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Tommy Lapid
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Date of birth 27 December 1931(1931-12-27)
Place of birth Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Year of Aliyah 1948
Date of death 1 June 2008 (aged 76)
Place of death Tel Aviv, Israel
Knesset(s) 15th, 16th
Party Hetz
Former parties Shinui
Gov't roles
(current in bold)		 Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Justice

Yosef "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: יוסף "טומי" לפיד‎, born Tomislav Lampel (Serbian: Томислав Лампел), December 27, 1931 - 1 June 2008) was an Israeli television presenter, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Novi Sad ( Cyrillic: Нови Сад 'nɔviː 'saːd; Hungarian: Újvidék Slovak The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croato-Slovene ie Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene: Kraljevina Jugoslavija Aliyah ( refers to Jewish Immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948 the State of Israel) Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Elections for the 15th Knesset were held on 17 May 1999 alongside simultaneous elections for Prime Minister. Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. Hetz (חץ lit Arrow, also an acronym for Hilonit Tzionit (חילונית ציונית Secular Zionist) is a secularist political party Shinui (שינוי lit Change) is a Zionist, Secular and anti-clerical Free market liberal party in Israel Deputy leaders in Israel fall into three categories Acting Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minister Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister. [1] Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party in 1999-2006. Secularity ( adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from Religion. Shinui (שינוי lit Change) is a Zionist, Secular and anti-clerical Free market liberal party in Israel Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He was a fierce opponent of religious coercion and the growing ultra-Orthodox influence on Israeli politics. Haredi or Chareidi Judaism is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. [2]

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Biography

Lapid was born in Novi Sad in Yugoslavia (today Serbia) to a Hungarian Jewish family. Novi Sad ( Cyrillic: Нови Сад 'nɔviː 'saːd; Hungarian: Újvidék Slovak See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ His family was seized by the Nazis and deported to the Budapest ghetto. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, His father died in a concentration camp. Lapid and his mother survived the war and moved to Israel in 1948. [3] After serving as a mechanic in the Israel Defense Forces, Lapid studied law at Tel Aviv University. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit Tel Aviv University (TAU אוניברסיטת תל־אביב את"א is Israel 's largest on-site University, located in Tel Aviv. [4] He was married Shulamit Lapid, a novelist. [5]They had three children. Their son, Yair Lapid, is a well-known columnist and television host. Yair Lapid (יאיר לפיד (Born November 5, 1963) is an Israeli journalist author and TV presenter. Their daughter, Michal, was killed in a car accident. [6]

Media career

Lapid started out as a journalist for the Hungarian-language newspaper Uj Kelet. [7] Later, he was hired by Maariv and went on to become director-general of the Israel Broadcasting Authority and chairman of the Cable TV Union. Maariv (מַעֲרִיב lit Evening) is a popular Hebrew language Daily newspaper published in Israel. Israel Broadcasting Authority (often referred to as the IBA; רָשׁוּת השׁידוּר Rashùt Ha-Shidúr) is Israel 's state broadcasting He was a regular guest on the political talk show Popolitika aired on Channel 1 which often turned into a shouting match, and later moved to a Channel 2 talk show, Politika. Channel 1 (הערוץ הראשון HaArutz HaRishon, lit The First Channel) is the oldest Television channel in Israel and one of only two Lapid was awarded the Sokolow Prize, Israel's top award in journalism, in 1998. [8]

Political career

In the late 1990s, Lapid joined Avraham Poraz's Shinui party, which boosted the party's standing in the Israeli political scene. Lapid became party chairman and Shinui won six seats in the 1999 elections, with Lapid entering the Knesset for the first time. The Elections for the 15th Knesset were held on 17 May 1999 alongside simultaneous elections for Prime Minister.

In the 2003 elections the party ran on a secularist platform and won 15 seats, making it the third largest in the Knesset after Likud and Labour. Elections for the 16th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 January 2003. Likud (ליכוד lit Consolidation) is the major centre-right political party in Israel. Shinui was invited to join the government of Ariel Sharon and Lapid was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. (אריאל Deputy leaders in Israel fall into three categories Acting Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minister [9]

Tension between Shinui and Likud grew when the ultra-Orthodox party Agudat Israel was brought into the coalition. Agudat Israel (אגודת ישראל "Union Israel" also Agudat Yisrael, Agudath Israel, or Agudas Yisroel) began as the original Shinui could not implement many of its electoral promises, such as instituting civil marriage, and a dispute erupted over state aid to religious institutions. As a result, Shinui quit the coalition in December 2004. In late March 2005, Lapid voted in favor of the budget in exchange for minor concessions in order to keep the government from falling, which was liable to lead to early elections and impede the implementation of the disengagement plan. Israel's unilateral disengagement plan ( Hebrew: תוכנית ההתנתקות Tokhnit HaHitnatkut or תוכנית ההינתקות Tokhnit HaHinatkut in [10] In Shinui's primary elections held shortly before the 2006 elections, Lapid retained the party leadership. The Elections for the 17th Knesset were held in Israel on 28 March 2006. However, his deputy Poraz lost second place on the list. In the ensuing crisis, Poraz and several other Shinui MKs left the party and founded Hetz. Hetz (חץ lit Arrow, also an acronym for Hilonit Tzionit (חילונית ציונית Secular Zionist) is a secularist political party Lapid left Shinui two weeks after the vote and announced his support for Poraz's new party, but chose not to be involved in the new party's leadership, instead serving as a figurehead. In the elections, he was allocated the symbolic 120th place on the Hetz list, but the party failed to win a seat.

Non-political activities

On July 2006, Lapid was appointed chairman of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority, a role he called "a sacred duty. Yad Vashem (יד ושם also spelled Yad VaShem; "Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority" is Israel 's official memorial to the Jewish " [11] He appeared on Council of Wise Men, a TV show on Israel 10 and hosted his own radio program on Israeli radio Reshet Bet. Channel 10 (ערוץ 10 Arutz Eser) formerly known as Israel 10 (ישראל 10 Yisrael Eser) is a commercial broadcasting Kol Yisrael ("The Voice of Israel" is the name of Israel 's public domestic and international radio service He was also a former chairman of the Israel Chess Society and served as an honorary member of the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. Raoul Wallenberg (August 4 1912 &ndash July 17 1947? was a Swedish Humanitarian of the prominent Swedish Wallenberg family who worked in Budapest

Death

Lapid was hospitalized at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv in serious condition on May 30, 2008. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel [12] He died on June 1, 2008, after losing a battle with cancer. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled [13]

References

  1. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/obits.php
  2. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/obits.php
  3. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/obits.ph
  4. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/obits.ph
  5. ^ http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=152
  6. ^ http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,552281-2,00.html
  7. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988999.html
  8. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988999.html
  9. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/obits.php
  10. ^ Lapid and Poraz assure Sharon of Shinui's support for budget; Haaretz, 27 March 2005
  11. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/obits.php
  12. ^ Former Shinui head Yosef Lapid taken to hospital in serious condition; The Jerusalem Post, 30 May 2008
  13. ^ Former Shinui Party Chairman Yosef (Tommy) Lapid Dead at 77; Israel National News, 1 June 2008

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