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Lior Raz stars as Segev Azulai in Netflix thriller Hit & Run. Credit: JoJo Whilden/Netflix
September 23, 2021, 5:50 pm
Lior Raz’s Netflix drama Hit and Run cancelled after first series
Despite ending on a cliffhanger, the Israeli actor and Avi Issacharoff’s espionage thriller has not been renewed due to production costs
By Francine Wolfisz
Israeli-Arab actor Salim Dau has been cast in the fifth series of The Crown as Mohamed Al-Fayed
September 23, 2021, 5:01 pm
The Crown casts Israeli-Arab actor Salim Dau as Mohamed Al-Fayed
Season 5 line-up also features The Kite Runner actor Khalid Abdalla as Dodi and Tenet star Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales
By Francine Wolfisz
September 14, 2021, 5:28 pm
Challah-loving Jurgen ready to dough battle on Great British Bake Off
German-born IT professional from Sussex is in the mix for new Channel 4 series which begins next week
By Francine Wolfisz
Football pundit and former footballer Alex Scott, pictured at Sandys Row Synagogue - the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in London - discovers her Jewish roots in the new series of Who Do You Think You Are?
September 14, 2021, 5:05 pm
Alex Scott taps into Jewish roots for BBC One’s Who Do You Think You Are?
Football pundit and former England player discovers Jewish ancestry on her mother’s side and learns that her great-grandfather faced down fascism in London’s East End in 1936
By Francine Wolfisz
Lior Raz stars as Segev Azulai in Netflix thriller Hit & Run. Credit: JoJo Whilden/Netflix
August 5, 2021, 12:49 pm
Hit & Run star Lior Raz reveals he’s ‘broken ribs and torn muscles’ doing stunts
The Fauda actor opens up about his new Netflix thriller, co-written with Avi Issacharoff and The Killing’s Nicole Yorkin and Dawn Prestwich
By Francine Wolfisz
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, which is released in September, features teenage social activist Willow Zimmerman and her telepathic dog Leibowitz
July 29, 2021, 4:31 pm
DC Comics brings out first Jewish character in 40 years
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero, which is released in September, features teenage social activist Willow Zimmerman and her telepathic dog Leibowitz
After a cataclysmic battle between He-Man (Chris Wood) and Skeletor (Mark Hamill), the planet of Eternia is fractured and the Guardians of Grayskull are scattered in Masters of the Universe: Revelation
July 29, 2021, 1:42 pm
Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in Netflix show Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Alicia Silverstone, Chris Wood and Mark Hamill also feature in the animation, which picks up right where many of the characters’ journeys left off nearly 40 years ago
Zigi Shipper’s family portrait taken in stages and later pieced together by a graphic artist. Credit: Arthur Edwards
July 29, 2021, 1:23 pm
The faces of survival: Poignant portraits show life after the Holocaust
A new exhibition featuring the works of 13 photographers - including the Duchess of Cambridge and The Sun's royal photographer Arthur Edwards - opens at the Imperial War Museum
By Francine Wolfisz
Ruby Wax Meets Again. Credit: Phil Summers
July 22, 2021, 6:45 pm
Ruby Wax set to look back at her most infamous 90s interviews
The comedian's most "extraordinary" meetings with Pamela Anderson, Imelda Marcos, OJ Simpson, - and Donald Trump - will feature in BBC Two show, Ruby Wax Meets Again...
By Francine Wolfisz
Anne Frank's imaginary friend, Kitty, to whom she addressed her diary, is brought to life in Ari Folman's animated film
July 22, 2021, 12:24 pm
Where Is Anne Frank? Animated film brings Holocaust diary to life
Oscar-nominated director Ari Folman's latest work attempts to reclaim the legacy of teenage diarist for a new generation
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA)
July 15, 2021, 5:25 pm
Surviving Jeffrey Epstein available to watch free on new Channel 4 platform
Directed by Anne Sundberg and Ricki Stern, the four-part documentary is launching on True Crime on Channel 4
By Francine Wolfisz
Claude Littner will be replaced by Tim Campbell for the new series of The Apprentice
July 15, 2021, 5:17 pm
Claude Littner to miss next series of BBC’s The Apprentice after E-bike accident
He will be replaced by former Apprentice winner Tim Campbell in 2022 series of the popular reality show fronted by Lord Alan Sugar
By Francine Wolfisz
Julia Haart's, My Unorthodox Life which Robbie thinks is crazy
July 15, 2021, 5:11 pm
Leaving the Charedi world: Netflix launches My Unorthodox Life
She was born Talia Lebov and married at 19, but aged 43 Julia Haart left it all behind to start a new life and become a fashion mogul
New Netflix thriller Hit and Run stars LiorRaz. Credit: JOJO WHILDEN/NETFLIX
July 15, 2021, 4:53 pm
WATCH: Trailer drops for Israeli Netflix thriller Hit and Run starring Lior Raz
Fauda co-creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff have teamed up again for Israeli drama which premieres next month
By Francine Wolfisz
Former CNN journalist Sarah Sultoon has published her first novel, The Source
July 15, 2021, 3:28 pm
Thriller novel The Source shows there’s much truth in fiction…
Micaela Blitz speaks to former CNN producer Sarah Sultoon about swapping front lines for publisher's deadlines with her writing debut
By Micaela Blitz
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