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Guri Alfi
Guri Alfi-Aharon (; born 18 September 1976) is an Israeli actor, director, screenwriter, producer, stand-up comedian, voice actor, comedian and television host. Biography Alfi was born, raised and educated in Ramat Gan. He is the son of the writer Yosi Alfi who immigrated to Israel from Iraq, and Sue Alfi (née Platt) who immigrated from United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ... and volunteered in a kibbutz. His sister is the actress Sherry Alfi. He studied at the Arnon elementary school in his hometown and at the Blich High School's drama department. At age 16 he began performing at the Domino Gross stand-up club. He did his military service in the Israel Defense Forces, IDF Education Corps ensemble, alongside Yael Poliakov and Noa Tishby. Career In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv, and is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. It is home to a Diamond Exchange District (one of the world's major diamond exchanges), Sheba Medical Center (the largest hospital in Israel) and many high-tech industries. Ramat Gan was established in 1921 as a moshava, a communal farming settlement. In it had a population of almost 200,000. History Ramat Gan was established by the ''Ir Ganim'' association in 1921 as a satellite town of Tel Aviv. The first plots of land were purchased between 1914 and 1918. It stood just south of the Arab village of Jarisha. The settlement was initially a moshava, a Zionist agricultural colony that grew wheat, barley and Watermelon, watermelons. The name of the settlement was changed to Ramat Gan (lit: ''Garden Height'') in 1923. The settlement continued to operate as a moshava until 1933, although it achieved local council (Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tal Friedman
Tal Friedman (; born 20 December 1963) is an Israeli actor, comedian and musician best known for starring on Israeli sketch comedy show ''Eretz Nehederet''. Biography Friedman was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, in 1963. His father was a holocaust survivor. He served in the Israeli Navy on a missile boat during the 1982 Lebanon War. He studied acting at Tel Aviv University, where he met Moshe Furster, with whom he put on his first act, ''Alilot Moshe Ba'ir Hagdola'' (עלילות משה בעיר הגדולה, lit: "Moshe's Adventures in the Big City"). During that time he also performed in several plays. His film appearances include ''Driks' Brother'' (1994), ''Right Back'' (1997), ''Riki Riki'' (2005), ''Joy'' (2005) and ''Schwartz Dynasty'' (2005). He was also the voice of Sid in the Hebrew dubbing of the ''Ice Age (franchise), Ice Age'' franchise. His television career began with the "Tal and Moshe" with Furster, followed by a scheduled time in the program ''Zehu Ze!'', ''Tzafdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazoz (band)
Gazoz () was an Israeli pop rock band established in 1978. Two members of Gazoz played together in Kaveret Kaveret (, lit. "beehive"), also known as Poogy (, nickname of band drummer Meir Fenigstein chosen for their performances abroad), was an Israeli pop rock band, which operated originally from 1973 to 1976. Representing Israel in the 1974 Eurovisi ... before joining Gazoz. Most of its songs were radio hits, including “Rony”, “Danny And Mummy”, “Spaceship”, “Tea Makes Me Dizzy” and “Nine O'Clock At The Roundabout.” Israeli pop music groups Israeli rock music groups Musical groups established in 1978 {{Israel-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roi Bar Natan
Roi or ROI may refer to: Music * "Roi" (song), by Bilal Hassani, 2019 * "Roi", a song by The Breeders from the 1993 album ''Last Splash'' * "ROI", a single by VIDEOCLUB, 2018 People * Alice Roi (born 1975 or 1976), American fashion designer * Qin Fen (born 1991), also known as Roi, Chinese singer * Roi (given name), including a list of people with the name Places * Ro'i, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank * Roi, Lhünzê County, a village in Tibet * Roi-Namur, previously two islands Roi and Namur, in the Marshall Islands * Republic of Ireland Other uses * , a US World War II aircraft carrier * Roi, the Hawaiian name for '' Cephalopholis argus'', the blue-spotted grouper * Roi, the French word for "king" ** List of French monarchs * Region of interest, a sample within a data set for a particular purpose * Release of information department, in hospitals * Return on investment, an accounting measure * Royal Institute of Oil Painters, an association of painters in Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 24 (Israel)
Channel 24 (), formally known as Music 24 (), is an Israeli free-to-air television channel owned by Telad, which was launched on July 20, 2003 and broadcasts music videos by Israeli musicians. Apart from music videos, the channel has different music-related shows, including interviews with musicians, live performances, music-oriented talk shows and programs which are dedicated to a specific genre of music. The channel's editor-in-chief, Yoav Kutner, has been one of the most influential figures in the Israeli rock scene. For more than 20 years he has been instrumental in introducing new singers, both Israeli and foreign, in his radio shows (which he quit in order to head the TV channel) to generations of Israeli music fans. Music 24 has struggled through monetary and ratings problems since its inception. Critics claim it has become a niche channel for Israeli bands and singers which appear only on it and otherwise remain anonymous for the public at large. However, it has been re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irit Linur
Irit Linur (; born 1961) is an Israeli author. Biography Irit Linur was married to Alon Ben David, Senior Defense Correspondent for Israel Channel 10 and Middle East Correspondent for Jane's Defence Weekly. Literary career Linur started her writing career as a satirical columnist in local newspapers. Her first full-length novel was ''The Siren's Song'', a best-selling romantic comedy set on the background of the Scud missile attacks on Tel Aviv during the Gulf War in 1991. In 1994, the book was adapted into a feature-length film directed by Eytan Fox. The title refers to the air-raid sirens which sounded almost every night during the six weeks of the war. It is the story of an assertive professional woman who experiences emotional growth and romance. At the same time, the book is critical of Tel Aviv's superficial lifestyle. Linur's second novel, ''Two Snow Whites'', is about a photographer who finds herself involved in a murder case. ''Sandler Ella'', her third novel, depict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secrets (film)
''The Secrets'' () is a 2007 Israeli drama film directed by Avi Nesher. Plot Noemi is a young devoted Jewish girl who has just lost her mother and who is close to celebrate a marriage imposed by her father. Maybe as a result of the recent lost or maybe because of her interest in the Scriptures, but also because of her lack of feelings towards the future husband (with whom she does not even like to spend time in the same room), the young girl asks her father for the possibility to keep studying the Torah by following a girl's seminary. Arrived at Safed college, she immediately makes friend with the other students except for the rebellious Michelle, who seems to lack every interest in studying. Yet, the seminary students are assigned the task of helping the city's needy people as part of their spiritual formation and Noemi and Michelle are told to work together. The two of them are sent to take care of old Mrs Anouk, an old lady suffering from cancer and heart problems who, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Nesher
Avi Nesher (Hebrew language, Hebrew: אבי נשר; born 13 December 1952) is an Israeli film producer, film director, screenwriter and actor. Biography Avi Nesher was born and raised in Ramat Gan, Israel. The child of a Romanian-born diplomat, and a mother who came from Russia. In 1965, he moved with his family to the United States. He graduated from high school at sixteen and studied international relations at Columbia University. In 1971 he returned to Israel. Nesher enlisted into the Israel Defense Forces, IDF elite special forces unit Sayeret Matkal, but after a year was reassigned as an intelligence analyst. Film career In 1978, Nesher directed and produced his first film, ''HaLahaka'' (Hebrew: "הלהקה", lit. ''The Band''), which depicted an army entertainment troupe similar to the Nahal troupe (להקת הנח"ל). The film stars many of the leading actors and singers of that era, including Gidi Gov, Gali Atari, Sassi Keshet and Heli Goldenberg, most of whom served i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Finish
Eli Finish (; born 17 July 1975) is an Israeli actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. He is well known for acting in the popular TV show Eretz Nehederet. Career After his release from the IDF in 1996, Finish studied acting in the art school HaBustan in Netanya. He also appeared in Dudu Topaz's stand-up comedy show called The First in Entertainment with Mariano Idelman in the same year, and signed a 2-year contract with the show. Finish and Idelman continued working together with a stand-up act called ''Ovrim Al HaTzhok'' (a word play on ''Ovrim Al HaHok'', Hebrew for "breaking the law"), and in 2001 created their own show named ''Ahla Seret'' ("A Great Movie"). In 2002 they released a 'best moments' DVD. In the same year, they appeared in a show on Bip called ''Lo Nafsik Litzhok'' ("(We) Won't Stop Laughing") along with Tal Friedman, Asi Cohen and Rotem Abuhav. The first two continued with Finish and Idelman to Eretz Nehederet in 2003. In 2005, Finish played his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila Almagor
Gila Almagor Agmon (; born Gila Alexandrowitz; July 22, 1939) is an Israeli actress, film star, and author. In Israel, she is known as "queen of the Israeli cinema and theatre". Biography Gila Alexandrowitz (Almagor) was born in Petah Tikva to Jewish emigrant parents from Europe. Her German-Jewish father Max Alexandrowitz was killed by an Arab sniper while working as a policeman in Haifa four months before she was born. Her mother Chaya was from a Polish Orthodox Jewish family. Almagor grew up caring for her mother, who was slowly losing her sanity after realising that all her family in Europe had been murdered in the Holocaust. When her mother was institutionalized in 1954, Almagor was sent to Hadassim youth village. Two years later, she moved to Tel Aviv, rented a room near Habima Theatre, and applied to acting school. Although she was underage, she was accepted. At the age of 17, Almagor debuted in Habima's production of ''The Skin of Our Teeth''. Her autobiographical books ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lior Miller
Lior Miller (; born 13 February 1972) is an Israeli film and television actor, DJ, and model. Career He was first discovered after appearing in a commercial for Castro clothing. Miller later acted in the television series ''Ramat Aviv Gimel''. He has also appeared on the Israeli version of the television series ''Dancing with the Stars ''Strictly Come Dancing (widely known as Dancing with the Stars)'' is an international television franchise based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing,'' itself a successor to the show ''Come Dancing'' (1950–1998) ...''. Notes External links * 1972 births Israeli male film actors Israeli male television actors Israeli DJs Israeli male musical theatre actors Living people {{israel-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 2 (Israel)
Channel 2 (), also called "The Second Channel" () was an Israeli commercial broadcasting, 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 Media Group, Keshet", "Reshet", and "Telad"), and in 2005 only two broadcasters were left while "Telad" stopped broadcasting due to its loss in the The Second Authority for Television and Radio, 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 Israel Television News Company, 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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
