After winning an Academy Award in 2011, the Israeli-American star settled down. Now she’s back in the headlines for her directorial debut and upcoming roles as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Jackie Kennedy.
The Israel-born Portman, who’s preparing for the May 18 debut of her film adaptation of Israeli author Amos Oz’s “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” dished on Israeli politics, Harvard, and what it’s like to be Jewish in Paris.