Noa Tishby

Noa Tishby was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in May 1975, The kibbutz her grandfather co-founded was among the first in Israel's history. As a teenager, she earned a drama scholarship from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and acted in several stage productions and television shows. She also served two and a half years in the Israel Defense Forces. ==Career==

Tishby began to achieve fame in Israel in the 1990s, appearing on the Israeli television drama Ramat Aviv Gimmel She released an English language album (Nona) By 2006, Tishby had appeared in a series of television roles on shows like Star Trek: Enterprise, Nip/Tuck, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The 4400, and Charmed. She had a part in the 2005 film The Island. In 2008, Tishby sold the Israeli drama series BeTipul to HBO. It was the first Israeli format to become an American television show. The resultant American adaptation, In Treatment, premiered in 2008 with Tishby as co-executive producer along with Mark Wahlberg. It ran for three seasons between 2008 and 2010, before returning for a fourth season in 2021 with Tishby still as co-executive producer. The show, which follows a series of fictional therapy sessions, won a Peabody Award in 2009. In the years during and after In Treatments first run, Tishby continued to play roles on TV shows like NCIS and Big Love. Additionally, Tishby began pitching adaptations of other Israeli programs to American networks through her production company Noa's Arc. Tishby was responsible for the development of adaptations for A Touch Away, which was renamed Divorce: A Love Story for the American version. ==Activism==

Tishby has been an activist advocating for Israel since at least 2011. In 2014, she founded Reality Israel, which holds a series of "leadership trips" for Jewish and non-Jewish people in Israel. In 2016 and 2018, she spoke before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in support of Israel. In April 2022, Tishby was appointed by then-Prime Minister Yair Lapid as Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and the Delegitimization of Israel, the first person to serve in the newly created position. Her appointment to the position initially drew skepticism. She also registered as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). In April 2023, she was dismissed from the position after she spoke out against the judicial reform proposed by the new government of re-elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Act for Israel In 2011, Tishby founded Act for Israel, an online Zionist advocacy organization. Tishby created the group with a stated goal of correcting misinformation about Israel's history, culture, and governmental policies. In March 2011, Act for Israel arranged seven interviews of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) delegation with American blogs and radio shows, including RedState. She has advocated for the return of hostages taken by Hamas, and criticized "so-called pro-Palestinian movements" in the United States. In an October 2025 interview with the National Post, she stated that Israel had lost its public relations war. On November 29, 2025, Tishby was assaulted during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Paris. The footage she shared on her social media outlets shows a protester grabbing a phone belonging to a person with her and throwing it to the ground. Over the course of the rally, she reported being verbally abused, pursued by protesters, and subjected to explicit insults and hostile slogans directed at her and at Israel. On October 22, 2025, Tishby was featured as a speaker at the convocation ceremony at Liberty University. In 2025, The Jerusalem Post included Tishby on their list of "50 Most Influential Jews", ranked 45th in a group entry of "seven pro-Israel influencers" that also included Gal Gadot (Israeli actress and model), Arsen Ostrovsky (Israeli lawyer), Siggy Flicker (The Real Housewives of New Jersey), Hen Mazzig (social media influencer), Hillel Neuer (Executive director of UN Watch), and (social media strategist). In January 2026, Tishby appeared as a guest on the PBS program Firing Line with Margaret Hoover. Eighteen Tishby founded the nonprofit media organization Eighteen in 2024, of which she is the CEO, describing its mission as being "to empower Jews and allies to be proud advocates of Israel, the Jewish community and Western values. Its mission is to fight antisemitism, defend Israel and inspire Jewish pride." In December 2024, Eighteen began producing a video project of menorah lightings where Tishby appeared alongside a different celebrity figure for each night of Hanukkah, with the series from December 2024-January 2025 featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Mila Kunis, Mayim Bialik, Iliza Shlesinger, Van Jones, Cindy Crawford, Tiffany Haddish, and Gal Gadot. In 2025, Eighteen launched the Voices of October 7 speaking tour, which was hosted at six campuses in the United States. == Books ==

In April 2021, Tishby released her first book, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth. The book discusses the history and culture of Israel with autobiographical details. In the book, Tishby takes a Zionist stance and criticizes the BDS movement as it pertains to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The book won the Education and Jewish identity Award at the 74th National Jewish Book Awards. ==Personal life==

Tishby is the granddaughter of Fania Artzi, one of the founders of the kibbutz at Degania, Hanan Yavor, an Israeli diplomat, and Nachum Tisch, who was a founder of the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Trade. Her mother, Yael Tishby, served as head of the food department at the Israeli Export Centre. In 2022, Tishby became the 11,000th signer of the Jewish Future Pledge, a charitable campaign modeled after The Giving Pledge to encourage American Jews to designate at least 50% of their charitable giving to Jewish- or Israel-related causes. Tishby was awarded an honorary doctorate by Reichman University on June 4, 2024, awarded for having "made exceptional contributions to the State of Israel since October 7." ==Filmography==

As actress Film Television As producer ==See also==