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Israeli films, TV series that got our vote

Ahead of this week’s election, immerse yourself in these political dramas and comedies.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
‘SWEETIE’S PARTY’ is a series that tells the story of a naive influencer who becomes a Knesset member.
‘THE ESCAPE’ stars Ido Tako as Yoel, a young man born into a sect that, despite a disclaimer, will remind many of the Lev Tahor cult.

‘The Escape’ makes its debut, ‘Shalom’ enchants - review

In addition, "Cupertino" is a new series from Robert and Michelle King, the husband-and-wife duo behind "The Good Wife" and "The Good Fight."

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Actor Yossi Pollak.

Retired Israeli theater, film star Yossi Pollak dies aged 81

Veteran Israeli performer Yossi Pollak, who worked in film, television, theater, and directing, has died after a career spanning more than four decades.

|ByMAARIV
The film opens in 1987, as 12-year-old Boaz (Yair Mazor) prepares for his bar mitzvah under a cloud of tension in his family.

Moshe Rosenthal’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ brings a powerful coming-of-age story to Israeli theaters

Tell Me Everything, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year, the first Israeli feature film to be shown there in years, is also a portrait of an unconventional family.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Tribute to the late Ronit Elkabetz screened at international film festival in Latin America

JUNE 21, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Ronit Elkabetz in Keren Yedaya's film "Bride of the Sea," 2009

The duo behind ‘The Dinner’ speaks on their decades-long partnership

The Dinner, which opens in Israel on June 15, is based on a novel by Dan Redler and tells parallel stories of a well-educated Russian immigrant couple in Tel Aviv.

JUNE 18, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
ARIK LUBETZKI (left) and Matti Harari on the set of ‘The Dinner.’

A taste of Jerusalem in Nagaland, India

Several initiatives supported by the Embassy of Israel in India recently brought a taste of Jerusalem in Nagaland.

MARCH 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Abulele movie

Israel and Mongolia mark 30 years of diplomatic relations with special event in China

MARCH 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel and Mongolia mark 30 years of diplomatic relations

Israeli, Jewish films take center stage at Berlinale film fest

The festival’s guest of honor, who will be awarded an honorary Golden Bear is the most celebrated Jewish director in the world, Steven Spielberg.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN
HELEN MIRREN as Golda Meir in ‘Golda.’

“Good Morning Tel Aviv” documentary screened in Rome

JANUARY 22, 2023ByALAN ROSENBAUM
'Good Morning Tel Aviv'

Netflix to add Israeli film every week for rest of winter

These are the 16 Israeli film classics that will be added weekly for Netflix Israel users to stream.

JANUARY 12, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Thondon entertainment symbol.

Israeli film “Let It Be Morning” screened at Chicago International Film Festival

NOVEMBER 20, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Deputy Consul General Daniel Aschheim

Yom Kippur War: Why Israelis haven't made fictional films about it

Why have Israel's most successful filmmakers, all of whom have made serious (anti-)war films, not made fictional accounts of the Yom Kippur War?

OCTOBER 5, 2022ByAMY KRONISH
Scene from 'The Vulture' by Yaki Yosha in 1981.

Film documenting Albanian heroism during the Holocaust returns to Albania

The Albanian code of honor stipulates that it is better to die than to turn one’s back on a person in need.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
The Albanian Code movie