Excerpted From Los Angeles Times

"In Treatment" is the first of several Israeli television shows being remade for American audiences, said Daniel Sussman, a manager at Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, who is producing an adaptation of another popular Israeli television series for HBO. "It's a real wave that includes drama, comedy and reality, hours, half-hours and reality," Sussman said.

In recent years, Israeli films and TV have moved to the forefront because they have improved greatly in quality, said David Lonner, a William Morris agent who sponsors industry tours to Israel. Sussman and Lonner belong to a movement to build links between Hollywood and Israel that is producing results.

"A Touch Away," for instance, was created by Zedfrir Kohonofsky, who participated in an annual master class in cinema and television put on by the Jewish Federation's Tel Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership and Entertainment Division, in conjunction with the Jewish Agency for Israel.