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Yair Lapid gives Knesset Torah lesson after haredi MK says LGBT are 'Israel's greatest danger'

The son of the famously anti-religious former MK Tommy Lapid put on a Kippah before reading and quoting numerous verses from the Torah.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2023.
Egged public transport to the Western Wall in Jerusalem

It is poetic justice that Israel's PM is a Holocaust survivor's son - opinion

This, my friends, is what the miracle of living in Israel is all about. Never take for granted that you can randomly see a bus that is heading to the Western Wall.

|ByDAVID JABLINOWITZ
Yair Lapid announces he is leaving television journalism to enter politics in 2012.

Israeli society owes a debt of gratitude to Yair Lapid - comment

Lapid is a man of many talents. He has written novels, children’s books, a play and TV dramas. He was a newspaper reporter and columnist and hosted major TV programs.

|ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
EFFI EITAM speaks during the Gush Katif conference at the Tel Aviv Museum in March 2017.

Auschwitz museum head stays out of debates - except one in Israel

“I am concerned about the future of this institution.”

|ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA

Media spotlight: Confronting buried demons

Over the past month, women and men around the globe have been speaking out about assault and harassment they suffered in the past. Some have brought up events from decades ago.

NOVEMBER 11, 2017ByAMY SPIRO
Tommy Lapid at the Eichman trial in 1961.