Lihi Lapid

Lihi Lapid (Hebrew: ליהיא לפיד; born 12 May 1968) is an Israeli author, photojournalist, and newspaper columnist. She is an activist for people with disabilities. Her husband is Yair Lapid, the former Prime Minister of Israel.

Lihi Lapid
ליהיא לפיד
Lapid in 2022
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Israel
In role
1 July 2022 – 29 December 2022
Prime MinisterYair Lapid
Preceded byGilat Bennett
Succeeded bySara Netanyahu
Personal details
Born (1968-05-12) 12 May 1968
Arad, Israel
SpouseYair Lapid
Children2
EducationCamera Obscura School of Art
Tel Aviv University
OccupationAuthor, photojournalist, columnist
Websitelihilapid.com

Early life and education

Born as Lihi Mann (ליהיא מן) and raised in Arad, Israel.[1] Her family is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who hails from Poland, Germany, and Austria.[1][2] She attended Thelma Yellin High School of Arts, the Camera Obscura School of Art and Tel Aviv University.[3][1][2]

Career

During her service in the Israel Defense Forces, Lapid was a photographer for Bamahane.[3] She was a columnist at Yedioth Ahronoth for 15 years.[4] In April 2019, after taking time off to campaign for her spouse, the newspaper would not hire her back.[5] In 2008, she authored a novel and memoir titled Women of Valor.[4][6]

Lapid is a feminist[1] and an advocate for people with disabilities. She has an autistic daughter. Lapid is president of SHEKEL, a community organization for people with special needs.[7]

Personal life

Lapid met her future spouse, Yair Lapid, while she was in the Israeli military.[1] They have a son and daughter and reside in Ramat Aviv Gimel, Tel Aviv, Israel.[3] She had two miscarriages and was on bed rest for six months before giving birth to her son.[4]

Her religious affiliation was put into question by a Messianic Judaism preacher who claimed that she and her husband are also believers in Jesus though he later retracted his claim and apologized on video.[8] 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.[4][9][10][11][12] 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.[13]

Selected works
  • Lapid, Lihi; Tovia, Miriam; Muzeʼon le-omanut Yiśreʼelit, Ramat Gan (1994). ha-Ḳesharim. Ramat Gan: Muzeʼon le-omanut Yiśreʼelit. OCLC 34447094.
  • Lihi, Lapid (2013). Woman of Valor. Gefen. ISBN 978-965-229-640-5. OCLC 857371638.

References
  1. Sommer, Allison Kaplan (14 August 2013). "Lihi Lapid: She's no Sara Netanyahu (or Hillary Clinton, for that matter)". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Information Center for Israeli Art | The Israel Museum, Jerusalem". museum.imj.org.il. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. "Woman of Valor: A Novel, by Lihi Lapid". Times of Israel. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. Kamin, Debra (18 August 2013). "America, meet the other Lapid". Times of Israel. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. "Yair Lapid's wife says she was fired from newspaper due to husband's career". Times of Israel. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. Margalit, Ruth (1 April 2014). "Lihi Lapid Discusses Her Newly-Translated Book, 'Woman of Valor,' in New York City". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  7. Brown, Hannah (23 November 2016). "Journalist, activist Lihi Lapid named president of SHEKEL". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  8. Sacerdoti, Jonathan (30 October 2022). "Messianic preacher apologises for saying Israeli PM's wife is a secret messianic Jew". The Jewish Chronicle.
  9. "גיסתו של יאיר לפיד והקשר ליהודים המשיחיים • הקול היהודי". • הקול היהודי. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  10. "Image". Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  11. "Image". Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  12. @Guy_Baruch (9 November 2021). "Tweeter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. "four Method Jesus Passes through Your own A sudden – Lihi Lapid". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022.
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