Following his public support of his lesbian spokeswoman, Bennett was blasted by his right-wing party extremists colleagues for ‘moving to the center’, warning him will alienate party’s base. Disturbing comments from right wing extremists in the Jewish Home party, following Education Minister, Naftali Bennett’s support of his lesbian aide. Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich on […]
Romantic comedy ‘The Baker and the Beauty,’ created by Assi Azar, to reach global viewers later this year. Amazon Studios has picked up the global rights to the Israeli comedy Lihiyot Ita, which goes by the name The Baker and the Beauty in English. Amazon will stream the original version of the show, with subtitles suited […]
Yonit Zeidberg, a genderqueer woman who grew up until the age of 15 as a yeshiva student, captivated the Israeli audience on Tuesday in the TV reality music competition “The Next Star.” In a TV interview after the show, she talked about the special relationship with her ultra-Orthodox father who accompanied her to the audition. […]
Counting down the biggest stories of 2016 on our website… Popular Israeli television personality Assi Azar married his long-time boyfriend Albert Escola in June in Spain, days after the mass shooting targeting an LGBT night club in Orlando. “We send our love and prayers to our brothers and sisters in Orlando. We will keep fighting […]
While walking his dog on a Sukkot night, Assi Azar learned something new about the holiday. Also, watch the trailer for the famous host’s new documentary. Two nights ago, I walked my beloved dog Amos before bedtime. A small light came from our neighborhood’s sukkah. Inside I saw Rabbi Adi sitting alone, reading, studying. Adi, […]
Religious LGBT activist Zehorit Sorek reflects on two religious-related videos that center around the LGBT community; The videos premiered in Israel just before Yom Kippur On Saturday, two videos premiered in Israel. The first one, a kind of docu, “He’s My God Too,” portrays famous TV host Assi Azar in his quest to marry his […]
Assi Azar, host of Israeli TV hits Big Brother and Rising Star describes the moment he met his future husband, Albert Escolà. Assi Azar, the witty host of Israeli reality TV shows Big Brother and Rising Star, insists that his husband Albert Escolà, a Spanish architect, is misremembering things: “No, you weren’t lying down,” Azar […]
“Life is political. There is no way around it, and the more that Hillel and the dormant pro-Israel student body accepts and legitimizes anti-Israel hatred, the harder Jewish students will have it in the near future…” – Nadiya Al-Noor and Maxwell Adelstein in a post following a horrible anti-Israel incident in Baltimore college that left […]
Gay TV host Assi Azar penned the hit Hebrew language rom-com premiered Tuesday on Channel 4 in the UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuDrqX_jYOU Watching that first episode was great – it was as exciting as my wedding day!” gushes Assi Azar, the creative talent behind hit Israeli rom-com, Beauty and the Baker, which aired on Channel 4 last […]
The famed lead guitarist of British rock band Queen, Brian May, encouraged Jewish singer-songwriter Adam Lambert to perform in Hebrew during their upcoming joint concert in Israel, an entertainment industry advocacy organization reported on Tuesday. During a recent interview with Israeli television personality Assi Azar, May was played a 2005 video of Lambert singing the […]