Yair Lapid

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Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יאיר לפיד) (Born November 5, 1963) is an Israeli journalist, author, and popular talk show host. He is the son of politician Tommy Lapid and author Shulamit Lapid. He is married to journalist Lihi Lapid, whom he met while on IDF reserve duty; the couple have three children: Yoav, Lior, and Yael.

Lapid was born in Tel Aviv. He 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 competition, 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 movie, “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.

As of 2006, Lapid serves as active chairman of "Mavet Le'Nechim" (Maim), a non-governmental organization acting towards social equality.