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{i} male first name; family name (Hebrew); Golda Meir (1898-1978), 4th prime minister of Israel from 1969-1974, member of Israeli parliament
Meir Walach Meir of Rothenburg Meir ben Baruch Meir Golda
Israeli statesman (born in Russia) (1898-1978)
Meïr
flourished 2nd century AD Rabbi and scholar of Palestine. He fled Palestine during the persecutions that followed the Bar Kokhba revolt in AD 132-35 but later returned and helped reestablish the Sanhedrin. The patriarch of the Sanhedrin eventually threatened him with excommunication over a question of protocol, and he left for Asia Minor, where he had been born. Known for his great dialectical skill, he is cited repeatedly in the Talmud and is remembered as the greatest of the tannaim, a group of masters of the Jewish oral law. Legends of his miraculous powers sprang up during the Middle Ages
Meir Dizengoff
{i} (1861-1937) founder and first mayor of Tel Aviv (Israel)
Meir Kahane
(1932-1990) Rabbi and right-wing Jewish extremist, founder of the Kach political movement in Israel
Meir Shetrit
Israeli member of Knesset, former Minister of Justice and former mayor of Yavne (town in Israel)
Meir Vizeltir
{i} Meir Wieseltier (born 1941), Israeli poet and translator who was born in Moscow
Meir Wieseltier
{i} (born 1941) Israeli poet and translator who was born in Moscow
Meir of Rothenburg
orig. Meir ben Baruch born 1215, Worms, Franconia died May 2, 1293, Ensisheim Fortress, Alsace German Jewish scholar. After studying in France, he served as rabbi in several communities in Germany, notably Rothenburg, where he opened a Talmudic school. He became famous as an authority on rabbinic law, writing notes and commentary on the Talmud and acting for nearly half a century as the supreme court of appeals for Jews of Germany and surrounding countries. Persecution prompted him to flee Germany with a group of followers in 1286, but he was caught and imprisoned for the rest of his life in an Alsatian fortress
Golda Meir
(1898-1978) Israeli political leader, 4th prime minister of Israel (1969-1974)
Golda Meir
an Israeli politician who was Israel's first woman Prime Minister, from 1969 to 1974 (1898-1978). orig. Goldie Mabovitch later Goldie Myerson born May 3, 1898, Kiev, Russian Empire died Dec. 8, 1978, Jerusalem Ukrainian-born Israeli stateswoman, fourth prime minister of Israel (1969-74). Her family immigrated to Milwaukee, Wis., U.S., in 1906, where she became a leader of the Milwaukee Labor Zionist Party. In 1921 she and her husband immigrated to Palestine, where she emerged as a forceful negotiator with British authorities during World War II (1939-45). A signer of Israel's declaration of independence in 1948, she served in the Knesset (parliament; 1949-74) and held the posts of minister of labour (1949-56) and foreign minister (1956-66). As prime minister, she sought diplomatic solutions to ease the region's tensions. The failure of her government to anticipate an Arab attack during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 (see Arab-Israeli wars) led her to resign six months later
Simcha Meir Zeigerfeld
{i} (1849-1923, birth name of Max Nordau) author, doctor, Zionist leader, president of the (7th-10th) Zionist Congress