Lior Zaltzman
1. Fire Dance is coming to ChaiFlicks. Photo: via Kveller 2. Shtisel is getting a prequel. 3. Natalie Portman plays a Jewish housewife-turned-journalist in The Lady in the Lake. Photo: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP 4. Jewish actress Joey King stars in We Were the Lucky Ones. Photo: Getty Images via Kveller 5. Harvey Keitel will star as Lale Sokolov in The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Photo: Wikipedia
January 18, 2024, 4:05 pm
The most anticipated
From epic Holocaust tales to Jewish housewives solving mysteries in Baltimore, these are the shows that Lior Zaltzman is looking forward to.
By Lior Zaltzman
A giant teddy bear dedicated to Emilia Aloni, aged five, with its eyes covered and showing signs of injury sits on a street bench in Tel Aviv to draw attention to the plight of the hostages. Aloni and her mother were released by Hamas, but many of their relatives remain in Gaza. (Keller: via Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
December 6, 2023, 1:08 pm
The stories of the Israeli Hostage Kids who have returned are harrowing
For the kids who have returned from captivity in Gaza, the road to recovery is long and complicated.
By Lior Zaltzman
An illustration from the book.
November 29, 2023, 7:26 am
Helping kids deal with trauma
"In this reality, we're exposed to triggers: These stimuli that remind us of real danger, and make us react like the danger itself is present,"
By Lior Zaltzman
Photo: Marc Piasecki/WireImage
November 16, 2023, 12:27 pm
‘I cry with you’
Natalie Portman's moving message to the families of those held hostage in Gaza by Hamas.
By Lior Zaltzman
David Broza with some IDF soldiers at a base where he entertained the platoon. Photo: Instagram
October 27, 2023, 11:42 am
This Israeli wartime Carole King cover is incredible
This duet of You've Got a Friend with David Broza helped make a young singer's dream come true.
By Lior Zaltzman
Photo: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images via Kveller
October 26, 2023, 1:46 pm
Heartbreaking and necessary speech at the UN
Rachel Goldberg begged world leaders to keep fighting for the release of her son Hersh and the others held in Hamas captivity.
By Lior Zaltzman
Photo: Canva via Kveller
October 25, 2023, 12:21 pm
How a WhatsApp group between mums in Kibbutz Be’eri helped save lives
'These women were with me, in those moments. Each one of them knows what happened to me, every detail of it.'
By Lior Zaltzman
Photo: Scott Legato/WireImage
October 4, 2023, 10:17 am
Anti-circumcision activist crashes Pink concert
Jewish singer Alecia Moore, better known as Pink, responded to an anti-circumcision activist who crashed her concert.
By Lior Zaltzman
Sammi Cohen (left) and Sunny Sandler on the set of You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah. Photo: Scott Yamano/Netflix
September 11, 2023, 6:42 am
The makings of an authentic Jewish film
"We really wanted to be careful and represent things authentically and check ourselves. So we had a lead rabbi that was consulting, and then a couple of other rabbis that we would send everything to."
By Lior Zaltzman
The August 4 Google Doodle.
August 22, 2023, 7:28 am
A Jewish woman invented the cat-eye glasses
Her invention was rejected by many of the biggest optical companies of the day, who told her that they would call her back “whenever we need glasses for lunatic asylums”, she recalled in one interview.
By Lior Zaltzman
Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman. Photo: Amazon
July 25, 2023, 7:17 am
Raising Jewish children, on and off the screen
Marin Hinkle recently revealed what she loved (and hated) about the iconic Rose Weissman, and her very Jewish upcoming Hulu show, writes Lior Zaltzman.
By Lior Zaltzman
Photo: Alexa Swinton plays Rock Goldenblatt on And Just Like That... Photo: Craig Blankenhorn/Max
July 4, 2023, 12:32 pm
‘Being Jewish to me is more about who I am as a person’
Alexa Swinton, who plays Rock on And Just Like That, is celebrating her bat mitzvah in Israel, alongside her older sister, Ava, who didn’t get to experience the Jewish rite of passage because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Lior Zaltzman
Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images via Kveller
May 22, 2023, 9:54 am
Debra Messing shares harrowing antisemitic incident from her childhood
The Jewish actress was just one of three Jewish kids in her small Rhode Island town. She shared her experience at an event organised for Jewish American Heritage Month.
By Lior Zaltzman
March 7, 2023, 3:10 pm
The Fonz shares his story
The Jewish actor known as the cutest dancing grandpa on TikTok and an overall mensch is releasing his first official autobiography, titled Being Henry: The Fonz… and Beyond.
By Lior Zaltzman
February 22, 2023, 3:25 pm
Kind and Duchovny discover their Jewish roots
Richard Kind discovers he’s descended from rabbis while Duchovny learns about his family's tragic Jewish history.
By Lior Zaltzman
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