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 …
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i24news’ Morning Edition hosted by Yael Lavie from September 23rd, 2013. Ron Jacobsohn discuses the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards. Breaking Bad won Outstanding Drama Series for the first half of its fifth season, while Modern Family won Outstanding Comedy Series for the fourth consecutive time. Netflix made history by earning the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for original online only web …
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Match Made in Heaven is not your average reality show, it is the first ever series in the world which got a reviling look into the very closed and hidden world of the matchmaking in the ultra-religious Jews who still use the traditional way of getting to know your future mate. The project which was financed by Israeli satcaster, YES, …
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Ron Jacobsohn Attends the Premiere of the Ultra Orthodox Series, Shtisel Israeli satcaster, YES, produced a new fascinating dramatic series that shows us a glimpse into the mostly unknown inner world of the ultra Orthodox Jews of Jerusalem’s Meah Shearim. Ayelet Zurer, the star of “Shtisel”, has spent the past decade in Hollywood where she starred in movies like Munich, …
Read More »Somehow Israel has turned into a television format Mecca over the last several years with shows like Homeland, In Treatment and a slew of game shows like Still Standing, hitting it big on American Prime Time Television. Ron Jacobsohn went to talk to some of the players to inquire what the secret of the success of those Israeli formats is. Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent: …
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