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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... asked , " What is a pogrom ? " " Sometimes , " Papa said , " people get drunk and run through the streets shouting ... asking that question for two thousand years . They've never been given the answer . " All that night she had been ...
... asked , " What is a pogrom ? " " Sometimes , " Papa said , " people get drunk and run through the streets shouting ... asking that question for two thousand years . They've never been given the answer . " All that night she had been ...
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... asked this question too - until her mother told her not to mention it any more , for it only made Papa feel bad . Because he was a fine carpenter , Papa always had plenty of work in Kiev . Orders even came in from aristocrats and ...
... asked this question too - until her mother told her not to mention it any more , for it only made Papa feel bad . Because he was a fine carpenter , Papa always had plenty of work in Kiev . Orders even came in from aristocrats and ...
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... asked to go to Moscow as a code and radio expert . Golda , and her children , had always shied away from special privileges which her position might have brought . But this assignment somehow seemed too special to turn down . Mr. and ...
... asked to go to Moscow as a code and radio expert . Golda , and her children , had always shied away from special privileges which her position might have brought . But this assignment somehow seemed too special to turn down . Mr. and ...
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