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What to watch this week: Gal Gadot speeds through The Runner, Hearsay delivers gripping thriller

TV Time: A new Gal Gadot thriller, a chilling Israeli TV drama, and Hanoch Daum’s return headline this week’s entertainment picks.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
‘THE RUNNER’ is just what the trailer promises, an action-packed thriller featuring Gal Gadot as Maia, a lawyer and single mother in London who has to save her son.
JEWISH AMERICAN mobster Meyer Lansky in ‘Lansky – the Zionist Gangster.’

What to watch in Israel this week: Lansky’s Zionism, E.T. on Disney+, and the James Bond curse

TV Time: A new KAN documentary explores Meyer Lansky’s criminal empire, Jewish identity, and surprising ties to Israel, alongside reviews of new streaming additions including E.T. and Ian Fleming.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Vincent Pastore attends the "Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple" Premiere during the 2024 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 08, 2024 in New York City.

Sopranos actor Vincent Pastore dies at age 80

Pastore was found at his home in the Bronx, New York City. There was no indication of criminality, CBS News reported, citing law enforcement sources.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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HBO Max to join Cellcom TV+, offering new shows as Israeli streaming competition grows

The summer promotion will make HBO Max hit TV shows available to new Cellcom TV+ subscribers for NIS 99 during the first three months.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Indulging in TV: A cancer patient's escape - opinion

I’d much rather be outdoors hiking or having fun beyond the telly – I hope that will come back. In the meantime, TV it is.

APRIL 20, 2025ByBRIAN BLUM
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Israeli series, The German, wins writing prize at Series Mania

Israeli screenwriters Moshe Zonder and Ronit Weiss Berkowitz won Best Writing at Series Mania for The German, showcasing Israeli TV's international success.

MARCH 29, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
Ania Bukstein, pictured here in the series, The Magpie, is one of the stars of the Series Mania winner, The German.

Disturbing documentary exposes physical abuse in ultra-Orthodox schools

Director Meni Philip's powerful film gives a voice to survivors of corporal punishment in haredi educational institutions, revealing how widespread abuse shapes an entire community.

MARCH 9, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
A SCENE from ‘No Child Spared.’

Dark police thriller ‘Motherland’ premieres on KAN, Wicked available to stream

Check out the series, movies and shows hitting Israel's screens this week.

FEBRUARY 27, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
‘MOTHERLAND’ IS KAN’s new thriller.

Biggest American Streamers of 2024 Revealed

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

Netflix’s ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ features a Jewish-run ‘cancer clinic.’ What is it?

The show is based on the true story of two less-than-honest wellness influencers, and the Hirsch Institute is based on a real place and course of treatment founded by a German Jew.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
(L-R) Alycia Debnam-Carey as Milla, Aisha Dee as Chanelle in Netflix's "Apple Cider Vinegar."

Keshet pitches new crime thriller

Based on the just-released trailer, it’s a twisty story that involves espionage and organized crime, and co-stars several top Israeli actors.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
LIRAZ CHAMAMI and Talia Linne Ronn in Keshet’s ‘Unconditional.’

'The Gaza Syndrome' series looks at past failures, 80 for Brady is a fun light-hearted watch

Check out the series, movies and shows hitting Israel's screens this week.

FEBRUARY 12, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
KAN’S THREE-PART series, ‘The Gaza Syndrome.’

The Wedding Plan is a light-hearted comedy, Protection series offers suspenseful drama

TV week in Israeli culture

JANUARY 22, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN
MODERN ISRAELI comedy, ‘The Wedding Plan.’

Samsung TVs will tell you who the actor is and even translate it

Samsung introduced new TV features that let you identify actors, get real-time translations for foreign series, and track unusual pet behavior.

JANUARY 19, 2025ByTZAHI HOFFMAN
Samsung Vision AI