Television

Observation · October 19, 2022
What the Israeli Show “Tehran” Means to This Iranian
By Shay Khatiri
The spy show seems so accurate I found myself wondering whether its creators are themselves former Mossad agents who spent time in the titular city.
Observation · October 29, 2019
Netflix’s “The Spy” Manages to Convey the Ethnic Irony at the Heart of Eli Cohen’s Life
By Matti Friedman
In 1960s Israel, Arabic-speaking Jews were invaluable as spies for their new country. In normal life, they were marginalized.