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May 22, 2023, 4:58 pm
Why Nikki Glaser says her stand-up show in Tel Aviv will be ‘the best of the tour’
The comedian, podcaster and reality TV show star says she has ignored calls to cancel Saturday’s Israel show since ‘I just want to tell jokes for people who want to hear them’
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Amy Spiro
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
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Amy Spiro
May 16, 2023, 11:18 pm
A house divided: New book explores roots of the rifts between Israel’s many ‘tribes’
In ‘The Land of Hope and Fear,’ veteran New York Times correspondent Isabel Kershner crisscrosses ‘a country on the precipice’ and comes away with ‘great faith in the people’
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Amy Spiro
May 14, 2023, 6:13 pm
Israel didn’t win Eurovision, but it did win the ‘rest of the world’
Noa Kirel’s ‘Unicorn’ received ‘douze points’ from nonparticipating countries’ audiences – able to vote for the first time – as well as voters in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Cyprus
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Amy Spiro
May 14, 2023, 2:25 am
Sweden wins 2023 Eurovision, while Israel’s Noa Kirel finishes in 3rd place
‘Unicorn’ propels Israel to best finish since its 2018 win with ‘Toy’ by Netta Barzilai, who was on hand in Liverpool to sing alongside other past Eurovision icons at grand final
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Amy Spiro
May 10, 2023, 12:17 am
Israel’s Noa Kirel rides ‘Unicorn’ to Eurovision grand final
Pop singer says she did the ‘maximum to represent the country with pride’ at international song contest in Liverpool, will compete for the top prize Saturday night
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Amy Spiro
May 9, 2023, 11:38 am
Israel hoping Noa Kirel’s star power can fuel a come-from-behind Eurovision win
Experienced pop singer seeks to ride ‘Unicorn’ to the top of the song contest in Liverpool, but faces tough competition from Sweden, Finland and France
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Amy Spiro
April 30, 2023, 9:18 am
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a TV show? ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ set to hit Netflix
Aleeza Ben Shalom, the show’s Israeli-American star, says she hopes viewers around the globe will see Judaism as ‘something to look at, respect and feel something positive towards’
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Amy Spiro
April 26, 2023, 11:20 pm
Herzog tells foreign envoys mass protests and internal debate are a ‘mark of pride’
Hundreds rally outside president’s home in call for judicial compromise; torch-lighter Avigdor Kahalani: ‘Shut [negotiators] in a room and don’t let them out’ until deal is reached
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Amy Spiro
April 25, 2023, 4:25 pm
Sibling of slain Yaniv brothers celebrates his bar mitzvah at their graves
Tzur Yaniv feted at Mount Herzl cemetery on Memorial Day; sister Rachel Yaniv addresses Knesset ceremony: ‘Despite the incomprehensible price we have paid, we continue to love’
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Amy Spiro
April 24, 2023, 1:35 pm
‘There’s somebody for everyone’: Dozens of matchmakers meet to swap tips in Jerusalem
Professional and amateur ‘shadchanim’ attend conference billed as first of its kind, while debating best practices on how to help others find their ‘bashert’
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Amy Spiro
April 21, 2023, 5:14 am
‘Godfather’ meets ‘Shtisel’: New Netflix thriller delves into Haredi diamond dealers
‘Rough Diamonds,’ an Israeli-Belgian co-production, tells a tale of an Antwerp Hasidic family struggling to keep its business alive as it is drawn deeper into the underworld
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Amy Spiro
April 11, 2023, 4:02 am
As the State of Israel turns 75, author Daniel Gordis asks: Is it a success story?
In a new book, ‘Impossible Takes Longer,’ the thinker explores the parameters he believes the Jewish state should be judged by — and where it has triumphed and where it has failed
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Amy Spiro
April 2, 2023, 5:14 am
This Israeli-American ‘Bohemian Balabusta’ seeks a religious sexual revolution
Birthing coach Malka Chana Amichai uses her online platform to urge Jewish women to focus on themselves, their bodies and their desires in an effort to ‘normalize womanhood’
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Amy Spiro
April 1, 2023, 9:01 am
Gay and Orthodox: Book charts the rise of a once unthinkable dual identity in Israel
‘Queer Judaism,’ a new work from academic Orit Avishai, explores the rapid transformation over just two decades of the visibility and activism of LGBTQ religious Jews
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Amy Spiro
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