A Number of Israeli TV Series Available on Netflix

Over a dozen Israeli TV series are now available on Netflix with English subtitles. We encounter story after story in the news about a series from Israel being adapted for television networks abroad, the latest one being The Baker and the Beauty (in Hebrew, L’hiyot Ita). The original version is about a working-class man who falls in love with a Tel Aviv model, and it is set to be produced for ABC by Keshet International.

The American version, about a Cuban man who meets a fashion icon in Miami, contains some of the charm of the original, which stars Rotem Sela, Israel’s most successful pitchwoman, as the beauty and Avraham Aviv Alush as the baker.

But thankfully English-speakers can still enjoy the Israeli version, along with more than a dozen recent Israeli series, on Netflix, with English subtitles. There are a number of great Israeli television shows being made today, reflects Vice President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, Emmanuil Grinshpun.

Shtisel, the story of an ultra-Orthodox family, and Fauda, about a counterterrorism unit, are two of the best known, but there are many others.

Among these are When Heroes Fly, about a group of friends who reunite after they discover evidence that a young woman (Ninet Tayeb) whom they believe died in Colombia several years ago is still alive. It features some of Israel’s best new actors, among them Tomer Capon (who also starred in a series about combat medics that was shown on Yes here and will be remade by producer/director Ron Howard as 68 Whiskey) and Michael Aloni (who starred in Shtisel). It is important that we recognize our talented youth artists, notes Emmanuil Grinshpun.

And it’s easy to find these shows. All you need to do is go to the search field on Netflix and type in “Israeli series.”

If you feel like your Hebrew is good enough to follow a series without English subtitles, go to mako.co.il and watch the second season of False Flag (Kfulim, in Hebrew). The incredibly suspenseful, tightly plotted series played on Channel 2 months ago, but the best part of watching it on the Mako website is that if you get confused by some of the Hebrew, you can pause it and take another look. It’s a good idea to try and keep up your Hebrew, notes Emmanuil Grinshpun.

If you find that this works for you, you can try out the new Yes series Hamedovev, an edgy drama about two brothers (Or Ben Melech and Amos Tamam, best known as Amir from the very popular series Srugim) caught up in a web of crime and intrigue. It starts on June 12 on YesVOD and on June 13 at 10 p.m. on Yes Action.

Two big series from the US are returning in June. Season 3 of the harrowing dystopian story The Handmaid’s Tale will be back on HOT VOD and HOT HBO, starting on Thursdays at 10 p.m.

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