Haas will play one of the investigating officers, DC Maplewood, in 'Bodies,' a British crime thriller that is being adapted from a Si Spencer graphic novel.
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Following Louis C.K.'s sexual misconduct scandal, his career took a nosedive, but the question remains if he was actually “canceled” – and whether anyone else truly has been.
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March this year signals the first anniversary of the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. March every year heralds a series of events that mark International Women’s Day. More than ever before, the two are closely intertwined.
The most notable feature of the last 12 months not only in Israel but throughout the world is the complete blurring of the lines between the personal and the political. If, for many, especially women, the personal has always been political, now the political has become intensely personal as well. It is almost impossible to grasp the ongoing effects of the coronavirus without looking at their differential gender impact. At the same time, serio
Erez Drigues and his large locks of hair appearing in Rehearsals. (Screen capture: Kan)
Erez Drigues, the lead actor and co-creator of the Kan public broadcaster’s dramedy “Rehearsals,” has been accused of repeated instances of sexual harassment.
Kan announced last week that “Rehearsals” will go ahead with a second season, probably without Drigues.
Shortly after an in-depth profile of Drigues appeared in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in January, Ofir Sgerski wrote a Facebook post describing the “sleazy” text messages that Drigues had sent her a few years back.
Then, last Wednesday, feminist news website Politically Koret ran a story (Hebrew) about Drigues, including interviews with four women who came forward describing instances of his sexual misconduct.
Jessica Steinberg covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center.
Illustrative: An Israeli couple wait for a play to begin in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2013. (Zuzana Janku/Flash 90)
A spate of new plays commissioned from young Tel Aviv playwrights may be one way the beleaguered culture industry is fighting back against the strangling effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Over half a million shekels is being invested by the Tel Aviv municipality and the city’s four most established repertory theaters Habima Theater, Beit Lessin Theater, Gesher Theater and Cameri Theater to help develop works written by Tel Aviv residents who are under 40.