Aliza Olmert

Aliza Olmert (Hebrew: עליזה אולמרט; née Richter; born 1946) is an Israeli artist, photographer, author and social worker.

[2] She met her husband, Ehud Olmert, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she was studying social work.

[2] Her work has also been exhibited in Japan, Uruguay, Italy, Britain, Poland, Argentina and New York.

[4] Olmert dislikes the political limelight, and says that their most difficult period as a couple was 1993–2003, when Ehud was mayor of Jerusalem.

[5] Olmert is also a member of the Action Committee for Children of Foreign Workers[2] and President of the Board of Unitaf, a community-based organization that creates early-childhood programs for refugee and stateless children living in Israel.

Laura Bush welcomes Aliza Olmert, 2006