We agreed with Shaul Rahabi, grandson of Golda Meir, to organize the Ukrainian premiere of the film “Golda”
I had a meeting with Shaul Rahabi, grandson of Golda Meir, in Israel.
In August, Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s film “Golda” about Shaul’s grandmother will be released in Israeli cinemas. Shaul’s opinion mattered a great deal in choosing an actress for the lead female role. There was a heated debate in Israel and in the Jewish world before the start of shooting the film about whether the performer of the role of Golda Meir should be Jewish. Shaul was of the opinion that what was most important was the ability of the actress to convey his grandmother’s character. In his opinion, Oscar-winning non-Jewish Helen Mirren had a complete success in this.
The biopic about Israel’s first and so far only female prime minister, Golda Meir, debuted at the Berlinale in February and has already become a notable event at this year’s international film market.
The film, co-produced by the UK and the USA, depicts one of the most dramatic pages in the history of Israel and in the life of Golda Meir herself — the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when an attack by Egyptian and Syrian troops took Israelis by surprise as they were celebrating Yom Kippur.
We agreed with Shaul to organize the Ukrainian premiere of the film about the famous woman who was born in Kyiv.
I took the opportunity to present Golda Meir’s grandson with the autobiography of his grandmother, published in Ukrainian in the “Jewish Library” series. The Jewish Confederation of Ukraine founded this series specifically to publish Ukrainian translations of the world’s bestsellers about Jews and Israel.
In the picture I am with Shaul Rahabi and Gennady Gazin, chairman of the Genesis Philanthropy Group.
