Shany Littman is a journalist in “Haaretz” who writes magazine articles on social and political issues, writes opinion pieces and is a film critic and the owner of the “Take Two” film column in the Galeria supplement. In her writing as a cultural critic, she deals quite a bit with the connection between politics and cultural representation in Israel. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history and philosophy from Tel Aviv University, studied for a master’s degree in the film department at Tel Aviv University and is finishing her master’s studies in American history. Before she started writing in Haaretz, she worked as an editor and researcher in documentary films, and for her research work for the film “The Shakshuka Method” she received the Research Award of the Documentary Forum. Before that, she worked as a script manager at the “Morgan” production company in Paris and as an assistant to the cultural attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Paris. She did her military service as a news reporter on the IDF airwaves.