Netflix’s sleeper hit Shtisel is now in its third season. The Israeli soap opera, that apparently most of its cast thought would go nowhere, is an international success. One of the show’s stars is ...

This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. On a recent Tuesday evening, more than 2,200 fans of the Israeli television show “Shtisel” streamed into Manhattan’s Temple Emanu-el to watch ...

Along with directing, writing and starring in a Hebrew-language film, now out in U.S. theaters, Portman had to learn how to speak like an Israeli housewife in the 1940s. NEW YORK (JTA) — While making ...

Actress Neta Riskin, who plays Giti Weiss on “Shtisel,” talks about the hit Israeli show. Join the cast and writer of the hit Israeli television show “Shtisel” for a sneak peak into the creation of ...

There’s a scene in the new season of “Shtisel,” the Israeli drama about an ultra-Orthodox family, in which Giti Weiss, stoic navigator of hard-luck situations, shuts down her husband’s questions about ...

Neta Riskin and Golshifteh Farahani in “Shelter.” Photo by Eran Riklis. Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis (“The Lemon Tree,” “The Syrian Bride”) read the short story “The Link” three decades ago and ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — While making the film “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” Natalie Portman had to put her palm in front of her mouth, repeat Hebrew words and feel how the air hit her skin. If Portman felt ...

(JTA) — While making the film “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” Natalie Portman had to put her palm in front of her mouth, repeat Hebrew words and feel how the air hit her skin. If Portman felt her ...

"I'm here to protect you..." Menemsha Films has debuted a new US trailer for an Israeli psychological drama titled Shelter, from veteran Iranian filmmaker Eran Riklis (The Syrian Bride, Lemon Tree).

EXCLUSIVE: Israeli drama from In Treatment writer-director picked up by WestEnd; first image revealed. WestEnd has boarded world sales rights to Nir Bergman’s (Broken Wings, In Treatment) upcoming ...