Sarah Meyerson: How Did Golda Meir’s Daughter Die?

Sarah Meyerson is the daughter of Golda Meir. Sarah’s mother Golda Meir was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel’s first and only female head of government, the first female head of government in the Middle East, and the fourth elected female head of government or state in the world.

Sarah Meyerson: Bio Summary

Who Was Golda Meir’s Daughter, Sarah Meyerson?

Sarah Meyerson (Meir) was born on 17 May 1926, in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel to Golda Meir (née Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) and Morris Meyerson also “Myerson” (December 17, 1893 – May 25, 1951). Sarah’s mother was a former Prime Minister of Israel while her father was a sign painter and socialist.

Sarah Meyerson’s parents were married on December 24, 1917, in a beautiful wedding ceremony. They remained married until Sarah’s father Morris passed away on 25 May 1951. Sarah’s parents were never divorced but they had separated at some point in their marriage. Sarah Meyerson has a brother called Menachem Meyerson.

Menachem was born in the year 1924 in Jerusalem. He was a professional cellist. Menachem studied at the Israel Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music. He died on 14 December 2014 in Tel Aviv. Sarah’s maternal grandparents were Blume Neiditch (died 1951) and Moshe Mabovitch (died 1944). Moshe was a carpenter while Blume ran a grocery store on Milwaukee’s north side.

Sarah reportedly attended Yale University. Sarah was an early member of Kibbutz Revivim in the Negev. She was the wife of Zecharya Rahabi. She has two children, Shaul Rahabi and Naomi Rahabi. Years before Sarah’s mother Golda Meir “sat down on the prime minister’s throne, Sara faithfully accompanied her,” a relative said per Geni.

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“Among other things, she did this when she was a child, and her mother went on a mission in the United States in 1932, and in Moscow, where she served as a wireless station operator in the service of Golda, who at the time worked at the embassy there.” Sarah and her mother Golda are said to have made efforts to “bridge the physical distance between them.”

When Sarah Meyerson was 18 and had completed her studies at the Tel Aviv School of Education, she settled in Kibbutz Revivim in the Negev, then one of the southernmost settlements in Israel. At the time, her mother Golda Meir had “bought a house in a kibbutz, and would travel almost every weekend to spend time with her daughter, both as prime minister and when she was foreign minister,” the relative said.

On the eve of the end of the mandate, the British commissioner suggested to Golda Meir to move Sarah from Revivim, fearing that the kibbutz would fall into the hands of the Egyptians. According to Sarah’s relative who asked to remain anonymous, “Sarah had very strong opinions, especially when it came to social affairs.”

“She was a little more left-wing socially, and claimed that Golda did not pay enough attention to society in Israel compared to her attitude to foreign and security affairs.” The relative added that the arguments between the two intensified after the “Black Panthers” affair exploded, but he emphasized that on the other hand, Sara was very proud of the National Insurance Law and other social laws passed by her mother.

The relative said that Sarah and her brother Menachem supported their mother taking over the prime ministership in 1969, and believed that she should continue for another term, even though she wanted to retire on the eve of the elections in 1973. “In hindsight, they all regretted this decision.

Their family was very warm, and Golda always used to consult her relatives when she was about to decide on significant steps.” The relative made it known that Sarah Meyerson and her mother Golda Meir had a relationship that he wishes for every family. “Sarah respected her mother and her path for all that that implies.”

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How Did Golda Meir’s Daughter Die?

Golda Meir’s daughter, Sarah Meyerson passed away on 30 January 2010 in Revivim, Israel. She died when she was 83 years old. The cause of her death is unknown. Her mother Golda Meir died on 8 December 1978, at the age of 80 years, in Jerusalem, Israel. She died of lymphatic cancer (lymphoma). She was buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.