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Liraz Charhi
Liraz Charhi (; ) is an Iranian-Israeli actress, singer and dancer. She is the niece of singer Rita (Israeli singer), Rita Jahan-Farouz. Early life Charhi was born in Ramla, Israel, to an Iranian Jewish family. She was enlisted as a soldier to the Israel Defense Forces, serving in the Israeli military ensembles, military band of the Education and Youth Corps, until 1999. Career Charhi began singing and performing at the age of 6, and made her debut as stage actress at the Habima Theatre, Habima National Theatre, where she worked professionally from 11 to 14; then she studied at the Beit Zvi, Beit Zvi Stage Arts School. She appeared in the Israeli TV series ''Ha-Masa'it'' in 2002 and gained further attention after a nomination by the Israeli Film Academy (Ophir Award) for her role in the 2004 film ''Turn Left at the End of the World'' (''Sof Ha'Olam Smola''). She was invited to the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles in 2006, and afterwards started pursuing a career in Hollywood. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramla
Ramla (), also known as Ramle (, ), is a city in the Central District of Israel. Ramle is one of Israel's mixed cities, with significant numbers of both Jews and Arabs. The city was founded in the early 8th century CE by the Umayyad caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik as the capital of Jund Filastin, the district he governed in Bilad al-Sham before becoming caliph in 715. The city's strategic and economic value derived from its location at the intersection of the '' Via Maris'', connecting Cairo with Damascus, and the road connecting the Mediterranean port of Jaffa with Jerusalem. It rapidly overshadowed the adjacent city of Lydda, whose inhabitants were relocated to the new city. Not long after its establishment, Ramla developed as the commercial centre of Palestine, serving as a hub for pottery, dyeing, weaving, and olive oil, and as the home of numerous Muslim scholars. Its prosperity was lauded by geographers in the 10th–11th centuries, when the city was ruled by the Fati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn Left At The End Of The World
''Turn Left at the End of the World'' (, ''Sof HaOlam Smola'') is a 2004 Israeli film written, produced and directed by Avi Nesher and starring Netta Garti and Liraz Charhi. Plot The film takes place in a small Negev development town in 1968 and narrates the struggle of Moroccan and Indian olim, focusing on the relationship between two girls, Sarah Talkar and Nicole Shushan. Cast * Netta Garti: Nicole Shushan * Liraz Charhi: Sarah Talkar *Aure Atika: Simone Toledano * Ruby Porat-Shoval: Jeannette Shushan *Kruttika Desai: Rachel Talkar *Jean Benguigui: Isaac Shushan *Parmeet Sethi: Roger Talkar * British Cricket Player: Eyal Ben-Ze'ev Production Outdoor scenes were filmed in Midreshet Ben-Gurion. Reception The film participated in international film festivals in the United States, Australia, India and European countries, and received several awards, including the Audience Award at the festival Taormina Film Fest and the Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabri Maranan (TV Series)
''Savri Maranan'' () is an Israeli sitcom television series. History Savri Maranan was produced by Keshet and Tedy. The show was created by Ruby Duenyas and Yaniv Polishook. It originally aired on Channel 2, and currently airs on Channel 12. In May 2014 the series was sold to TBS, the new American version was called ''Your Family or Mine''. It premiered on April 7, 2015. The show's final episode aired on 14 March 2025. Plot The series stars the family of Shay Rosen and Shani Hasson, who are from different ethnic groups. Shay's family is of Ashkenazi descent, while Shani's family is of Mizrahi descent. The show follows the family as they visit their extended families for Shabbat dinner, where most of their escapades occur. Most of the show's comedy is derived from stereotypes of the two ethnic groups and the differences between them. The show's name is derived from a traditional expression, part of the Kiddush. Cast Main cast *Dvir Benedek as Shai Rosen * Rotem Abuhab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Avni
Tom Avni (Hebrew: תום אבני) is an Israeli actor, TV host, director and voice actor. Background Avni was born on April 20, 1986 in Eilat, Israel. His father, Nir Avni was a diver of Lithuanian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish descent, being one of the founders of Dolphin Reef. His mother, Ofra Bar Zion, was a dance teacher born in Algeria. Stage career In 1996, he gained his first significant exposure, when he was 10 years old, when he played Mowgli, the main role in the musical "The Jungle Book", alongside Tuvia Tzafir and Hanoch Rosen. In the following years, Avni participated in the musicals "King of Siam" (2000), "Tiny" (2002), "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" (2003) and "Aladdin" (2004). In 2019, he played Adoniya, the son of David, in the play "The Next One", a political thriller by and directed by . In 2022, he acted in the play "", written by , which was performed at the Cameri Theater. Film career Avni's first appearance on television was in 1990, at the age of 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziv Cojocaru
Ziv "Kojo" Cojocaru (; born 1977 in Beer-Sheva, Israel) is an Israeli composer, conductor and arranger who serves as Head of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory Department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and as Conductor in Residence of the Israel Sinfonietta Orchestra. Biography Cojocaru received his master's degree in Composition with honors at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance studying with Zvi Avni and Haim Permont. He also received his master's degree in Orchestral Conducting with honors at the Academy, studying with Yevgeny Zirlin. Cojocaru completed his doctorate in composition (Ph.D) at Bar-Ilan University. He also attended composition master classes under composers Fabián Panisello (Spain), Philippe Leroux (France) and Ivan Fedele (Italy), and conducting master classes under conductors Fabián Panisello (Spain) and Pierre-Andre Valade (France). Since 2009, Cojocaru has been a full-time faculty member of composition and theory at the Academy. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is an American subscription over-the-top streaming service owned by Apple. The service launched on November 1, 2019, and it offers a selection of original production film and television series called Apple Originals. The service was announced during the Apple Special Event of March 2019, where entertainers from Apple TV+ projects appeared onstage, including Jennifer Aniston, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg. The service can be accessed through Apple's website and through the Apple TV app, which has gradually become available on many Apple devices and some major competing digital media players, including some smart TV models and video-game consoles. Apple TV+ has over 45 million paid memberships. Apple plans to expand the services' availability, and there are workarounds for subscribers whose device is not presently supported. Access is included as part of the Apple One subscription. Most of the content is available in Dolby Vision profile 5 and Dolby At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran–Israel Proxy Conflict
The Iran–Israel proxy conflict, also known as the Iran–Israel proxy war or Iran–Israel Cold War, is an ongoing Proxy war, proxy conflict between Iran and Israel. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran has backed Palestinian groups such as Hamas. Israel has supported Iranian rebels, such as the People's Mujahedin of Iran, conducted airstrikes Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, against Iranian allies in Syria and Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists. In 2018 Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war, Israeli forces directly attacked Iranian forces in Syria. Motivated by the Alliance of the periphery, periphery doctrine, Iran–Israel relations#Israeli independence to Iranian revolution (1947–1979), Imperial Iran and Israel had close relations, seeing Arab powers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran (TV Series)
''Tehran'' () is an Israeli spy thriller television series created by Moshe Zonder for the Israeli public channel Kan 11. Written by Zonder and Omri Shenhar and directed by Daniel Syrkin, the series premiered in Israel on 22 June 2020 and on 25 September internationally on Apple TV+. Featuring dialogue in Hebrew, Persian, and English, the series follows an Israeli Mossad agent of Iranian Jewish descent on her first mission in Iran's capital Tehran, which is also the place of her birth. The series was renewed by Apple TV+ for a second season in January 2021. The second season, starring Glenn Close, was released on 6 May 2022. On 8 February 2023, it was announced that the series had been renewed by Apple TV+ for a third season, with Hugh Laurie joining the cast. It was released on 9 December 2024 on Kan 11, but not on Apple TV+. At the 49th International Emmy Awards held in November 2021, ''Tehran'' received the award for best drama series, becoming the first Israeli series t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mossad
The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (), popularly known as Mossad ( , ), is the national intelligence agency of the Israel, State of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel), Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security). Mossad is responsible for intelligence assessment, intelligence collection, covert operations, and Counterterrorism, counter-terrorism. Its director answers directly and only to the Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister. Its annual budget is estimated to be around (US$2.73 billion), and it is estimated that it employs around 7,000 people, making it one of the world's largest espionage agencies. The organization is alleged to have been involved with many assassination plots across a variety of locations. History Mossad was formed on December 13, 1949, as the Central Institute for Coordination at the recommendation of Prime Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raman Loveworld
Raman may refer to: People *Raman (name) ** C. V. Raman (1888–1970), Indian Nobel Prize-winning physicist **Kocheril Raman Narayanan, President of India from 1997 to 2002 Places * Raman, Bathinda, India * Raman, Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Raman district, Yala Province, Thailand ** Raman railway station * Raman oil field, in Batman, Turkey Other uses * Raman (crater), a lunar impact crater * ''Raman'' (film), a 2008 Indian Malayalam film * Raman scattering, a physical effect named after C. V. Raman * Raman spectroscopy, an analytical technique based on Raman Scattering * ''Raman'', a comic, and its title character, created by Pran Kumar Sharma See also * * Ramana (other) * Ramani (other) * Rahman (other) * Rama (other) * Ramen (other) * Rehman (other) * Ramman Hadad (), Haddad, Adad (Akkadian language, Akkadian: Wiktionary:𒀭𒅎, 𒀭𒅎 ''DINGIR, DIM'', pronounced as ''Adād''), or Iškur (Sumerian language, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible standard language, standard varieties, respectively Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari, Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964), and Tajik language, Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate society, Persianate history in the cultural sphere o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive supporting and character actor, character roles—eccentrics, underdogs, and misfits—he acted in many films and theatrical productions, including leading roles, from the early 1990s until his death in 2014. He was voted the greatest actor of the 21st century in a 2024 ranking by ''The Independent''. Hoffman studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He gained recognition for his supporting work, notably in ''Scent of a Woman (1992 film), Scent of a Woman'' (1992), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Happiness (1998 film), Happiness'' (1998), ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998), ''Magnolia (film), Magnolia'' (1999), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley (film), The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), and ''Almost Famous'' (2000). He began to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of the author Truman Capote in ''Capote (film), Capote'' (2005), won the Academy Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
