Word: mabovitches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hunched shoulders, Golda seemed to carry the entire history of the Jewish ordeal, seeing herself as a paradigm of the Jew from the Diaspora returned to the promised land. And if her audience did not immediately sense that, Golda made sure they soon did. "I, the daughter of Moshe Mabovitch, who was just an ordinary carpenter . . ." was one of her favorite ways of beginning a speech. What she had not experienced in person, she assumed by proxy. Diplomats emerged from interviews with a stunned look, complaining that all they had wanted to do was to discuss a minor customs regulation...
There are few odder couples than Pope Paul VI and Golda Meir. The disparity overwhelmed even Mrs. Meir two years ago as she prepared for the first official meeting between an Israeli Premier and a Roman Catholic Pontiff. "Imagine," she remarked to her aides. "I, the daughter of Moshe Mabovitch, who was just an ordinary carpenter, am actually on my way to the Holy See to meet the Pope." "Don't forget," retorted her assistant, "carpenters have a special standing there." Now that Mrs. Meir has written her memoirs, this image of the Yiddisher mama as world figure...
Although she has lived in Palestine and Israel for more than 53 years, Mrs. Meir still speaks Hebrew with a distinctive Middle American accent. She was born Goldie Mabovitch in Kiev-her earliest memories, she told Pope Paul at the Vatican, were of pogroms-and immigrated to the U.S. at eight with her family. In Milwaukee, her home for nearly 15 years, she became Goldie Myerson...
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