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Shai Avivi
Shai Avivi (born 29 April 1964 ) is an Israeli actor, comedian, television personality and TV host. Since 2012 he has been the narrator of the reality TV show "Come Dine With Me". Winner of the Ophir Award. Biography Avivi was born and raised in Acre as one of three children of Moshe Avivi, originally from Iran, and Ahuva, native Israeli. He did his military service in Nahal, during which he took part in fighting in the First Lebanon War. In 1991, after studying film and television at Tel Aviv University, Avivi made his acting debut in Eran Ricklis’ film “''Cup Final''”. His first big break came that same year, 1991, when he was one of the first hosts on the first incarnation of The Arutz HaYeladim, which he hosted for several years. In 1993 he gained significant exposure when he participated in the successful satire show “''Hahamishia Hakamerit''”, which aired on “Telad” on Channel 2 and later on Channel 1. Alongside Avivi starred Keren Mor, Dov Navon, Rami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel also is bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally. The land held by present-day Israel witnessed some of the earliest human occupations outside Africa and was among the earliest known sites of agriculture. It was inhabited by the Canaanites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 2 (Israel)
Channel 2 ( he, ערוץ שתיים, Arutz Shtaim), also called "The Second Channel" ( he, הערוץ השני, HaArutz HaSheni) was an Israeli commercial television channel. It started doing experimental broadcasts funded by the television tax. The channel started commercial broadcasting on 4 November 1993 regulated and managed by The Second Authority for Television and Radio. In its first years, the channel was operated by three broadcasters (" Keshet", "Reshet", and "Telad"), and in 2005 only two broadcasters were left while "Telad" stopped broadcasting due to its loss in the Second Authority's auction. On 31 October 2017, 24 years after the Channel started broadcasting, it got closed and split into two new channels: Keshet 12 and Reshet 13. The News Company that was founded alongside the Channel continued to broadcast news to both of the channels in parallel despite the split, but a few months after, after a merge between Reshet 13 and Arutz 10 channel, Reshet adopted Arutz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Entertainers
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israelites, the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis Israelis ( he, ישראלים ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), foll ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardes Hanna-Karkur
Pardes Hanna-Karkur ( he, פַּרְדֵּס חַנָּה-כַּרְכּוּר) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of . History An Arab village named Karkur had stood at this location by the time the Palestine Exploration Fund had compiled its first maps in 1878. In 1913, 15 square kilometers of land was purchased by the Hachsharat Hayishuv society from Arabs in Jenin and Haifa for 400,000 francs (a sum equivalent to 2 million US dollars). Two years later, the land was sold to a private investor, Yitzhak Shlezinger, the Odessa Committee and the First London Ahuza society. This land became the core of Karkur, Moshav Gan Hashomron and Kibbutz Ein Shemer. Until actual settlement began, the area was guarded by Hashomer, which planted eucalyptus trees to circumvent a Turkish law that allowed the Ottomans to expropriate lands if they were not cultivated for three years. The early settlements did not fare well. Shlezinger went bankrupt and sold his la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piposh
''Piposh'' ( he, פיפוש) is an Israeli media franchise that started as a series of comedic point-and-click adventure video games developed by Guillotine and published by Hed Arzi Multimedia for Windows. Based on an eponymous actor-turned-detective who embarks on several adventures solving murders, the titles include ''Piposh'', ''Piposh 2'', ''Halom SheItgashem'' (spinoff), and ''Piposh 3D: HaMahapecha''. An English version of ''Piposh'' entitled ''Piposh: Hollywood'' was published in 2002. The series, which began in 1999, was created at a time when the Israeli video gaming industry was at its peak, particularly in terms of adventure gaming, and served as a notable example of a work targeted specifically at the young local market, with aspects such as inside jokes relating to Israeli culture. The games became very popular within Israel, although never becoming financially successful, and its developers struggled to live off the proceeds. ''Piposh'' evolved into a franchise, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret ( he, אתגר קרת, born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Personal life Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third child to parents who survived the Holocaust. Both of his parents are from Poland. He studied at Ohel Shem high school, and at the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Programme for Outstanding Students of Tel Aviv University. He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife, Shira Geffen, and their son, Lev. He is a lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, and at Tel Aviv University. He holds dual Israeli and Polish citizenship. Literary career Keret's first published work was ''Pipelines'' (, ''Tzinorot'', 1992), a collection of short stories which was largely ignored when it came out. His second book, '' Missing Kissinger'' (, ''Ga'agu'ai le-Kissinger'', 1994), a collection of fifty very short stories, caught the attention of the general p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menashe Noy
Manasses or Manasseh (; (retrieved 2012-02-25), Wikipedia:IPA for English, IPA-ified from «ma-năs´a» , ''Mənaše'') is a biblical Hebrew name for men. It is the given name of seven people of the Bible, the name of a tribe of Israel, and the name of one of the apocryphal writings. The name is also used in the modern world. Biblical individuals Son of Joseph Manasseh (tribal patriarch), Manasses; Septuagint: ''Manassê''; c. 2nd millennium BC was the eldest son of Joseph (Hebrew Bible), Joseph and the Egyptian Asenath (Genesis 41:50-51; 46:20). The name means "he that causes to forget"; Joseph assigned the reason for its bestowal: "God hath made me to forget all my ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rami Heuberger
Rami Heuberger (Hebrew: רמי הויברגר; born October 12, 1963) is an Israeli director, actor and entertainer. Biography Career in the theater After his army service, Heuberger studied acting at Nissan Nativ's acting studio in Tel Aviv. At the end of his studies, Heuberger participated in several theater plays, among them ''Macbeth'', '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', ''Hamlet'', '' Waiting for Godot'', ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' and ''Black Box''. In 2007 the stage play ''Scenes from the Marriage'' premiered, which was directed by Heuberger and in which he also played. During the same year, Heuberger played in the stage play ''Anna Karenina'' alongside Evgenia Dodina, Alex Ansky and Yuval Segal. In 2008, Heuberger the second directed stage play premiered - ''Eling'', which featured Dov Navon, Uri Hochman and Karin Ophir. TV and film career In 1991 Heuberger played in the film ''Sarah Aronson'', which was directed by Orna Ben Dor. Heuberger's significant break ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Navon
DOV or Dov could refer to: ''דב'' or ''דוב'', a Hebrew male given name meaning "bear", from which the Yiddish name "Ber" (בער) was derived (cognate with "bear") which was common among East European Jews. People * Dov Ber of Mezeritch (1700/1704/1710?–1772 OS), second leader and main architect of Hasidic Judaism * Dov Ber Abramowitz (1860–1926), American Orthodox rabbi and author * Dov Charney (born 1969), president and chief executive officer of clothing manufacturer American Apparel * Dov Feigin (1907–2000), Israeli sculptor * Dov Forman (born 2003), English born Author and social media star * Dov Frohman (born 1939), Israeli electrical engineer and business executive * Dov Gabbay (born 1945), logician and professor of logic and computer science * Dov Groverman (born 1965), Israeli Olympic wrestler * Dov Grumet-Morris (born 1982), American ice hockey player * Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader hanged by the British Mandatory authorities * Dov Hikind (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keren Mor
Keren Mor ( he, קרן מור; born March 18, 1964) is an Israeli actress and comedian. Biography During her mandatory military service in the IDF, Mor studied acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio in Tel Aviv. Mor is married to the Israeli actor Menashe Noy. The couple have two children. Mor's first major film appearance was in " Abba Ganuv" (1987). Later she appeared in Amos Gitai's " Berlin-Yerushalaim" (1989) and " Shuroo" (1991). In 1992 she was in the short film Marak Off with Hagit Dasberg, and in "Kvalim" (1992) with Arik Einstein and Moni Moshonov. Mor's television career began with her appearance on the Israeli comedy shows "HaOlam HaErev" and "Zehu Ze!" In 1993, she was joined Shai Avivi, Dov Navon, Rami Heuberger and Menashe Noy in the Israeli sketch series "Hahamishia Hakamerit". The show was broadcast between 1993-1997. In 1996, she appeared in the film "Klavim Lo Novhim Beyarok." In 1997 Mor played in Menashe Noy's film "1812 Overture" with Ami Smolartch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 1 (Israel)
Channel 1 ( he, הערוץ הראשון, ''HaArutz HaRishon'', lit. ''The First Channel,'' sometimes called 1 ערוץ, ''Arutz Ahat'') was one of the oldest television channels in Israel (with only the Israeli Educational Television being older) and one of five terrestrial channels in the country (along with Channel 2, Channel 10, Channel 33 and the Knesset Channel). Run by the Israel Broadcasting Authority, it started broadcasting on 2 May 1968, and was largely funded through a television licence, though there were some adverts. With the abolition of Israel Broadcasting Authority and the establishment of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 1 closed down on 14 May 2017 and was replaced a few days later with Kan 11. History The law creating the Israel Broadcasting Authority was passed by the Knesset on 6 June 1965, with the television channel starting broadcasts on 2 May 1968. Initially in black and white, colour television was used from 13 January 1982, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telad
Telad is an Israeli production company. The company is mostly known for being one of the three concessionaires whom ran the Israeli commercial television channel Channel 2 between the years 1993–2005. History The company was founded in the 1960s as a small production company in Jerusalem named "Idan" and provided services to the Israeli channel 1 and to TV stations worldwide. "Idan" was reestablished in 1973 into "Telad" as part of a joint establishment with the Israeli investment firm Israel Discount Bank. In the early 1990s "Telad" upgraded its position after winning the bid to operate the newly established Channel 2 and was the first of the three concessionaires to broadcast the first transmissions on the opening day of channel 2 on 4 November 1993. Later on, during the late 1990s, Telad acquired exclusive broadcasting rights of TV channels broadcast on the satellite TV and cable TV – among them The History Channel, E! channel, Biography Channel and the MGM channel. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
