Nathan Burstein
By Nathan Burstein
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Israel News The Bets Are in Shekels But the Game’s the Same
It’s a form of *tzedakah *that the Sages probably didn’t have in mind: cash winnings from the Israeli version of “Celebrity Poker.” Nevertheless, a number of Israeli charities and not-for-profit organizations stand to benefit from the November 1 premiere of “Poker Cochavim,” the Tel Aviv-based edition of the American series broadcast on Bravo. Participants in…
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Israel News Bond Girl’s Many Roles
Watch your step, 007: The latest Bond girl has an alternate identity, as a gunslinger in Tel Aviv. Actress Olga Kurylenko, cast as James Bond’s love interest in the spy series’s 22nd installment, November’s “Quantum of Solace,” already has another film in the can: an Israeli thriller set for release next year. “Walls,” an action…
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Israel News Israeli Film Festivals’ Eclectic Crowd
The stars at Cannes and Sundance are bigger and brighter, but the guest lists in Israel are decidedly more eclectic. A big screen bard, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and a descendant of a high-ranking Nazi were among the foreign guests slated to attend two Israeli film festivals this month, the first of which wrapped…
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Israel News Israeli Actors Head to Hollywood
It was panned by critics and flopped at the box office, but at least one positive thing can be said for Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest thriller: It provided employment for an elite group of Israeli actors. “Body of Lies,” filmed in Morocco and set mostly in the Middle East, continues Hollywood’s long tradition of casting Israeli…
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Israel News Bar Refaeli’s U.S. Roadtrip
Call her the Israeli Tocqueville. Bar Refaeli, the first Israeli model to pose for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, upped her visibility in the United States even further last week, guiding viewers across the country in an October 3 TV special for the cable channel Bravo. “Ironic Iconic America,” filmed with the input of fashion…
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Israel News Conservative Coif: The Sarah Palin Wig
America’s most controversial hockey mom has inspired a new item made for religious women that probably isn’t sold up there in Alaska, gosh darn it! The “Sarah Palin Wig,” based on the hairstyle of the Last Frontier State governor and GOP vice presidential candidate, is the latest head covering to go on sale at Sheitel.com,…
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Israel News Israeli Show Hits CBS
Following a year of preparations, one of Israel’s most famous fictional bachelorettes is finally ready for American TV. Michal Golan, the protagonist of 2007 Israeli comedy “The Mythological Ex,” will make her American prime-time debut October 3 on CBS, now with a new name and language, but with a storyline already familiar to fans of…
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Israel News Animated Drama Claims Top Prizes at ‘Israeli Oscars’
And the award for the best Israeli film of the year went to… “Waltz With Bashir,” an animated feature that swept the major honors at Israel’s version of the Oscars, broadcast September 23 in Tel Aviv. The film, a vividly drawn drama about Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, took the Ophir — the top prize…
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