Hollywood star Henry Winkler has spoken of his pride in being a Jew while on his first visit to Israel.
The American actor - best-known as the Fonz in Happy Days - was speaking as he takes a part in the comedy series Chanshi, about a young religious woman from Brooklyn who breaks off with her family and moves to Israel.
On a visit on Wednesday to students at the Sam Spiegel School For Film And Television in Jerusalem, he told the Jerusalem Post: “I love being a Jew.”
Chanshi is based loosely on the experiences of one its creators, Aleeza Chanowitz. Winkler is playing the girl’s father in the US-Israeli series.
