One of Israel’s best-known journalists sets her sights on understanding American Jews

Tamar Ish Shalom was among the most recognizable faces on Israeli television, anchoring one of Israel’s few nightly news programs for a decade. But last month, Ish Shalom traded in TV cameras for a podcaster’s microphone, hosting “Jewish Crossroads: Jewish Identity in Times of Crisis” from the Jewish People Policy Institute.

Ish Shalom’s journalism career goes back to her childhood, when she hosted news shows for children, and then the IDF, where she served as a reporter for the popular Army Radio. But she’s best known for her many years at Channel 10, which later became Channel 13, as anchor of the nightly news and, in recent years, the Saturday night newsmagazine.