Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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Israel News Israeli TV Gets in on the Gossip Craze
For Israeli celebrities, going out for a cup of coffee is about to get a whole lot less pleasant. Following the lead of a more aggressive American counterpart, Israel’s newest TV gossip show has announced a guerrilla campaign to collect candid footage of the country’s top entertainers. Producers of “Entertainment News,” a celebrity-focused program debuting…
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Israel News It’s the Second Coming of Mel Gibson
Following an absence that didn’t necessarily make the heart grow fonder, Mel Gibson returns to movie theaters January 29 with his first major film role in seven years — but only after an ugly dustup over a 2006 outburst of antisemitism. In a January 19 interview with Los Angeles TV station KTLA, the tarnished “Lethal…
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News Is Netanyahu the Queen of Mean?
Israel’s first lady is a Queen of Mean, according to a new lawsuit. In Tel Aviv court papers made public January 15, a former housekeeper claims that Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “mistreated and abused” her during five years of service, paying her less than minimum wage and subjecting her to…
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Israel News ‘The Simpsons’ Tackle Jewish Intermarriage
Twenty seasons, 450 episodes, 23 Emmy Awards — and it all led up to a story line about Jewish intermarriage. “The Simpsons” celebrated two decades on television January 10, airing a celebrity-packed episode that skewered long-standing targets, such as the show’s nuclear power plant and patriarch Homer Simpson’s obsession with doughnuts. In a jab at…
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Israel News Sholom Aleichem’s Work Gets Animated
The characters who inspired “Fiddler on the Roof” could be headed to television — this time, as cartoons. The New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & TV announced on December 29 special funding to develop scripts based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the dairyman — the protagonist in several of Sholom Aleichem’s stories —…
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Israel News From NFL Pom Poms to the Comedy Stage
Here’s one you haven’t heard before: A National Football League cheerleader converts to Orthodox Judaism, writes herself a comedy and takes the production — pom-poms and all — on tour across the United States. Theatergoers in Arizona will be among the first to see the show, “The Kosher Cheerleader,” when it opens on January 9…
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Israel News Jewish Major Leaguers Picks a Pair of MVPs
They can handle a curveball, a fastball and a matzo ball. Professional baseball stars Ryan Braun and Scott Feldman received off-season honors December 23, getting named the Most Valuable Jewish Players of the Year by an organization dedicated to celebrating Jews in the national pastime. Jewish Major Leaguers, a Newton, Mass., not-for-profit, selected Braun as…
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Israel News Jewish Sitcom Searches for a Home
It’s Showtime — at least temporarily — for two fictional yentas from the Boston area. “Ronna & Beverly,” a comedy about a pair of self-proclaimed Jewish romance experts, will air on December 29 on the Showtime channel, in a broadcast that the characters’ creators hope may lead to a series elsewhere on TV. Originally produced…
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