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Contestants on Israel's 'Big Brother' asleep just before an air raid siren sounded in the house on August 7, 2022. (Screenshot)
August 7, 2022, 12:24 pm
Israel’s ‘Big Brother’ contestants awakened by rocket sirens
Competitors on the show, who are normally cut off from outside news, were informed of the ongoing escalation with Gaza after a rocket was intercepted near the ‘Big Brother’ house
By Amy Spiro
'Big Brother' contestant Netanel performs a Nazi salute as a fellow contestant applies a blob of wax to her upper lip, July 2022. (Screen grab/YouTube)
August 4, 2022, 3:36 am
Reality check: Does Israel employ a double standard on tolerating Holocaust humor?
Two contestants on Israel’s ‘Big Brother’ were chastised for giving a Nazi salute but allowed to remain in the game, despite similar behavior resulting in evictions overseas
By Amy Spiro
Celebrity interviewer Yael Bar-Zohar, left, speaks to reality television star Shay Mika about Jewish ritual purity laws around menstruation in a video for the 'She'asani Isha' campaign. (Screen capture)
June 29, 2022, 7:09 pm
Billionaire’s daughter pays ‘influencers’ to tout Jewish menstruation laws
Lev Leviev’s daughter Ruthy paid some NIS 150,000 to get secular female social media stars to promote Jewish purity rules, celebrity news journalist Guy Pines reports
By Judah Ari Gross
Zvi Portal in 2012 (video screenshot)
October 2, 2021, 4:44 pm
Former ‘Big Brother’ contestant arrested for alleged armed robbery
Zvi Portal is suspected of threatening post office worker with gun, making off with thousands of shekels
By ToI Staff
Boy George, left, and Israeli singer Asaf Goren launch their new song, 'Rainbow in the Dark,' December 2020 (YouTube screengrab)
December 9, 2020, 12:12 am
Boy George launches new single, written with Israeli reality star
Eighties pop star joins forces with Asaf Goren, writing ‘Rainbow in the Dark’
By Jessica Steinberg
A contestant seen on Israeli "Big Brother" (Screen capture/Walla via JTA
March 18, 2020, 4:59 am
Israeli ‘Big Brother’ cast finally being told about extent of pandemic
In episode to air later this week, contestants made aware of situation outside Jerusalem-area villa and given encouraging messages from their families
By Gabe Friedman
Big Brother contestant Andel Kabeda (Channel 2)
February 18, 2017, 8:24 am
Police demand filmed materials of Israel Big Brother contestant
Andel Kabeda has been accused of sexually harassing another contestant, also called police ‘Nazis’; production office is resisting warrant
By ToI Staff
Christopher Biggins being evicted from Channel 5's Big Brother (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 8, 2016, 9:21 pm
UK star to visit Auschwitz after ‘Big Brother’ ouster
Christopher Biggins evicted from house after series of offensive comments about Holocaust and bisexuals
By ToI Staff
Footage of a terror attack in Israel aired by Hamas terrorists who hacked into an Israeli TV show on Friday, March 11, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
March 12, 2016, 11:37 am
Hamas hacks into Israeli TV and threatens: ‘Terror will never end’
Gaza’s Islamist rulers interrupt private satellite feed of Channel 2 ‘Big Brother’ to tell Israelis to ‘get out of our country’. Rockets fired soon after
By ToI Staff
Simone Nicastri, 25, a participant in the 14th season of the Italian edition of “Big Brother” in the fall of 2015. (screen shot: YouTube)
September 30, 2015, 11:15 pm
Italian ‘Big Brother’ participant represented Israel
Simone Nicastri says he was proud to have worked at a Milan expo showcasing Israeli agricultural innovations
By JTA
American glamour model Tila Tequila poses in a version of a Nazi uniform in front of Auschwitz in an image she posted on Facebook. Tequila was evicted from British reality show Celebrity Big Brother on August 28, 2015 after her pro-Nazi views emerged on the program. (screen capture: YouTube)
August 29, 2015, 12:47 pm
UK reality show boots glamour model over Hitler support
Celebrity Big Brother producers move swiftly to evict Tila Tequila after her previous pro-Nazi comments emerge
By ToI Staff
Maya Buskila during her duet with Dionne Warwick, who recently performed in Israel (Courtesy Maya Buskila Facebook page)
July 19, 2015, 5:11 pm
Singer says IDF radio biased against women
Maya Buskila told an audience that Galgalatz doesn’t like her, and doesn’t showcase female singers
By Jessica Steinberg
Linor Shefer (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
October 21, 2014, 5:35 pm
Israeli TV star snags Moscow beauty prize
Ukraine-born Linor Shefer of ‘Big Brother’ fame wins pageant open to young, unmarried Jewish women
By JTA
Derrick Sharp, the former Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball player, was recruited for HOT's new docu-reality show about an entertainment troupe (Courtesy YouTube screengrab)
September 10, 2014, 5:23 pm
Reality TV recruits ex-Maccabi hoopster
Derrick Sharp is back in Israel on ‘Hayehida,’ a show about celebs training to be an IDF entertainment troupe
By Jessica Steinberg
Reality TV star Alin Levy (middle) reacts during the finale of the Israeli version of Big Brother in March 2010. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
March 22, 2014, 4:53 am
TV star: Rabbis refused my conversion over career
Israeli Big Brother participant says rabbinate stopped her from becoming Jewish due to her actress lifestyle
By JTA
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