one of the signers of Israel's Declaration of Independence. She was an important activist in labor and Zionist causes. Before all ...

"I do believe it is a discussion that has to be had," Dame Helen Mirren said in response to criticism over her casting as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in Golda Glenn Garner is a form ...

Helen Mirren is addressing the controversy surrounding her casting as real-life former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, despite not being Jewish like Meir. Speaking with Radio Times magazine, the 78 ...

It’s wonderful to see Helen Mirren taking on a meaty role into which she can sink her highly talented teeth. In recent years, the acclaimed English actor has been spending some of her on-screen time ...

A Denver duplex once home to Israel's first female Prime Minister Golda Meir has been rededicated as a museum and Jewish education center. Meir was born in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 3, 1898, and named ...

The pivotal event in Golda Meir’s decades of public service takes up fewer than 10 pages of Deborah E. Lipstadt’s new biography — but, for all the good it did Meir’s political capital, it’s fitting ...

Helen Mirren won an Oscar for playing the Queen of England. She is playing another historical figure in her new film "Golda," transforming herself into Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of Israel.

The actress previously addressed criticism of her casting as the historical figure Helen Mirren is unrecognizable in her latest role, which has sparked some casting controversy. On Tuesday, Bleecker ...

Mirren was in Jerusalem for the Israeli premiere of “Golda,” the dramatic film she’s headlining about Meir’s handling of the Yom Kippur War. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Helen Mirren will soon become linked with ...

Bleecker Street and ShivHans have U.S. rights to the film about the former Israeli prime minister, set during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent “Golda Meir was a formidable ...

“I think [Meir] would have been utterly horrified,” Mirren said of the current Israeli government at the Berlin Film Festival. (JTA) — When a film about a group of Israeli youths who visit former ...

When we see Dame Helen Mirren as Golda, no one should raise any doubts about what proves to be the most natural casting for Golda. I was fortunate and grateful to have helped the brilliant and ...