Meet Aleeza Chanowitz — a Brooklyn native who made Aliyah at 21 with no clear plan and ended up creating, writing, and starring in her own Israeli TV comedy. In this episode, Aleeza shares her journey from film school in Jerusalem to prime-time television, navigating Israel’s entertainment industry as an American oleh.
She talks candidly about creativity, chutzpah, motherhood, building a life between religious and secular worlds, and what it really takes to make something in Israel without a roadmap.
Mentioned in this episode:
TLVFest (Tel Aviv LGBTQ Film Festival) – https://tlvfest.com/
HOT (Israeli TV Network) – https://www.hot.net.il/
Bar-Ilan University – https://www.biu.ac.il/
Sam Spiegel Film & Television School – https://www.jerusalemsamspiegel.com/
Henry Winkler – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001857/
Dismissed (Israeli TV Series) – https://www.hot.net.il/heb/tv/channels/hot3/
Bad Boy (Israeli TV Series) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28541298/
Par Derrière (Wine Bar, Tel Aviv) – https://www.instagram.com/parderierre/
Produced by Dellet Studios for Lightboat Media
Social Media Coordinator: Tehilah Simantov
Edited and Mixed by: Yazek Shrem
IG: @aliyah_stories
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