Golda: The Life of Israel's Prime MinisterGolda Meir was Israel's first Minister to Russia, first Minister of Labor, Foreign Minister, and Prime Minister. Born in Russia during the time of the Cossacks and Pogroms, she traveled at five to Milwaukee and left the United States at 23 to go to Palestine. Commited to the building of the homeland, she constantly worked toward that end. |
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... kibbutz Merhavia , a communal settlement in the malaria - ridden Valley of Jezreel . But to join a kibbutz one had to be voted upon and accepted by the entire com- munity . There were thirty - two men and eight women in Merhavia . Most ...
... kibbutz Merhavia , a communal settlement in the malaria - ridden Valley of Jezreel . But to join a kibbutz one had to be voted upon and accepted by the entire com- munity . There were thirty - two men and eight women in Merhavia . Most ...
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... kibbutz life , where everyone washed together in a communal washroom , ate together in a com- munal dining room , met every evening for a conversational cumsitz ( get together ) , a song fest , or a party , where they danced the horah ...
... kibbutz life , where everyone washed together in a communal washroom , ate together in a com- munal dining room , met every evening for a conversational cumsitz ( get together ) , a song fest , or a party , where they danced the horah ...
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... kibbutz so they could establish a normal family life and have children . Golda refused . She had married him on the condition that he come with her to Palestine . And he knew that to her- Palestine meant communal living on a kibbutz ...
... kibbutz so they could establish a normal family life and have children . Golda refused . She had married him on the condition that he come with her to Palestine . And he knew that to her- Palestine meant communal living on a kibbutz ...
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