Emmanuel Halperin

Emmanuel Halperin (Hebrew: עמנואל הלפרין; born 15 October 1942) is an Israeli journalist, television presenter, and editor.

From 1964, after completing his military service, he began working as a reporter and news presenter in Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) Television, and its Kol Yisrael radio.

In 2008, he had a role in the Israeli daily soap opera, "Hasufim" (exposed), on Hot TV provider, playing a former Mossad agent, Transportation Minister of Israel, and the father of the show's star Yael Bar Zohar.

In 2008, he and Alex Ansky organized a theatrical-musical show called "Ha'arye Ha'meohav" (The Lion is in love) based on Jean de La Fontaine's proverbs.

On his nightly news show MeHayom LeMahar, he hosted a regular segment on France's culture and current affairs, via satellite, interviewing IBA's reporter in France, Yaov Talker, on the daily political and culture events there, coining the phrase: "כאן יואב טוקר, מפריז " ("This is Yoav Talker, Paris"), with a French accent in Hebrew.

Halperin lectures on media, news and current affairs, the Americanization of the Israeli culture, French literature, and Cinema of France.