19 Facts About Omer Yankelevich

Omer Yankelevich is an Israeli attorney, educator, social activist, and politician.

Omer Yankelevich was the Minister of Diaspora Affairs and was a Member of the Knesset for the Blue and White from 2019 to 2021.

Omer Yankelevich is a co-founder of the "Just Begun Foundation", which sponsors social initiatives to help integrate peripheral and marginalized populations in Israel, with an emphasis on the Haredi sector.

The Blue and White alliance gained 35 seats in the election, resulting in Yankelevich becoming a Member of the Knesset.

Omer Yankelevich was elected to the Knesset as part of the Blue and White alliance in the September 2019 and March 2020 elections.

Omer Yankelevich Galinsky was born on 25 May 1978 to a secular family in Tel Aviv.

Omer Yankelevich was named for her birthdate on the Jewish calendar, which coincided that year with the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer.

Omer Yankelevich's father, Yaakov Galinsky, a native of Lithuania, was an actor in the Habima Theatre, and later became a baal teshuva.

Omer Yankelevich attended Bais Yaakov for her elementary schooling, and went on to attend the Rabbi Wolf Teachers Seminary in Bnei Brak.

Omer Yankelevich received a teaching certificate at the Gateshead seminary for women and completed additional courses at the Shecheransky Seminary in Tel Aviv.

Omer Yankelevich then became Chief of Staff of the Ministry for Social Equity.

Omer Yankelevich has taught at the Takhkemoni School in Rehovot and the Bat-Zion high school in Jerusalem.

Omer Yankelevich is a co-founder of the "Just Begun Foundation", which sponsors social initiatives to help integrate peripheral and marginalized populations, with an emphasis on the Haredi sector.

Omer Yankelevich has defended the Haredi population against the Israel Women's Network and other liberal feminist groups that vilify it for its enactment of gender separation in institutes of higher learning and at public events.

In 2019, Omer Yankelevich was chosen by Benny Gantz to be a member of his Israel Resilience Party, which was part of the Blue and White political alliance for the April 2019 Israeli legislative election.

Omer Yankelevich's appointment was seen as an attempt by Gantz to present the party's political orientation as centrist, rather than left, although her presence was not expected to pull in Haredi votes.

Omer Yankelevich did not run for re-election in the 2021 elections.

Omer Yankelevich sponsored a Knesset bill to require consultation with Diaspora on matters regarding world Jewry.

Omer Yankelevich is involved in strategy consulting and public relations as well as counseling leaders in geopolitical matters.