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Jun 10, 2021 · Advertisement. Jerusalem Post Israel News Israel Culture. Shira Haas gives life to a devastating illness in Israeli film ‘Asia’. In the starkly photographed, minimalist film, Haas plays...
At age two, Haas was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and recovered two years later after a series of severe treatments. On 2 August 2022, her mother Ariela "Leah" Haas died of cancer, after weeks in hospice, at age 61.
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- She was born in 1995 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and her family moved to Ramat Hasharon shortly after. She’s the youngest of three siblings.
- When she was 2 years old, she was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Three years later, she fully recovered, but Shira acknowledges that the experience marked her forever.
- Her experience with cancer is also the reason for her diminutive stature — the chemotherapy and treatment stunted her growth, though as she says, she is 20 cm (almost 8 inches) taller than what doctors expected her to be.
- Shira wasn’t really the type of kid who put on plays at home. She has said she was very shy as a kid.
Jun 9, 2021 · Shira Haas gives life to a devastating illness in the decorated Israeli film 'Asia' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Culture. Shira Haas gives life to a devastating illness in the decorated...
Jun 28, 2021 · Israeli actress Shira Haas was able to get into the mindset of a character suffering from a degenerative motor disease in the new film “Asia” because of her own personal experience battling...
Jun 11, 2021 · Shira Haas gives life to a devastating illness in the decorated Israeli film ‘Asia’. Simi Horwitz. Jun 11, 2021 Updated Jun 15, 2021. Israeli actresses Alena Yiv, left, and Shira Haas play a mother and daughter in "Asia," an award-winning Israeli film now seeing a U.S. release. (Courtesy of Menemsha Films) ( JTA) — Shira Haas, the Israeli ...
Jun 18, 2021 · By Simi Horwitz. Shira Haas gives life to a devastating illness in the decorated Israeli film 'Asia' Tweet 0 Comments. June 18, 2021. Israeli actresses Alena Yiv (l) and Shira Haas play a mother and daughter in "Asia," an award-winning Israeli film now seeing a U.S. release.
