Lior Schleien ( he, ליאור שליין; born 1 July 1978) is an Israeli television producer and host.

Early life

Lior Schleien was born in 1978 in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

to Jewish parents of Lithuanian descent. He holds law degrees from

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Career

He started his

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

career in 2002, by writing and hosting a satire segment on

Yair Lapid Yair Lapid ( he, יָאִיר לַפִּיד, transliterated: , ; born 5 November 1963) is an Israeli politician and former journalist who has been serving as the 14th prime minister of Israel since 1 July 2022. He previously served as the alt ...

's talk show. He later joined the writing staff of ''

Eretz Nehederet ''Eretz Nehederet'' ( he, ארץ נהדרת; ) is an Israeli prime-time television satirical sketch comedy show, that premiered on Keshet's Channel 2 in 2003. It features satirical references to current affairs of the past week through parodies ...

'' and since 2004 he's been creating, producing and hosting his own shows, including ''Tonight ("HaLayla")'' which won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Talk Show. He is the creator and host of the prime time comedy and satire TV show '' Matzav Ha'Uma''. President

Shimon Peres Shimon Peres (; he, שמעון פרס ; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president of ...

, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and

Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...

(in a special episode which was taped in New York), were some of the guests on the show, which won the Israeli Academy Award for Best Comedy Show twice, in 2012–2013, and its 7th season, which ended in April 2014, received average ratings of 24%. In 2011, he created, produced and hosted ''When Will The Cops Come?– The Freedom Of Speech Prom ("Matay Yavo Shoter? - Mesibat Sium Hofesh Habituy")'', a gathering of comedians and media personalities in protest against new laws of the Israeli government that they viewed as restricting the freedom of speech. In the event, which took place in Tel Aviv, every speaker was allocated 5 minutes to say anything on his mind, without reprisal, in the eleventh hour before the new laws were enacted. In 2013, he was chosen by ''Ha'aretz'' Newspaper as the 4th most influential person on Israeli Television. Gav Ha'uma 5

Personal life

He is the life partner of

Merav Michaeli Merav Michaeli ( he, מֵרַב מִיכָאֵלִי, translit=Mērav Mīxāʾēlī; born 24 November 1966) is an Israeli politician, journalist, TV anchor, radio broadcaster, feminist, and activist. She is currently the leader of the Israeli La ...

, a Member of the Israeli Parliament and leader of the

Israeli Labor Party The Israeli Labor Party ( he, מִפְלֶגֶת הָעֲבוֹדָה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית, ), commonly known as HaAvoda ( he, הָעֲבוֹדָה, , The Labor), is a social democratic and Zionist political party in Israel. The pa ...

. He is an Atheist.https://www.jta.org/2013/12/24/ny/israels-daily-show-brings-its-satire-to-n-y

References

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