SYNOPSIS

ACT ONE

The storyteller invites the audience into the world of Goldie Mabovitch – the shtetl of Pinsk, Czarist Russia. 1903.

Watching her five-year-old daughter nearly trampled by Cossacks, Golda’s mother decides the family must leave Russia.

The spirit Zion calls out to attract settlers to the Promised Land. He likes little Goldalah and decides to watch after her even though, her family settles in Milwaukee.

Fourteen-year-old Golda is incensed that her parents won’t let her become a teacher and have picked a husband for her. She runs away to Denver to live with her married sister, Sheyna.

In Denver, Golda becomes engaged to Morris Meyerson and learns about Zionism – the desire of Jews to build a new nation in Palestine. For family reasons, she returns to Milwaukee. Morris promises to wait for her.

Now, 18 yrs. and a teacher, Golda decides to move to Zion/British Palestine and help build a safe homeland. Morris marries her.

Zion is thrilled when Golda and Morris arrive in Tel Aviv. Golda’s dream of living on a kibbutz comes true when they are accepted into Merhavia.

Golda loves the kibbutz life.  After Morris gets malaria three times, they have to leave.

The couple settle in Jerusalem and have a boy and a girl. But their marriage isn’t working and affording food is difficult.  Zion asks God to intervene. Golda gets a job with the governing Histadrut and moves to Tel Aviv with both children.

Six-year-old Sarah suffers near kidney failure, so Golda gets a job and takes the children to New York for new treatments.  Sarah is cured and the family returns to Tel Aviv.

Golda rises within the Histadrut, begins to travel internationally, and stays silent about rumored love affairs. Zion watches in horror as World War II decimates six million Jews.

Golda’s mood is midnight blue. She decides to fight the British quota and help bring in all survivors wanting to immigrate to Palestine/ Zion.

ACT TWO

Zion dances around Golda when the UN votes to partition British Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state. The celebration ends when Golda learns of the Arab League’s declaration of war when Israel becomes a state.

Golda raises 50 million dollars in the US for Israel’s defense. Returning home, Golda suffers a heart attack.  Her long-term married lover David Remez proposes.

A furious and jealous Zion barely notices when Israel becomes a state. He whispers in Prime Minister Ben-Guion’s ear. The lovers are separated, and Golda is out of war’s way when she is appointed Minister to Moscow.

Golda is hurt and angered that she can’t help with the war effort AND is omitted from the Cabinet because she is a woman. Golda vows to open the eyes of men in power and more – all eyes.

Twenty years pass. Golda (with a Hebrewized last name) Meir is the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. When Egypt and Syria unexpectedly attack on Yom Kippur, Golda leads Israel from defeat by convincing the US to deliver a massive airlift and ordering the victorious counter offensive.  

Despite being re-elected, a tired Golda steps down. Her dream for a safe homeland begins when a peace treaty is signed with Egypt.

Visiting a school, Golda advises students to create their best selves, and work hard to turn their “tiny sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”