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Lior Zaltzman

Lior Zaltzman

Lior Zaltzman is the social media editor at 70 Faces Media, a not-for-profit Jewish media organization that includes JTA, Kveller, Jewniverse and more.

Crosses sit outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, after a gunman killed 21 people inside, May 24, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Yasin Ozturk-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I left Israel to give my kids the American dream. Is this it?

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA May 31, 2022

This article first appeared on Kveller and was distributed by JTA. On the day when the shooting happens, I finally unlock what some say is the most vital part of the American […]

From the cover of "The Assignment" by Liza Weimer.
Posted inUncategorized

Here’s what happened when a teacher made his students debate Hitler’s final solution

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
Niv Sultan as Tamir Rabinyan in "Tehran." (Photo/Apple TV+)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Tehran’ is a groundbreaking Israeli spy show about immigrant identity

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA October 7, 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen (right) as Abbie Hoffman in "The Trial of the Chicago 7". (Photo/Niko Tavernise-Netflix)
Posted inFilm

Sacha Baron Cohen’s next Netflix role is super Jewish and super relevant

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
a young woman and two young men on a couch
Posted inTV

Will U.S. version of Israeli hit ‘On the Spectrum’ get autism right?

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman July 14, 2020July 21, 2020
(Graphic/JTA-Kveller)
Posted inCulture

A Jewish anti-racist reading list for children of all ages

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman and JTA June 11, 2020
Rishik Gandhasri of San Jose aced two Jewish terms — yiddishkeit and keriah — in the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Posted inJewish Life

This San Jose 7th-grader won the National Spelling Bee with Yiddish and Hebrew

Lior Zaltzman by JTA and Lior Zaltzman May 31, 2019June 3, 2019
Christina Applegate (on couch) plays recent widow Jen, who meets Judy (Linda Cardellini) at a grief support group, in Netflix’s “Dead to Me.”
Posted inCulture

‘Dead to Me’: The next must-watch show for Jewish women

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman May 30, 2019
The cast of "Hostages," an Israeli TV show that can be streamed on Netflix in the U.S.
Posted inTV & Film

More Israeli TV to stream when you’re done with ‘Shtisel’

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman March 26, 2019March 26, 2019
(Collage/JTA)
Posted inOpinion

I believe the woman who accused Elie Wiesel of sexual assault

Lior Zaltzman by Lior Zaltzman October 26, 2017October 26, 2017

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