Moti Kirschenbaum
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Mordechai "Moti" Kirschenbaum (Hebrew: מרדכי "מוטי" קירשנבאום, born September 24, 1939) is an Israeli media personality and documentarian.
[edit] Biography
Kirschenbaum was born in Kfar Saba in 1939. He studied in an agricultural high school in Pardes Hana. He served in the parachuted Nahal unit of the IDF. From 1962 to 1968 he studied film and television in UCLA.[1]
He was a staff member of the Israeli television from its first day in May 1968, and was editor of "Mabat", its news program, during its first three years. He directed several documentaries, and produced and edited several television programs (including "Lo HaKol Over" and "Nikui Rosh"). He also directed satirical theater productions, including sketches for HaGashash HaHiver. He wrote and directed approximately 120 reports for the "Yoman" ("Diary") television program. From 1976 to 1979 he managed Channel One's program division.[1]
In the late 1980s he quit his permanent work in the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) and established a video producing company, Anat, which produced industrial promotion films, mostly for ISCAR Metalworking. In 1976 he was awarded the Israel Prize for his television work. He continued to make reports for Yoman and also wrote a weekly column for Yediot Aharonot.[1]
In 1993 he was appointed CEO of the IBA, a position he held until his retirement in 1998.[1] In 2003, he began co-hosting the current affairs program "London & Kirschenbaum" with Yaron London on Channel Ten.[2] In 2008, they both signed for two more years.[3]
He is married to Yona and has four children. He lives in Michmoret.[1]
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[edit] External links
- Mordechai Kirschenbaum at the Internet Movie Database
- itaihermelin (Contributor). Clip from the foreign issues section of "London and Kirshenbaum". Retrieved on 2008-05-04. Event occurs at 62 seconds.(Hebrew)
