Aliza Lavie

Aliza Lavie (Hebrew: עליזה לביא, born 23 September 1964) is an Israeli public figure, author, and social entrepreneur.

She served as a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid between 2013 and 2019, and is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Communication at Bar-Ilan University and chairperson of the Israel Film Council [he].

[1] Lavie was born in Kfar Saba and attended the religious Bar-Ilan High School in Netanya, and was also a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement.

She also spent a year as a research fellow at Brandeis University, analyzing media and gender and the cultural role of women in Judaism.

She also taught courses including Gender and Mass Communication, Radio as a Social Instrument, Media and Religion, and Advertising Products as Cultural Space.

[2] Lavie's public activity began in 1988, when she became an advisor to Shaul Yahalom, then-political secretary of the National Religious Party.