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Shtisel
''Shtisel'' () is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Haredi ("ultra-Orthodox" Jewish) family living in Geula, Jerusalem. Created and written by Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, the series premiered on 29 June 2013 on yes Oh. It commenced distribution via the online streaming service Netflix in 2018. The first two seasons have 12 episodes per season, and the third season has 9 episodes. In May 2019, the show was renewed for a third season, though filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A trailer was released in September, revealing that Season 3 is set seven years after the death of Akiva's mother (six years after the events of the first episode). Season 3 premiered on 20 December 2020, and became available on Netflix starting 25 March 2021. Overview The series follows the lives of Shulem Shtisel (Dov Glickman), the Shtisel patriarch and a rabbi at the local cheder, and the other members of his family. ''Shtisel'' is set in a Haredi, Internet-free ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehonatan Indursky
Yehonatan Indursky ( he, יהונתן אינדורסקי; born 1984) is an Israeli filmmaker. Career Yehonatan Indursky was born in Jerusalem, to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish (Haredi Jewish) family and studied at the Ultra Orthodox Yeshiva Ponevezh Yeshiva, Ponevezh in Bnei Brak, Israel, and later at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem, Israel. Filmography * "Driver (2011 film), Driver" (Short, 2011) - graduation movie in Sam Spiegel Film School. Won the Best Film and Best Acting Awards of the SSFS in 2011 and been selected to the Jerusalem Film Festival; *"" (2014) - Indursky's first full-length film: documentary, a rare and intimate look at one of Israel's leading yeshiva, Ponevezh Yeshiva, premiered in official competition in the Haifa Film Festival 2012 and was nominated for Best Documentary Film at the Ophir Award, Israeli Academy Awards (Ophir); * "The Cantor and the Sea" (Short, 2015); * "Shtisel" (2013 - 2016) - as a screenwriter he created and wrote (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasson Gabai
Sasson Gabai (or Gabay; he, ששון גבאי; born ) is an Israeli actor. He is the winner of an Ophir Award, Asia Pacific Screen Award (nominated), European Film Awards and Jerusalem Film Festival in 2007 as Best Actor in the highly acclaimed Israeli film ''The Band's Visit''. Biography Gabai was born in 1947 in Baghdad, Iraq, to a Baghdadi Jewish family. During his childhood he immigrated together with his family to Israel. After serving his mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces, he studied theater and psychology at the Tel Aviv University. After graduating, he began playing in the Khan Theater in Michael Alfreds group. Afterwards, he played in several stage productions at the Hacameri Theater, the Be'er Sheva Theater and the Beit Lessin Theater. He is one of the permanent staff members at the Beit Lessin Theater. Among the many plays he participated in were ''Servant of Two Masters'', ''Catch-22'', ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', and ''Rain Man''. Gaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shira Haas
Shira Haas ( he, שירה האס; born ) is an Israeli actress. She initially gained national prominence for her roles in local film and television, having won two Israeli Ophir Awards out of five nominations since 2014. In 2020, she gained international acclaim for her role in the Netflix miniseries '' Unorthodox.'' For this performance, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In the same year, Haas won the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best International Actress for her performance in the Israeli drama film ''Asia'' (2020)''.'' Early life Haas was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a secular Jewish family. Her parents, both Israeli-born Jews (also known as "Sabra"), are of Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish, Hungarian-Jewish, and Czech-Jewish) descent. Her grandparents are both Holocaust survivors; her grandfather had been imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. In Hebrew, her first name literally means either the noun "sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ori Elon
Ori Elon ( he, אורי אלון; born 1981) is an Israeli writer and filmmaker. Early life Elon was born in kibbutz Shluhot, Israel, and had an Orthodox Jewish upbringing. He graduated from the Ma'aleh School of Television, Film and the Arts in Jerusalem. Career Elon is the co-creator and writer (with Yehonatan Indursky) of the television drama series ''Shtisel'' (in Hebrew שטיסל), initially broadcast on satellite television station Yes Oh, and later picked up by Netflix. He is also one of the writers of the drama series ''Srugim'' (in Hebrew ), and the 2018 miniseries ''Autonomies''. In 2008 Elon authored ''The Invisible Show'' published by Keter Publishing House, a collection of short stories. In 2010, he also published the children book ''King Gogol'' also through Keter. In January 2020 Green Bean Books published another children's book called A Basket Full of Figs, illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt. Green Bean Books has also announced publication of a new children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniella Kertesz
Daniella Kertesz ( he, דניאלה קרטס; born ) is an Israeli actress. She played Segen in the film ''World War Z'', and starred as Onie in the psychological thriller film ''AfterDeath''. She played a starring role as Racheli Warburg in Season 3 of the international Israeli hit show ''Shtisel''. Early life Kertesz was born in Ramat HaSharon, Israel, to a family of Jewish background. Her father Gabriel Kertesz is an architect. Her mother Dorothy is an English teacher. Kertesz is the youngest child in her family. Kertesz spent her childhood growing up in the Yemin Moshe neighbourhood in Jerusalem, Israel. She moved with her family to Tel Aviv when she was 15 years old. Although her father served in an anti-aircraft unit in the Israel Defense Forces, and her brother is a helicopter pilot, Kertesz herself did not serve in the Israeli military due to her being a conscientious objector. She emigrated from Israel when she was 18, and resided in the United States. As of 2018, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayelet Zurer
Ayelet Zurer ( he, איילת זורר; born ) is an Israeli actress. She was nominated for awards at the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Israeli Academy Awards and the Israeli Television Academy Awards. She won Best Actress awards for her roles in the Israeli film ''Nina's Tragedies'' and '' Betipul''. She also portrays Vanessa Fisk in Marvel Television's Netflix series ''Daredevil'' (2015–18). Early life and personal life Ayelet Zurer was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family. Her mother was born in Czechoslovakia and survived the The Holocaust, Holocaust by hiding in a convent. She Aliyah, immigrated to Israel in the 1950s. Her Israeli-born father is of Russian-Jewish descent.L'Chayim: ''Ayelet Zurer''. She has described her parents as "working-class people". During her service in the Israel Defense Forces, Zurer was a soldier in the Israeli military ensembles, military band of the Northern Command (Israel), Northern Command. After finishing her military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Glickman
Dov "Dovaleh" Glickman ( he, דב "דבל'ה" גליקמן; born December 22, 1949) is an Israeli film, television and theatre actor. Biography Dov Glickman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a secular Jewish family. His Russian Jewish parents Shlomo and Dvora immigrated to the Land of Israel in the 1920s. He began his career at the Israel Defense Forces's Naval Entertainment troupe. During the early 1970s he was a member of the Haifa Theatre company, where he played a variety of roles. Acting career In 1977, he made his first film appearance in Judd Ne'eman's ''Paratroopers''. For a period of twenty years between 1978 - 1998, Glickman starred, alongside Moni Moshonov, Shlomo Baraba and Gidi Gov in Israel's longest running television show, the weekly satirical show ''Zehu Ze!''. In 1995, he starred in Ephraim Kishon's TV comedy '' Sipurey Efraim''. In 2013, he played in the internationally acclaimed film ''Big Bad Wolves'' for which he won the Best Actor award at the Fantasporto f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Aloni
Michael Mark Aloni (or Alony; he, מיכאל אלוני; born 31 January 1984) is an Israeli actor, director, writer and television presenter. Early life Aloni was born in Tel Aviv, to a secular Jewish family. His mother is an attorney and his father is an accountant. During his military service in the Israel Defense Forces, he served as a Gadna commander in the Marva training program of the Education Corps. He studied acting at the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio between 2006–2009. He also appeared in a number of advertising campaigns as a male model. Media career He is known for starring in ''Shtisel'', ''Out in the Dark'' and the 2017–2018 series, '' When Heroes Fly'', produced by Keshet. In April 2018 it won the best series at Canneseries and has been commissioned for a second season. Aloni also hosts the popular reality TV show ''The Voice Israel''. He was cast as Gabriel in ''The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem''.. In December 2022, it was announced that Aloni will play the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neta Riskin
Neta Riskin ( he, נטע ריסקין; born 28 October 1976) is an Israeli actress and journalist, best known for her role as Giti Weiss in the series ''Shtisel''. Riskin coached Israeli-born American actress Natalie Portman to speak Hebrew with an Israeli accent for ''A Tale of Love and Darkness''. Riskin was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to secular Jewish architect parents. Her mother was born in Israel. Her father, a Holocaust survivor, was born in Lithuania. Her grandfather, Asher Gliberman, was an Israeli architect who immigrated from Belarus.L'Chayim: ''The Stars of "Shtisel"'' Filmography Films * ''A Tale of Love and Darkness'' (2015) as Haya * '' Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer'' (2016) as Hannah * ''Damascus Cover'' (2017) as Yael * ''Longing'' (2017) as Yael * ''Shelter'' (2018) as Naomi Television * ''The Gordin Cell'' (2012-2015) as Nati Ganot/Nathalia Gordin * ''Shtisel'' (2013–2021) as Giti Weiss * ''Der Tel-Aviv-Krimi'' (2016) as Ronit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Rieber
Hanna Rieber ( he, חנה ריבר; 28 January 1927 – 9 September 2014) was a Romanian-born Israeli actress of stage, screen and television. She performed on stage at the Haifa Municipal Theatre, the Orna Porat Children's Theater, the Beersheba Theater (of which the latter three she co-established) and the Yiddishpiel. Rieber was awarded the Fringe Lifetime Achievement Award by the Golden Hedgehog Association for her work and contribution to the non-institutional theater field in 2013. Biography Rieber was born in Romania on 28 January 1927. She had one brother. Rieber began her career in acting at the Bucharest Yiddish Studio Theater from which she would later graduate. There, she had roles in ''The Threepenny Opera'' and ''The Diary of Anne Frank'' and earned the National Award for Acting as a result. In 1963, Rieber emigrated to Israel when she was at the age of 37. She was a co-founder of the Haifa Municipal Theatre, the Orna Porat Children's Theater and the Beersheba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadas Yaron
Hadas Yaron ( he, הדס ירון; born April 12, 1990) is an Israeli actress. She began acting as a child and made her film debut as a supporting actress in the 2006 film, ''Out of Sight''. Yaron played lead character Shira Mendelman in the 2012 Israeli drama film, '' Fill the Void''. In September of that year, she received an Ophir Award and became the first Israeli to win Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. Early life Yaron was born in Israel, to a secular Jewish family. She was raised in Tel Aviv. As an adolescent, she attended Tichon Eroni Alef Art School where she studied theatre. After completing high school, Yaron served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for two years as it is compulsory for women to serve in the military in Israel. "I was like a soldier but I wasn't a soldier," she said of her role in the army. "I was wearing my uniform, but I was in the educational system. I was kind of a guide in boarding school, like with kids and teenagers. I had a group an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zohar Strauss
Zohar Zalman Strauss ( he, זהר זלמן שטראוס; born 4 March 1972 in Haifa) is an Israeli theater, film, and television actor. Biography Strauss was born in Haifa, Israel, to a Hiloni, secular Jewish family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He won the Award for Best Actor in the 2009 Jerusalem Film Festival for his appearance in ''Eyes Wide Open (2009 film), Eyes Wide Open'', and the 2009 Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film ''Lebanon (2009 film), Lebanon''. He was nominated for the same prize in 2006 and 2012, in recognition of his roles in ''Things Behind the Sun'' and ''Magic Men''. He also won the ASSITEJ-Israel Award for Best Actor for the 2009/10 theater season. Strauss earned a law degree from the University of Leicester but chose to become an actor, graduating from the Yoram Levinstein Studio in Tel Aviv in 2001. He debuted on the stage of the Herzliya Ensemble Theater and also performed in Habima Theatre. He won praise in 2010, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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