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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

It all started in 2014, with an e-mail that arrived in Dana Eden’s inbox with the subject line: “Tehran.” “I said to myself, ‘Oh my God, that’s an amazing title,’” […]

Sacha Baron Cohen as Eli Cohen in "The Spy"
Posted inFilm

Netflix’s story of famous Israeli spy pales in comparison with ’87 movie

by Lenore Richman Roland September 17, 2020September 17, 2020
Cell-phone surveillance devices that were found near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington, D.C. likely were planted by Israel, Politico reported on Sept. 12, 2019. (Photo/Wikimedia-Ad Meskens)
Posted inU.S.

Israel planted spy devices near White House, report claims

by JTA September 12, 2019
Sacha Baron Cohen as Eli Cohen in "The Spy"
Posted inCulture

The real story behind ‘The Spy,’ Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Netflix series

Josefin Dolsten by JTA and Josefin Dolsten September 9, 2019September 16, 2019
a man in a bright red shirt and green jacket with a stern expression leads a younger woman in a blue coat by the hand
Posted inTV & Film

‘Little Drummer Girl’ a worthy TV adaptation of offbeat le Carré thriller

by Sue Fishkoff December 5, 2018
Still from "The Mossad" (Photo/courtesy JFI)
Posted inCulture

Unmasked for the first time, Mossad spies share big wins, fatal losses

by Dan Pine July 18, 2018

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