Television newscaster Sivan Rahav and radio personality Yedidya Meir are the closest thing the Israeli chareidi world has to a celebrity power couple. For Israelis across the religious spectrum, they represent an island of positivity, ahavas Yisrael, and grounded values in a confused world where religiosity has been hijacked by a sensationalist media.
(photos: Ouria Tadmor)
She’s a popular newscaster and veteran reporter for Israel TV’s Channel Two News, has a column in Yedioth Ahronoth, and does a show for Army Radio. But this media personality maintains her beat while wearing a headband wig and modest attire. Not only that, she has thousands of followers for her weekly shiurim and daily Torah tweets.
He’s a longtime favorite broadcaster of religiously oriented Radio Kol Chai’s early morning show, a satirist for Yedioth, a columnist for B’Sheva newspaper and Arutz 7, a leading lecturer on media and religion, and a sought-after emcee for myriad cultural and political events.
Together, they’re the closest thing the Israeli chareidi world has to a celebrity power couple, appearing separately and together in front of both religious and secular audiences, and rated the country’s “most liked” couple on Israeli social media.
For Israelis across the spectrum — from black hats to bare heads — Sivan Rahav and Yedidya Meir represent an island of positivity, ahavas Yisrael, and grounded Jewish values in a confused world of secular influences.
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