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This week's Reel Schmooze podcast focuses on filmmaker Daniel Roher's 'Tuner.' (courtesy)
July 18, 2026, 11:12 am
‘Tuner’: The Jewiest film of the summer
ToI’s movie maven and deputy editor discuss the comedic crime thriller that spotlights Dustin Hoffman, Lior Raz and Tovah Feldshuh
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman
Doron Ben-David, left and Lior Raz in the fifth season of 'Fauda,' with two episodes depicting the bloody Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
June 29, 2026, 5:55 pm
Viewers warned latest episodes of new ‘Fauda’ season are disturbingly real
Producers of Israeli action drama offer special alert regarding episodes 7 and 8 of Season 5, which portray the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack
By Jessica Steinberg
Rotem Sela, left and Lior Raz star in 'Off Road,' a new show launching on Netflix Israel on June 12, 2025 (Courtesy)
June 12, 2025, 4:20 pm
Lior Raz and Rotem Sela star in ‘Off Road,’ new Netflix reality show
The six-part series launches June 12 on Netflix Israel, and globally on July 10
By Jessica Steinberg
French actor Mélanie Laurent will join the cast of 'Fauda' for the fifth season of the Israeli drama, slated to premiere in Israel in early 2026, followed by a worldwide launch on Netflix (Laurent pic credit Marcel Hartmann/Courtesy)
April 14, 2025, 4:22 pm
Fifth season of ‘Fauda’ to star award-winning French actress
Mélanie Laurent will appear in Israeli drama’s upcoming season, set to premiere in early 2026
By Jessica Steinberg
'Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down),' by painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Public domain via JTA)
December 1, 2024, 2:04 am
There are no Jewish fighters in ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?
‘It’s pretty clear from Josephus and from the archaeology’ that gladiators fought in Caesarea, says NYU professor; Israeli actors Lior Raz and Yuval Gonen among modern-day cast
By Luke Tress
Israeli actor Lior Raz meets King Charles III at premier of Gladiator II in London, UK, November 13, 2024. (Screenshot @hebroyalUK on X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 14, 2024, 11:51 pm
Israeli action star Lior Raz meets King Charles at London premiere
Fauda’s Raz shakes hands with UK monarch on the red carpet for much-anticipated sequel Gladiator II, which stars Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal
By ToI Staff
File: Israeli actor Lior Raz arrives for the premiere of Apple TV+'s "The Crowded Room" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on June 1, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
February 7, 2024, 2:18 pm
‘Fauda’ star: After Oct. 7, script revised to be ‘tougher,’ more ‘militaristic’
Lior Raz says Hamas’s massacre reduced showrunners’ interest in showing perspective of ‘other side,’ marking departure from previous seasons
By ToI Staff
Master Sgt. (res.) Matan Meir who was killed in Gaza on November 11, 2023. (Courtesy)
November 12, 2023, 1:09 pm
Master Sgt. (res.) Matan Meir, 38: ‘Fauda’ crew member killed in action
A member of the 551st Brigade’s 697th Battalion, he was killed November 11 while fighting in northern Gaza
By ToI Staff
Amir Khoury (center) as a young Imad Mughniyeh in SHOWTIME's 'Ghosts of Beirut.' (Sifeddine Elamine/SHOWTIME)
May 19, 2023, 4:16 am
Hunting for a ghost: New show depicts CIA-Mossad pursuit of most-wanted terrorist
‘Fauda’ co-creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff team up with Showtime on ‘Ghosts of Beirut,’ a mostly-true account of the assassination of Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh
By Amy Spiro
Rotem Sela (left) and Yehuda Levi play an infertile couple in 'Third Body,' a new Keshet Media series premiering in February 2023 (Courtesy Michael Tumarkin)
February 5, 2023, 6:11 pm
Surrogate parents, comical politics among new Keshet shows
Keshet 12 unveils six new shows and four under production in what it calls ‘golden era’ of Israeli television
By Jessica Steinberg
Workers from the Kan public broadcaster and supporters protest against the government's apparent intention to close the network, in Tel Aviv, January 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 25, 2023, 3:27 pm
Cultural figures protest potential public broadcaster closure, block Tel Aviv road
Actors, directors, writers gather to express their opposition to communication minister’s plan to cut funding and instead rely on free market to produce shows
By ToI Staff
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Lior Raz (Screenshot from Shall We Kiss)
April 6, 2022, 1:19 pm
When Lior Met Lior
IZZY – Stream Israel takes you back to the early 2000s with Lior Raz and Lior Ashkenazi! ‘When Shall We Kiss?’ is now streaming on IZZY!
'Fauda' co-creators Lior Raz (left) and Avi Issacharoff at a March 6, 2022 press conference about the upcoming fourth season of 'Fauda' (Courtesy Rafi Daluya)
March 11, 2022, 1:08 pm
Podcast: ‘Fauda’ creators talk about fourth season, as art imitates reality
Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff discuss their new storyline and the challenges of writing drama, with commentary from docu filmmaker Oren Rosenfeld, maker of ‘The Real Fauda’
By ToI Staff
Yaakov Zada Daniel (far left), Idan Amedi, Lucy Ayoub, Lior Raz, Doron Ben-David and Rona-Lee Shim'on (far right) at a March 6, 2022 press conference about the upcoming fourth season of 'Fauda.' (Courtesy Rafi Daluya)
March 9, 2022, 6:13 am
As ‘Fauda’ readies fourth season, real-life conflicts hit close to home
New episodes in development will center on Jewish-Arab tensions inside Israel, though creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff say they worked on the idea before May’s violence
By Jessica Steinberg
'Fauda' co-creators Avi Issacharoff (left) and Lior Raz in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 11, 2022, 8:19 pm
‘Fauda’ creators sell production company to former Disney executives
Hit show’s writers Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz ‘excited and thrilled’ to ink $50 million deal
By Jessica Steinberg
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