Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid | |
|---|---|
 Yair Lapid | |
| Born | November 5, 1963 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, TV personality, politician |
| Spouse | Lihi Lapid |
| Children | Yoav, Lior, and Yael |
| Website | [1] |
Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יאיר לפיד) (born November 5, 1963) is an Israeli actor, journalist, author, TV presenter, and news anchor.
Biography
He is the son of politician Yosef (Tomy) Lapid and author Shulamit Lapid. He is married to journalist Lihi Lapid, whom he met while on IDF reserve duty.
Lapid was born in Tel Aviv, and started his journalism career as a military correspondent for the IDF's weekly magazine, Ba-Mahane ("In the Camp"), and writing for the mainstream daily newspaper, Maariv. In 1988, he was appointed editor of the Tel Aviv city newspaper published by the Yedioth Ahronoth group. In 1991, he began writing a weekly column in a nationwide newspaper's weekend supplement, at first for Maariv and later on for its competitor, Yedioth Ahronoth.
Lapid's career then expanded to include broadcast journalism. In 1994, he began hosting the Friday evening main interview program on Israel TV's Channel 1, and in that same year had an acting role in an Israeli film, “The Singing of The Siren.” He hosted a talk show on TV's Channel 3, and since 1999 has hosted a talk show on Arutz 2 (TV Channel Two). He has published 7 books and wrote a drama series called “War Room” that was aired on Arutz 2 in 2004.
In 2005, he was voted the 36th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[1]
As of January 2008 Lapid was the host of Ulpan Shishi, the Friday night news-magazine of Channel 2. In the same year his first play, The Right Age for Love went on-stage in the Cameri Theater.
On 8 January 2012 Lapid announced that he is leaving his journalism career in order to enter politics.[2]
Bibliography
- The Double Head: thriller (1989)
- Yoav's Shadow: children's book (1992)
- One-Man Play: novel (1993)
- Elbi – A Knight's Story: children's book (1998)
- The Sixth Riddle: thriller (2001)
- Standing in a Row: collection of newspaper columns (2005)
- The Second Woman: thriller (2006)
- Sunset in Moscow: thriller (2007)
- Memories after My Death: novel (2010)
References
- ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ "Veteran Israeli anchor Yair Lapid leaves Channel 2 to enter politics". Haaretz. January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
External links
- Lapid in his talk show on Arutz 2
- Israeli Known Host Talk About His Dad by Ynetnews
- A letter to the British academic (related to BUCU's call for an academic boycott of Israel)
- Yair Lapid speaks at Kiryat Ono College (Lapid's views on the Israeli religious community - English subtitles)
