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  • Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Israeli Premiere of “Hostages”

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Israeli Premiere of “Hostages”

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Israeli Premiere of “Hostages”

    Many Israeli television shows have made their way by now onto American television, however this is the first time ever that the Israel version of a show premieres after the American one. Series creators, Rotem Shamir and Omri Givon, claim the whole process has been overwhelming especially the fact that their show was sold to the US even before they secured a broadcaster in Israel. Hostages on CBS is quickly becoming one of the biggest hits of the fall season so the Israeli creators are already anxiously awaiting the call from Hollywood that their show has been picked up for the very coveted second season.

  • Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

    We are at the Sanherdria cemetery, where these moments Rabbi Ovadia Yossef, one of the greatest Rabbis of the State of Israel is being buried. He passed away this afternoon at the age of 93. About 700,000 people, an eighth of the population of Israel, have swarmed into Jerusalem in order to participate in mourning of this great Rabbi. In addition to being one of the fiercest Jewish lawmakers of the century, Rabbi Ovdia Yosef, was also the leader of the ultra-orthodox Shas party, which as of tomorrow is going to undergo one of the harshest inheritance wars it ever saw.

     

  • The Foreign Language Oscar Contenders

    The Foreign Language Oscar Contenders

    i24news’ Morning Edition with Yeal Lavie for October 4th, 2013

    Ron Jacobsohn explains how the Academy for Motion Pictures and Sciences will vote for the 86th Academy Awards in the Foreign Language Movie category and discusses who are the Foreign Language Oscar contenders for this year.

  • Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Israeli Academy Awards

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Israeli Academy Awards

    The Ophir Awards, or the Israeli Academy Awards, is the official competition to what Israeli movie will go on to compete with around eighty films from around the world for the honor to be nominated in the foreign language category at the Oscars in Hollywood.  Winning the competition has become a lot more thought after as in the past six years four winners of the Ophir Awards went on to be nominated for an Oscar, however none have yet to receive the highest honor to bring the Golden statue back to Israel. This year the five nominees for Best Movie at the Ophir awards are: Bethlehem, Hunting Elephants, Candies, Magic Men and Six Times.
    Bethlehem the story of an Israeli secret service agent and a Palestinian collaborator won 6 Ophir Awards including Best Movies, which makes it the official Israeli entry for the Oscars.

     

  • Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Opening Gala of the Haifa Film Festival

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Opening Gala of the Haifa Film Festival

    Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Opening Gala of the Haifa Film Festival

    The Haifa Film Festival is celebrating its twenty-ninth edition, making it the longest running international film festival in Israel. And at tonight’s opening gala Oscar nominated Israeli filmmaker, Ari Folman of Waltz with Bashir fame, is presenting his newest flick, The Congress.