DON’T JUST LIVE,
REIGN. Haim performs at Madison Square Garden during its 2022 tour. Courtesy of Donna Haim
Haim said of the girls’ dedication.

“They’ve never shied away from working
hard.” It’s been well-documented that the
girls have never shied away from their
Jewish image. As a March 2018 Hey
Alma post explained, the Haim sisters
have talked about everything from eating
latkes to appreciating Barbra Streisand.

This, too, goes back to their roots. Each
Friday when the girls were growing up,
the family would sit down for Shabbat
dinner. In “Licorice Pizza,” with Moti,
Donna, Este and Danielle Haim play-
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What resulted was a nearly eight-min-
ute video of pure, unfiltered Jewish
grandma sass.

In the video, we first meet Gorvy’s
granny, Annette, who offers commen-
tary gems on a variety of subjects: Erica’s
dress (“A little bit of boobs showing ...”),
the Jewish wedding ceremony (“This is
quite religious, what you’re doing”).

Then we are introduced to Rabner’s
Baba Sarah, who responds “Eh” when
asked if her dress was too revealing.

Additionally, in classic Jewish grandma
fashion, Rabner’s Baba becomes much
more focused on making sure the film
crew has had enough to eat than on
watching the wedding video.

According to Rabner, Gorvy came up
with the idea to make the video early in
wedding planning when he learned
that his 93-year-old granny would not
be able to attend the ceremony.

As remarkable as the video is, these
Jewish grandmas are also remarkable in
their own right.

ing Alana’s fictional family, Anderson
depicts the family eating Shabbat dinner
together. “They’re definitely proud of their
Jewish roots,” Donna Haim said.

And on stage, they represent the tribe
with gusto.

“They never want it to be like women
who are dancing around, prancing
around and not being themselves,” she
said. “They’re a rock and roll band. They
rock out.” JE
jsaffren@midatlanticmedia.com Annette has lived on three conti-
nents; she was born in South Africa,
moved to London with her late hus-
band Harold and then relocated to
Atlanta 15 years ago. “Annette really is
exactly the woman you see in the video,”
Rabner said. “She loves the royal family
(she used to have printed pictures of
‘Georgie’ taped all over her kitchen pan-
try door) and high tea, and she’s still as
sharp-witted as she ever was.”
Sarah is a Holocaust survivor who
was born in Poland and spent the war
hiding in an underground bunker for
over two years with her immediate
family. In addition, Sarah is a talented
chef, fashionista and world-class bridge
player. “She earned her ‘Emerald Life
Master’ status, played against the likes
of Bill Gates (‘not good’) and Warren
Buffett (‘he’s good’) and was even paid
to play internationally,” Rabner said.

Despite their familial bond, Annette
and Sarah have never actually met. “It’s
actually a running joke in our families
that if Granny and Baba ever met, they’d
either be instant best friends or mortal
enemies since they both have such strong
personalities,” Rabner said. JE
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