Lihi Lapid
Lihi Lapid (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.
Also recorded as Lihie Lapid · Lihie Mann · Lihi Mann · Lihi Haya Lapid
Lihi Lapid

Haim Zach · Haim Zach / Government Press Office of Israel · Image courtesy of the Spokesperson unit of the President of Israel To view all images uploaded courtesy of the Israeli President's Spokesperson Unit, see Category:Pictures provided by the Spokesperson · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Lihi Lapid
- Born
- 12 May 1968
- Birthplace
- Arad, Israel
- Education
- קמרה אובסקורה - בית הספר לאמנות Tel Aviv University
- Occupation
- Author, photojournalist, columnist
- Spouse
- Yair Lapid
- Full name
- ליהיא חיה מן.
- Nationality
- Israel.
- Fields
- photojournalism.
- Languages
- Hebrew and Modern Hebrew.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Lihi Lapid. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q6700184 · wikipedia · Lihi Lapid
In this article
Biography
Biography
Lihi Lapid studied at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, Camera Obscura School of Art and Tel Aviv University. The recorded working language is Hebrew and Modern Hebrew. The field of work recorded is photojournalism. Employment is recorded with Yedioth Tikshoret, Yedioth Ahronoth Ltd and Haaretz. Positions recorded include Spouse of the Prime Minister of Israel.

Ceremony of unveiling a plaque honoring Sally and Rebeca Bein in The Martyrs Forest initiated by Ronny Dotan and organized by KKL-JNF and B’nai B’rith.
Ronny Dotan

ליהיא לפיד נואמת במהלך הפגנה בצומת כרכור לשחרור החטופים בשבי חמאס
Laliv g
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lihi Lapid • Office — Spouse of the Prime Minister of Israel • Term Label — In role • Term Start — 1 July 2022 • Term End — 29 December 2022 • Prime Minister — Yair Lapid • Predecessor — Gilat Bennett • Successor — Sara Netanyahu • Born — 12 May 1968 • Birthplace — Arad, Israel • Education — קמרה אובסקורה - בית הספר לאמנות Tel Aviv University • Occupation — Author, photojournalist, columnist • Spouse — Yair Lapid • Children — 2 • Website — lihilapid.com
Biography
Biography
Lihi Mann (ליהיא מן) was born and raised in Arad, Israel. Her family is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who hails from Poland, Germany, and Austria. She attended תלמה ילין (בית ספר), the קמרה אובסקורה - בית הספר לאמנות and Tel Aviv University. During her service in the Israel Defense Forces, Lapid was a photographer for Bamahane. Lapid met her future spouse, Yair Lapid, while she was in the Israeli military. They have a son and daughter and reside in Ramat Aviv Gimel, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Journalism and literary career
Journalism and literary career
She was a columnist at Yedioth Ahronoth 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 autistic daughter. Lapid is president of SHEKEL, a community organization for people with special needs.
Published works
* • The Magic Whisper (2006), ASIN B00IMJNF4Y * • Lihiyot Ima Shel Hayal (2018), Yediot Books, • On Her Own, 2024, Harper Collins, • I Wanted to Be Wonderful: A Novel (2025), Zibby Publishing
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Lihi Lapid, revision 1374310111 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Sommer, Allison Kaplan. Lihi Lapid: She's no Sara Netanyahu (or Hillary Clinton, for that matter). Haaretz. 14 August 2013.
- 2.Information Center for Israeli Art The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. museum.imj.org.il.
- 3.Woman of Valor: A Novel, by Lihi Lapid. Times of Israel. 18 August 2013.
- 4.Kamin, Debra. America, meet the other Lapid. Times of Israel. 18 August 2013.
- 5.Yair Lapid's wife says she was fired from newspaper due to husband's career. Times of Israel. 11 May 2019.
- 6.Margalit, Ruth. Lihi Lapid Discusses Her Newly-Translated Book, 'Woman of Valor,' in New York City. Tablet Magazine. 2014-04-01.
- 7.Brown, Hannah. Journalist, activist Lihi Lapid named president of SHEKEL. The Jerusalem Post. November 23, 2016.
- 8.Lihi Lapid, Wife of ex-PM, Discovers Grim New Reality for Israeli Authors in America, Haaretz
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 26 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Lieke MarsmanAuthor
- Liêm Hoang-NgocAuthor
- Lieuwe van AitzemaAuthor
- Liev SchreiberAuthor
- Lija BrīdakaAuthor
- Lil Milagro RamírezAuthor
- Lila GuerreroAuthor
- Lilí ÁlvarezAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Lihi Lapid?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.