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Amit Rahav as Jacob
July 17, 2024, 4:21 pm
Amit Rahav, Michael Aloni and Lior Ashkenazi star in Holocaust series on Disney+
Bestselling book telling extraordinary story of family's survival comes to the screen
By Francine Wolfisz
Michael Aloni set to star in another Jewish series
December 30, 2022, 12:55 am
Michael Aloni set to star in Hulu’s Holocaust drama
The Shtisel star will be back on the small screen in a very Jewish story
By Brigit Grant
Lior Ashkenazi on set of his directorial debut movie Perfect Strangers
November 9, 2022, 9:32 pm
Lior Ashkenazi turns director, but death threats turn him off politics
Israel's leading man found the courage to move behind the camera, but not to share his political views
By Brigit Grant
Lior Raz stars as Segev Azulai in Netflix thriller Hit & Run. Credit: JoJo Whilden/Netflix
September 23, 2021, 5:50 pm
Lior Raz’s Netflix drama Hit and Run cancelled after first series
Despite ending on a cliffhanger, the Israeli actor and Avi Issacharoff’s espionage thriller has not been renewed due to production costs
By Francine Wolfisz
Lior Raz stars as Segev Azulai in Netflix thriller Hit & Run. Credit: JoJo Whilden/Netflix
August 5, 2021, 12:49 pm
Hit & Run star Lior Raz reveals he’s ‘broken ribs and torn muscles’ doing stunts
The Fauda actor opens up about his new Netflix thriller, co-written with Avi Issacharoff and The Killing’s Nicole Yorkin and Dawn Prestwich
By Francine Wolfisz
Helen Mirren and Golda Meir
April 12, 2021, 10:08 am
Before Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir, here are 7 others who played Israeli PMs
From Anthony Hopkins playing Rabin and Ingrid Bergman playing the Jewish state's only female PM, we look through the Jewish and non-Jewish stars who've played Israeli leaders
By Gabe Friedman (JTA)
ESAU
November 6, 2020, 9:27 am
Shtisel and Unorthodox star Shira Haas in new Israeli drama Esau
Modern spin on the Biblical story of sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau and has been adapted from Israeli author Meir Shalev’s novel of the same name.
By Francine Wolfisz
Valley of Tears
October 23, 2020, 1:10 pm
Yom Kippur War drama touted as Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever
Valley of Tears has been purchased by HBO Max, and the 10-part series is inspired by true events through the eyes of young soldiers
By Francine Wolfisz
Lior Ashkenazi stars with Sarah Adler in Foxtrot
February 28, 2019, 11:26 am
Foxtrot director Samuel Maoz: ‘We don’t like to confront the hard questions’
The controversial film, starring Lior Ashkenazi, explores the trauma of an Israeli society left scarred by years of conflict
By Stephen Applebaum
Lior Ashkenazi, centre (and left), with Richard Gere, right, in Norman
June 14, 2017, 11:57 am
Lior Ashkenazi in his prime in new Richard Gere movie
Israeli actor tells Francine Wolfisz about his role as the prime minister of the Jewish state in the new film 'Norman'
By Francine Wolfisz
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