Sivan Rahav-Meir Archives

Sivan Rahav-Meir

Sivan Rahav-Meir is an Israeli prime-time news reporter and TV host, as well as a sought-after speaker in Israel and overseas. Translated from the original Hebrew by Yocheved Lavon.

Israeli police officers clash with haredim during a protest against the enforcement of coronavirus emergency regulations in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Oct. 4, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Taking the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s advice to heal Israel’s societal rift

Faced with those who breach COVID rules, we must not turn away, but rather build a more responsible Jewish model with greater solidarity.

Sivan Rahav-Meir

January 31, 2021

The 2018 AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on March 6, 2018. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Focus on Netanyahu, Gantz missed real point of AIPAC conference

Two weeks before Israel’s general elections, in the midst of explosive rhetoric and divisive discourse, the Americans did a zoom out and took a picture of us. The big picture.

Sivan Rahav-Meir

April 3, 2019

Words from a mother about a loss to the Jewish people

“Ori taught us to feel wonder. To feel wonder from the sunrise, from the sunset, from blossoming, from the sun, from the rain, from everything that there is in the world. To see the light in the world.”

Sivan Rahav-Meir

February 12, 2019

Eliezer Shkedi, commander in chief of the Israeli Air Force from 2004-08. Credit: iaf.org.

The speech that wasn’t aired live

“We were in the biggest catastrophe of our history, and now we’re in the biggest miracle of our history—a democratic Jewish state with stunning achievements in every area.”

Sivan Rahav-Meir

February 4, 2019

Barbed-wire perimeter fencing near by the entrance to Auschwitz I. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

What I learned from following Auschwitz on Facebook

There were only 200 Jews in Albania. Why were the Nazis disturbed by the existence of such a tiny Jewish community?

Sivan Rahav-Meir

January 27, 2019

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