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Lior Zaltzman

Lior Zaltzman

'Shtisel' co-writer Yehonatan Indursky in his Tel Aviv apartment, far from his childhood Haredi home in Givat Shaul in Jerusalem. (Courtesy Sam Spiegel)
September 9, 2023, 4:49 am
Co-creator of ‘Shtisel’ identifies as Haredi, again
Yehonatan Indursky says he grew up religious, then became secular, but came back to community largely due to his observant wife and parents
By Lior Zaltzman
Noah Schnapp presents the award for collaborative video of the year at the CMT Music Awards at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on April 2, 2023. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
July 20, 2023, 8:18 am
Jewish ‘Stranger Things’ star Noah Schnapp visits Israel
Actor, 18, shares photo of himself praying at Western Wall, is spotted enjoying Tel Aviv nightlife
By Lior Zaltzman
Midge takes her act on the road in Season 3 of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.' (Courtesy)
May 25, 2022, 5:42 am
‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ is filming an Israel scene, looking for ‘Jewish types’
Likely to be set on a kibbutz, scene will nonetheless be shot on location in Long Island
By Lior Zaltzman
Adam Neumann, co-founder and CEO of WeWork, attends the opening bell ceremony at Nasdaq, in New York, January 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
February 4, 2021, 1:55 am
Jared Leto to play WeWork founder Adam Neumann on TV
‘WeCrashed’ follows rise and fall of Israeli-American entrepreneur and his wife, to be played by Anne Hathaway, following the dramatic implosion of his company
By Lior Zaltzman
Chrissy Teigen expressed some Hanukkah envy as she viewed latkes frying. (David Livingston/Stringer/Getty Images Entertainment/via JTA SUE)
December 18, 2020, 4:19 pm
Chrissy Teigen celebrated Hanukkah for the first time and it was delightful
Lighting candles and frying up latkes with US-Israeli chef Adeena Sussman, the supermodel – along with husband John Legend and kids – gets her first taste of the holiday experience
By Lior Zaltzman
Cover art for 'The Assignment' by Liza Weimer. (Jason Hu/ from Delacorte Press/ via Kveller/JTA)
November 30, 2020, 5:53 am
Jewish author pens novel on US teens who refused to debate the Final Solution
Moments after Liza Wiemer read about students protesting the classroom activity, a twist of fate put her in the same room as one of them, resulting in her new book ‘The Assignment’
By Lior Zaltzman
File: Then-US Vice President Joe Biden, with his wife Jill Biden holding the Biden Family Bible, takes the official oath of office from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, surrounded by family, during an official ceremony at the Naval Observatory, January 20, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
November 20, 2020, 1:56 am
Meet Joe Biden’s whole big Jewish mishpocha
All three of the president-elect’s kids married into Jewish families — which means he’s the grandfather of some pretty adorable Jewish kids
By Lior Zaltzman
Sasha Baron Cohen, right, as Abbie Hoffman in "The Trial of the Chicago 7." (Niko Tavernise/Netflix via JTA)
September 17, 2020, 6:04 am
Sacha Baron Cohen’s next Netflix role is super Jewish and super relevant
Portrayal of anti-war activist Abbie Hoffman in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ feels timely and familiar — even if depicts events from more than 50 years ago
By Lior Zaltzman
Seth Rogen as Ben and Herschel Greenbaum in 'An American Pickle' (HBO Max via JTA)
August 8, 2020, 6:54 am
The real history behind Seth Rogen’s ‘An American Pickle’
Separating the fact from the fiction on shtetls, New York Jewry, pickle factories and more in the new funny yet heartfelt film
By Lior Zaltzman
Niv Sultan appears in the trailer for "Tehran." (Screenshot/ YouTube)
June 17, 2020, 5:54 am
‘Fauda’ writer’s new show ‘Tehran’ gets picked up by Apple TV
Also, US adaptation of Israeli show ‘On The Spectrum,’ about three young people on the autism spectrum who share an apartment, picked up by Amazon
By Lior Zaltzman
The cast of 'Hashoter Hatov.' (Netflix/ via JTA)
May 25, 2020, 2:26 am
Locked down? Open up to… satirical Israeli police series ‘Hashoter Hatov’
Now streaming on Netflix, the show — whose title is Hebrew for ‘The Good Cop’ — turns the toxic masculinity associated with law enforcement on its head
By Lior Zaltzman
Charles Lindbergh poses alongside the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane in which he completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. (Bettmann/Getty Images, via JTA)
March 21, 2020, 3:37 pm
The true history behind HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’
Yes, Charles Lindbergh really did give that anti-Semitic speech. No, he didn’t really run for US president… but the idea is not simply a product of Philip Roth’s imagination
By Lior Zaltzman
A still from 'Hunters,' a new series by Amazon. (Courtesy Amazon Studios)
February 21, 2020, 9:06 pm
The real stories behind ‘Hunters,’ Al Pacino’s new Nazi-hunting Amazon series
The show boasts an aesthetic that’s more comic book than history book, but its stories and plotlines are based on many true events
By Lior Zaltzman
Kveller collage. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 1, 2019, 6:42 am
New kind of matchmaking site looks to mitigate the hell of flying with kids
AirPair is the brainchild of Alana Rubin, a New York mother who needed to get to Israel alone with her brood; her service pairs any haggard parent up with an in-flight helper
By Lior Zaltzman
(Collage by Kveller via JTA)
October 28, 2019, 4:37 am
Even prior to ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ Jews have long played Nazis onscreen
Jewish-Polynesian director Taika Waititi’s latest film has stirred controversy for its humorous portrayal of Hitler, but lampooning the 20th century’s greatest villain is tradition
By Lior Zaltzman
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