Fauda

Hollywood meets Bnei Brak: Michael Rapaport plays haredi billionaire in 'Matchmaking 3'

An Iranian singer and Yuval Raphael duet in Haifa, Fauda tops the charts in Lebanon, Sorkin takes on Zuckerberg, and Michael Rapaport goes ultra-Orthodox in a brand new Israeli film.

OCTOBER 9, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS

Michael Rapaport (center) plays haredi billionaire Michael Gerstel in 'Matchmaking 3'

Lior Raz and Melanie Laurent in season five of Fauda.

‘Checkout,' ‘Fauda’ test the appetite for Israeli spy stories after October 7

Two productions arriving in the United States this month are testing whether or not there is still an appetite for Israeli spy stories in the post-October 7 world.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2026|BySTEWART AIN/JTA

Director Yuval Abraham and Director Rachel Szor winners of the Special Jury Prize for "Naza" attend a photocall on the red carpet following the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido on September 12, 2026.

Trusting your audience: What NAZA could learn from Fauda's latest season - editorial

Israeli self-criticism has never been absent from Israeli culture. Fauda itself is proof.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2026|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Lior Raz and Mélanie Laurent in season five of Fauda.

Fifth season of 'Fauda' sparks viral international reactions to October 7-focused episodes

Within a day of its release on Netflix, the series had already ranked seventh among the platform’s 10 most-watched shows in 43 countries and was leading to new understandings of the massacre.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026|ByMAARIV ONLINE

IDF soldiers honored at emotional SoHo event raising PTSD awareness

It was a memorable evening in which full recognition was given to Israel’s heroic IDF soldiers, which was portrayed through art as well.

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByJOSEPH SCUTTS

TL: Ornit Dahari Atash, Yaarit Shoshan; B-L: Yaarit Shoshan, Ofer Yannay, Tsili Naveh; T-R: Inbar Lavi, Doron Ben-David of Fauda, Consul General Asaf Zamir, C-R: Musician and singer Raviv Kaner performs for the crowd; B-R: Zamir, Roy Peled.

Grapevine December 4, 2022: The French connection

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

ISRAELI-IRANIAN singer Liraz Charhi performs at the Tempel Synagogue in Krakow at the 31st Culture Festival this past summer.

‘Fauda’ heads to Europe, still enthralling - TV review

The new season of Fauda began airing on Yes TV Action last night at 10 p.m. and is also available on Yes VOD and Sting TV.

JULY 13, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN

Lior Raz and all the Fauda stars turn out for season 4 premiere

“Eleven years ago, when we started going around to all the studios and getting told no by everyone, we never thought we would get a first season, let alone a fourth,” Avi Issacharoff recalled.

JULY 12, 2022ByHANNAH BROWN

Top Israeli TV shows you (and my mom) should watch - opinion

The only question is who will get to these first – me or my mom?

FEBRUARY 24, 2022ByBRIAN BLUM

A STILL from the opening theme of ‘Hit and Run.’

Fauda creators sell production company in deal backed by Blackstone

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but reports said that the price tag for Faraway was under $50 million.

JANUARY 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

'Fauda' goes global in its fourth season

The season will take place in Lebanon, Brussels, Jenin and Ramle.

DECEMBER 28, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN

Couple accused of spying in Turkey will campaign with Lior Raz

Mordi and Natalie Oknin, the couple who were arrested in Turkey last November, will be featured in an ad campaign with the “Fauda” star for an insurance company.

DECEMBER 28, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF