15 Facts About Gilad Kariv

Gilad Kariv is an Israeli attorney and a politician.

Gilad Kariv was the former CEO of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism and is currently a member of the Knesset for the Democrats and previously for the Labor Party, in the 25th Knesset.

Gilad Kariv has served as chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee of the Knesset during the term of the 36th Government of Israel.

Once completing his secondary education at Lady Davis High School, Gilad volunteered for a Service Year in the Hebrew Scouts, and worked on establishing educational Nahal groups.

Gilad Kariv served in the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Corps under the Haman Talpiot program.

In 2008, Gilad Kariv received a master's degree in constitutional law from Northwestern University in Chicago, through a combined program with Tel Aviv University.

In 2009, Gilad Kariv was appointed executive director of the IMPJ.

Gilad Kariv has published several position papers on a variety of topics, including a proposal for the re-organization of religious service provisions in Israel, a suggestion for separation of religious institutions from state bodies, Israeli public space on the Sabbath and a report on the crisis of conversion.

Gilad Kariv is regularly invited to represent the Reform movement before Knesset committees and in a variety of other public settings.

Between 2006 and 2009, Gilad Kariv took part in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee's discussions over the proposed writing of an Israeli constitution.

Together with his colleagues at the IMPJ, Gilad Kariv proposed constitutional principles for the State of Israel.

Between 2008 and 2011, Gilad Kariv served as a committee member at the Israel Broadcasting Authority.

Gilad Kariv ran in the 2012 Israeli Labor Party primary elections, winning 27th place on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset election.

In January 2021, Gilad Kariv ran again in the Labor Party's primary election for the 2021 Knesset election and placed fourth on the party's slate.

Gilad Kariv helped lead the efforts to establish an egalitarian praying platform at the Western Wall, resulting in a government resolution officially recognizing the right for egalitarian prayer at the end of January 2016.