Lior Zaltzman is a Deputy Managing Editor at Kveller and 70 Faces Media. They focus on arts and entertainment, covering themes such as theater, film, music, and celebrity culture, with a passion for exploring the intersection of culture and society. Lior's work has been featured in Hey Alma, JTA, Jewish News, The Nosher, and several other notable publications.
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By: Lior Zaltzman
If you’ve ever wished a newly pregnant Jewish friend a “mazel tov” or hearty “congratulations!!” and were met with some awkwardness, you should know, it’s not personal. While this isn’t true about every Jewish pregnant person, many Jews don’t believe in wishing someone “mazel tov” — the Hebrew for “congratulations” which literally means “good luck” […]
By: Lior Zaltzman
James Gray’s 2022 “Armageddon Times” was based on the director’s Jewish childhood in 1980s Queens, New York. It’s the story of his early teenage friendship with a Black classmate and his relationship with his Jewish grandfather (played by Anthony Hopkins), who escaped antisemitic persecution in the former USSR. The film featured Anne Hathaway as Jewish […]
It’s shaping up to be a pretty, pretty hot July — which means staying home in front of the TV may be just what the doctor ordered. Luckily, there are a lot of fun Jewish stars and shows to watch and schvitz to, from “Love Island USA,” which this season features a Jewish Gal, to […]
By: Lior Zaltzman
Even though it’s the epitome of a nationalist tune to some, “God Bless America,” according to Jewish songwriter Irving Berlin, is “not a patriotic song.” Berlin, who was born in imperial Russia, the son of a cantor, and who arrived to America as a kid, became the writer of so many songs from the Great […]
by Lior Zaltzman (Kveller) – It's shaping up to be a pretty, pretty hot, wet July — which means staying home in front of the TV may be just what the doctor ordered.
By: Lior Zaltzman
This piece originally ran on Jewish TV Club. Have you ever visited a grocery store in Israel? It’s an incredible multi-sensory experience. At the bakery section, there are trays laden with burekas and rugelach, sometimes stale, sometimes wafting the most delicious aroma. Moms and grandmothers line up to get a prime cut of meat or […]
By: Lior Zaltzman
It’s never a bad time to sit indoors and have a little TV binging marathon — especially when there’s just so much great Jewish TV on the biggest streamers of them all, Netflix. These shows will take you to Turkey, Mexico and even Egypt; they tell the true stories of spies and kidnappings and the […]
By: Lior Zaltzman
An interview with Jackie Tohn is a mechayeh — it gives life. In general I feel like that particular Yiddish word — mechayeh — shouldn’t be said unless you have a luscious white mustache and a regal mane of white hair, or you grew up actually speaking Yiddish on the regular. But as the youth […]
By: Lior Zaltzman
Director Rachel Israel has three feature films under her belt, and they are all full of very different kinds of Jewish joy. There’s “Keep the Change,” a wondrous movie that centers a JCC social support group for autistic adults, “Influenced,” the Jill Kargman comedy about rich Upper East Side moms that centers Kargman as Danielle, […]
By: Lior Zaltzman
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran in 2025. In April of 2026, Variety announced that the show would not be moving forward at Peacock. On July 30, 2026, the show was picked up by Paramount+. The article below has been lightly edited to reflect that. Last year, Alicia Silverstone shared an incredible throwback bat mitzvah […]
