Josephine Baker, the veteran singing star now visiting Israel, said her visit to the Western Wall, “gives me a great feeling of peace and happiness” and that it had been one of her most important goals in her visit. Another had been to visit former Premier Golda Meir, whom she described as “the greatest woman of the century.” She first came to Israel during World War II.
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