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Noa Rothman

Noa Rothman is an Israeli lawyer, screenwriter and political activist, known for the eulogy she gave at the funeral of her grandfather, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

born 1977Eulogy at Yitzhak Rabin's funeralThe Prime Minister's Children seriesThe drama series PmataMemoir In the Name of Sorrow and Hope

Noa Rothman
Born
20 March 1977, Israel
Occupation
screenwriter
Party
Democratic Israel

Noa Rothman was born in 1977 in Israel

Noa Rothman was born on March 20, 1977, in Israel, as Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof. She was the second daughter of Dalia Rabin, daughter of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and of Avraham Ben Artzi, a military man. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she attended the Rishonim high school in Herzliya.

At 18, after her grandfather was assassinated, she spoke at his funeral. She was the only family member to give a eulogy there, and her words drew wide attention. She later wrote the memoir In the Name of Sorrow and Hope, which was translated into several languages.

She served in the IDF at the Bamahane magazine and as an officer in the Air Force. She trained as a lawyer and worked at the Tel Aviv District Attorney's office.

With Shahar Magen she created and wrote the series The Prime Minister's Children, which aired on Hot in 2011 and 2012. With Esther Namdar she wrote the drama Pmata, about the Tel Aviv District Attorney's office, which aired on Kan 11 in 2019.

In July 2019 she joined Ehud Barak's party, Democratic Israel. She was placed 9th on the Democratic Union list for the 22nd Knesset and was not elected. She is married to Eldad Rothman, and the couple has 3 children.

Milestones in Noa Rothman's life

  1. 1977

    Born in Israel.

  2. 1997

    Received the Political Book 1997 prize from a Friedrich Ebert Foundation group.

  3. 2011

    Her series The Prime Minister's Children began airing on Hot.

  4. 2019

    Joined Democratic Israel and ran on the Democratic Union list.

  5. 2019

    Her drama Pmata aired on Kan 11.

  6. 2023

    Took part in the documentary program Medurot HaShvatim on Kan 11.

Noa Rothman served in the military

She served in the IDF at Bamahane and as an officer in the Air Force.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Noa Rothman and Hebrew Wikipedia, נעה רוטמן, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: David Azagury / U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv, CC BY 2.0

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