See ‘Golda’s Balcony’ Feb. 11 at the JCC

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As part of the community’s celebration of Israel’s 70th anniversary, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island presents “Golda’s Balcony, a staged reading featuring Bobbie Steinbach,” directed by Judy Braha, on Sunday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. at the Dwares Jewish Community Center, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Admission is $10 ($8 for members).

“Golda’s Balcony,” a drama by William Gibson, focuses on particular periods in the life of Golda Meir, the American school teacher who became Israel’s prime minister, serving during the Yom Kippur War.

Don Aucoin from the Boston Globe, said, “Steinbach commands your attention throughout ‘Golda’s Balcony.’ Her Meir is a portrait in steel forged by fire, yet entirely human, too, brutally honest about her own failings and about the personal toll taken by her responsibilities as a stateswoman and her devotion to the state of Israel. Steinbach is most compelling when Meir is wrestling with the moral and ethical dilemma she confronts during the Yom Kippur War, especially after she puts Israel on nuclear alert. That step, she knew, could spell catastrophe and even spiral into a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.”

Visit jewishallianceri.org/israel-70 for a full list of events and updates to programming, as well as for reservations for “Golda’s Balcony.”

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