Lihi Lapid ( he, ליהיא לפיד; born 12 May 1968) is an Israeli author, photojournalist, and newspaper

columnist A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs. They take the form of a short ess ...

. She is an activist for people with

disabilities Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, se ...

. Her husband is

Yair Lapid Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the al ...

, the former

Prime Minister of Israel The prime minister of Israel ( he, רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה, Rosh HaMemshala, Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: he2, רה״מ; ar, رئيس الحكومة, ''Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma'') is the head of government and chief exec ...

Early life and education

Born as Lihi Mann () and raised in

Arad, Israel Arad ( he, עֲרָד ) is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and the Judean Deserts, west of the Dead Sea and east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of , including Ashke ...

. Her family is of

Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

descent who hails from Poland, Germany, and Austria. She attended , the and

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Career

During her service in the Israel Defense Forces, Lapid was a photographer for ''

Bamahane ''Bamahane'' (also ''BaMahane'', he, במחנה, ''lit.'' in the base camp) was a Hebrew-language weekly magazine published by the Israel Defense Forces. It was first published in December 1934 by the Haganah and was published as a weekly until ...

''. She was a columnist at ''

Yedioth Ahronoth ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' ( he, יְדִיעוֹת אַחֲרוֹנוֹת, ; lit. ''Latest News'') is a national daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded in 1939 in British Mandatory Palestine, ''Yedioth Ahronoth'' is the largest paid n ...

'' for 15 years. In April 2019, after taking time off to campaign for her spouse, the newspaper would not hire her back. In 2008, she authored a novel and memoir titled ''Women of Valor''. Lapid is a feminist and an advocate for people with disabilities. She has an

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daughter. Lapid is president of SHEKEL, a community organization for people with

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Personal life

Lapid met her future spouse,

, while she was in the Israeli military. They have a son and daughter and reside in

Ramat Aviv Gimel Ramat Aviv Gimel ( he, רמת אביב ג') is a residential neighborhood in northwest Tel Aviv, Israel. It is considered to be an affluent area with higher than average real estate prices. The neighborhood was planned and built in the 1970s. C ...

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, Israel. She had two miscarriages and was on

bed rest Bed rest, also referred to as the rest-cure, is a medical treatment in which a person lies in bed for most of the time to try to cure an illness. Bed rest refers to voluntarily lying in bed as a treatment and not being confined to bed because of ...

for six months before giving birth to her son. Her religious affiliation was put into question by a

Messianic Judaism Messianic Judaism ( he, or , ) is a modernist and syncretic movement of Protestant Christianity that incorporates some elements of Judaism and other Jewish traditions into evangelicalism. It emerged in the 1960s and 1970s from the earlie ...

preacher who claimed that she and her husband are also believers in

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

though he later retracted his claim and apologized on video. In October 2022 an empty page appeared on her website titled "Jesus is definitely on the other side" which was immediately pulled and her website disabled by her team.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgKK3gwVQAAuan4?format=jpghttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgKK3gTWIAEqzVm?format=jpghttps://twitter.com/Guy_Baruch/status/1458082121067778057 A similar incident occurred in January 2022 when a web-defacement attack created a page containing Jesus in the title and gibberish in the article contents.

Selected works

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lapid, Lihi 1968 births Living people People from Arad, Israel Israeli women journalists Israeli photojournalists Israeli columnists Israeli feminists Israeli women activists Israeli disability rights activists Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Israeli women columnists Thelma Yellin High School of Arts alumni 20th-century Israeli women writers 21st-century Israeli women writers