Ronit Elkabetz, actress but above all activist

A figure of Israeli cinema, the actress has seen her fame go beyond borders during a career marked by numerous awards. Google pays tribute to him.

By ThePoint.fr

EShe was one of the greatest figures in Israeli cinema. Born on November 27, 1964, Ronit Elkabetz would have been 58 this Sunday. Known for her trilogy titled To Take a Wife, shiva and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, which was nominated for a Golden Globe, the actress, filmmaker and above all activist presented the first authentic portrait of a Mizrahi family in Israeli films. Ronit Elkabetz sought to highlight the difficulties encountered by Jewish Israeli women who are denied divorce by the rabbinical court.

On Sunday, Google paid tribute to him with a doodle. The illustration representing it, created by Israeli artist Maya Shleifer, replaced the search engine’s logo on its homepage, for users in Israel and France. “I believe that Ronit would have been moved by this tribute, in Israel and in France, where she lived and created. Ronit’s cinema, the roles she has created, have always represented her aspiration to speak on behalf of women to promote change and equality,” said her brother, Shlomi Elkabetz. “To think that millions of people in Europe and Israel will remember Ronit and her values ​​or get to know her for the first time is a great thing,” he added.

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Legion of Honor and numerous awards

Born in Beersheba to a religious Moroccan Jewish family, Ronit Elkabetz was nominated in total for thirteen Ophir [Oscars israéliens], and received an Israeli Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also known for having won dozens of awards at film festivals around the globe such as the France Culture prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010 and received the Legion of Honor in France. She died of lung cancer in 2016 at the age of 51. Married to architect Avner Yashar in 2010, she gave birth to twins in 2012.