Amy Spiro

Amy Spiro formerly covered pop culture, food and everything in between for The Jerusalem Post.

She has a bachelor's degree in journalism and politics from New York University and a certificate in baking and pastry arts from The Jerusalem Culinary Institute.

Before joining The Jerusalem Post in 2011, Amy worked for the New York Jewish Week and wrote for various other publications. Her favorite punctuation mark is the interrobang.


Rabbis hats are silhouetted against the sky as they gather to pose for a group photo in front of the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., November 4, 2018.

Utah Chabad rabbi speaks out about childhood abuse

GAL GADOT waves to fans at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in Santa Monica, California, last week. Do any of them care that she’s Israeli?

Assessing the Gal Gadot effect on Israel's image

‘Euphoria’

Young and troublesome


Bar Refaeli expecting third child

Refaeli, who is married to businessman Adi Ezra, is already the mother of two daughters under age 3: Liv and Elle.

Bar Refaeli

U.S. antisemitism envoy: Armed guards needed at synagogues, Jewish centers

"I don't care what ideological clothing it wears, Jew hatred is Jew hatred, we need to fight it and oppose it," says Elan Carr in Jerusalem.

U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism, Elan Carr is interviewed by the Jerusalem Post Editor in Chief Yaakov Katz at the GC4I conference in Jerusalem

Herzog: Strong Israeli judiciary is best counter to delegitimization

Jewish leaders from around the world debate how best to battle BDS and antisemitism.

Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog speaks at the GC4I conference in Jerusalem, June 19

Bhad Bhabie concert in Jordan canceled over Israel support

US rapper known for 'cash me outside' slated to appear in Tel Aviv next month.

2018 Billboard Music Awards – Arrivals – Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., 20/05/2018 – Recording artist Bhad Bhabie

John Cusack slammed for antisemitic retweet

After initial defense, actor deletes image and apologizes.

Actor John Cusack poses during a photocall to promote the movie 'Chi-Raq' at the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany February 16, 2016

New Holocaust memorial installed in Copenhagen

First 'stolpersteine' stumbling blocks inaugurated in Denmark by artist Gunter Demnig.

German artist Gunter Demnig puts three 'Snublesten', or Stolpersteine, in front of the Synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 17, 2019. A stumbling block is a memorial stone laid in the pavement next to houses where victims of Nazism had their homes

Violent brawl at Pancake House in Israel goes viral

Video comes just a week after a similar, chair-throwing fight at a water park in Holon.

Pancake tower

HBO remake of Israeli show ‘Euphoria’ mired in controversy

Series criticized for its excessive nudity, drug use and violence.

Hunter Schafer and Zendaya appear in HBO's 'Euphoria'

Jim Jefferies returning to Israel this year

Jefferies is known for his outlandish and vulgar comedy style, and being an equal-opportunity offender.

Jim Jeffries

Jim Jefferies brings his foul mouth back to Israel

“Stop fighting over this land, it’s not that good,” he said during his set in Tel Aviv in early 2018.

Provocative stand-up comic Jim Jefferies.