Lihi Lapid (ליהיא לפיד; 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.
Born as Lihi Mann (ליהיא מן) and raised in Arad, Israel.
Her family is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who hails from Poland, Germany, and Austria.
She attended, the and Tel Aviv University.
During her service in the Israel Defense Forces, Lapid was a photographer for Bamahane.
She was a columnist at Yedioth Ahronoth for 15 years.
2008
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.
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.
She had two miscarriages and was on bed rest for six months before giving birth to her son.
Her religious affiliation was put into question by a Messianic Judaism preacher who claimed that she and her husband are also believers in Jesus though he later retracted his claim and apologized on video.
In October 2022 an empty page appeared on her website titled "Jesus is definitely on the other side" which was immediately pulled and her website disabled by her team.
A similar incident occurred in January 2022 when a web-defacement attack created a page containing Jesus in the title and gibberish in the article contents.
2019
In April 2019, after taking time off to campaign for her spouse, the newspaper would not hire her back.
