Mazel Tov to Israel on its 50th Birthday Close Up ten today. Yet he was the first Israeli prime minister to visit the United States, and was in power when West Germany established diplomatic rela- tions with Israel. He was popular, too: when Ben-Gurion, dissatisfied with his hand-picked successor, decided to run again in 1965, Eshkol won a solid majority in the Knesset and turned back the challenge. Eshkol was prime minister during the Six-Day War, watching his coun- The Citrin Family Bob, Susie, Laura, Will & Jon BRANDEIS HEBREW LANGUAGE SUMMER INSTITUTE July 13 - August 7, 1998 Brandeis at T he nationally acclaimed Brandeis University Hebrew Program proudly presents its third annual Summer Institute. For the first time, Brandeis Hebrew Language Summer Institute is offering a Certificate in Teaching Modern Hebrew. This four-week program is an unsurpassed opportunity to benefit from the expertise of a well-established program without the anxiety and added expense of international travel. For more information on the Brandeis Hebrew Language Summer Institute please call us at 781-736-3424, or e-mail us at: summerschool@brandeis.edu , or visit our website at: www.brandeis.edu/ 1948-1998 sumsch/summerschooUhebrew.html. LAJtothett's Tag '98 eaffeetton "Tattactise go/tome" 69 eitta:idet____ "Paradise Forever" consists of • Platinum & Gold Plates • Framed Tile • Porcelain Ornaments • Marble Box • Laurel Print 5/1 1998 102 C eena's CARDS & COLLECTOBLES 37598 West 12 Mile Road • Farmington Hills • (248) 489-4060 GOLDA MEIR try's armed forces wipe out the Egyptian and Jordanian air forces, take the Sinai peninsula and the Golan Heights, and reclaim the Old City of Jerusalem — altogether, one of the most astonishing military vic- tories of modern times. In the war's aftermath, Eshkol worked towards consolidation of Israel's labor move- ment, leading to the formation of the Labor Party. He died of a heart attack in February 1969. (1898-1978) The look: Your bubbe, who knows everything though you tell her noth- ing. The life: Born Golda Mabovitch in Kiev, Meir moved to the United States with her family when she was 8. She met her future husband, Morris Myer- son, after running away to live with her sister in Denver. As she became more involved with Zionism, she pressed him to move to Israel. The couple finally made the trip in 1921. She was a Zionist negotiator with the British in the days before indepen- dence, and became minister to the Soviet Union after the new country was formed. In succession, she served as minister of labor, foreign minister, and secretary general of her party. The career: In 1969, upon the death of mentor Levi Eshkol, the 70-year- old Meir became prime minister and cemented her position with that year's elec- tions. Firm but dovish, the 1973 Yom Kippur War caught her, and the country, by surprise; she left office less than a year later. Afterward: She remained a forthright and welcome voice on the world stage, impressing visitors and audiences with her sense of humor and straightfor- ward opinions. Her life, from Milwau- kee schoolteacher to kibbutz laborer to political leader and prime minister, was turned into a Broadway show, Golda, and a TV movie, "A Woman Called Golda." YITZHAK RABIN The look: A wiz- ened haberdasher who serves as a part-time mayor. The life: Mostly military. Born in Jerusalem, he planned to be an agronomist while growing up. But the struggles for inde- pendence attracted the young student, and he was invited to join the Palmach — the strike force of the underground — by none other than Moshe Dayan, later to be defense minister during the Six-Day War. Rabin's daring exploits during World War II have led some to speculate that he was the basis for Ari Ben Canaan, the hero of Leon Uris's novel Exodus. After independence, Rabin stayed in the Israeli army, eventu- ally rising to chief of staff. A brilliant (1922-1995) tactician, he was responsible for the training of the military forces that won such a huge victory in 1967. But Rabin did not participate in the Six-Day War himself; he had suffered a nervous col- lapse just before the fighting began. The career: Turning to politics after his recovery, he succeeded Golda Meir as prime minister in 1974. He stepped down after a financial scandal, but after more than a decade in the political wilderness, rode a Labor victory to the prime minister's office in 1992. The next year, he signed the peace treaty with Yasir Arafat. For his efforts, a year later he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Two years later, he was dead, the vic- tim of an assassin's bullet in a Tel Aviv plaza. The peace treaty, even in the midst of current problems, remains his lasting legacy.