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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

zombies

Peter Jacobson portrays a rabbi and Alexa Nisenson plays a girl who seeks shelter at his synagogue in 'Fear the Walking Dead.' (AMC/via JTA)
September 12, 2019, 3:20 am
On ‘Fear the Walking Dead,’ zombies attack my childhood synagogue
A raid by the undead on Congregation Beth Israel of Austin, Texas — thankfully just for a TV series — raises mixed feelings, but the episode’s Jewish references are true to life
By David A.M. Wilensky
Tel Aviv testing new devices embedded in sidewalk to alert pedestrians when the stoplight has changed. (Screenshot, Channel 12 News)
March 6, 2019, 3:27 am
Tel Aviv trials ‘zombie’ traffic lights to save smartphone users from themselves
Pioneering LED warning strips on the sidewalk will hopefully be noticed by pedestrians with their heads down looking at their phones, and prevent them from walking into traffic
By ToI Staff
Israelis take part in an annual Zombie Walk ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Tel Aviv, March 11, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
March 12, 2017, 12:30 pm
Tel Aviv’s walking dead hit the streets in annual Zombie Walk
Offbeat Purim event draws dozens of revelers who stagger through the White City, mobbing buses and demanding brains
By Luke Tress
'I’ve always been attracted to the weird in fiction,' Lavie Tidhar tells JTA (Photo credit: Kevin Nixon/SFX Magazine/TeamRock/(JTA)
March 19, 2015, 6:59 am
Zombie battle gets a Jewish twist
Israeli-born Lavie Tidhar and Rebecca Levene bring together unlikely mix of subjects in anthology series
By Beth Kissileff
Neutrophil and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococccus aureus (MRSA) Bacteria, one of the culprits behind NSTI (Photo credit: Courtesy National Institutes of Health)
September 29, 2014, 5:58 pm
Israel’s Atox gets $24m to fight ‘zombie’ bio-threats
A top US health agency is working with an Israeli start-up to develop solutions to ‘flesh-eating’ septic bio-threats
By David Shamah
'World War Z's zombies trying to mount a wall in Israel (photo credit: Paramount Pictures)
July 20, 2013, 11:51 pm
Arab moviegoers bash zombie movie for positive portrayal of Israel
One of the more improbable plotlines of ‘World War Z’ sees Israelis and Palestinians fighting on the same side
By Aron Heller
Paul Widen
July 2, 2013, 12:57 pm
Paul Widen
Apocalyptic anti-Semitic zombies
World War Z (the book, not the designated summer blockbuster) depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which Jew-hatred is passe
Brad Pitt in 'Israel' in 'World War Z' (photo credit: Paramount Pictures)
June 20, 2013, 9:28 am
In Turkey, ‘World War Z’ is no World War Zion
The summer zombie blockbuster, which opened June 21 in the US, is the greatest piece of cinematic propaganda for Israel since ‘Exodus.’ So how come one version censors references to the Jewish state?
By Jordan Hoffman
Screenshot from the trailer of the new Israeli horror movie 'Cannon Fodder,' depicting an unlikely alliance between Israel and Hezbollah as they fight off zombies.
From the WebJune 1, 2013, 7:25 pm
The zombie plan for Mideast peace
Award-winning horror movie ‘Cannon Fodder’ depicts unlikely alliance between IDF, Hezbollah as they try to fend off zombie invasion, Tablet reports
Danielle Kertesz with Brad Pitt in "World War Z" (photo credit: Courtesy)
May 31, 2013, 7:59 pm
Saving Israel, the world, and Brad Pitt
Israeli actress Daniella Kertesz talks about being plucked from obscurity to play superstar’s Israeli bodyguard in next month’s ‘World War Z’
By ToI Staff
Brad Pitt running with 'IDF soldiers' in a preview clip from the film World War Z (Screenshot: YouTube/ ET)
November 7, 2012, 6:34 pm
The land of milk and zombies
IDF soldiers will take on undead swarms with Brad Pitt in ‘World War Z,’ based on the bestselling book by Max Brooks
By Greg Tepper
Jen Maidenberg
May 31, 2012, 5:35 pm
Jen Maidenberg
Eating Jewish brains?
When it comes to the impending zombie apocalypse, experts say Israel is safer than most
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