International
Noa Lavie was born in Ukraine and made aliyah to Israel. She is an experienced journalist and political communications strategist with over twenty years of rich and diverse experience across Israel’s leading media outlets. She was spokesperson and senior advisor to Naftali Bennett during his national election campaigns and tenure as Minister of Economy, and served as a political interviewer and program host on the Knesset Channel. Noa has also been a senior reporter, editor, panelist, and studio host at Ynet, LaIsha Magazine, and other platforms of the Yedioth Ahronoth Group, Israel’s largest media organization. She currently serves as Spokesperson and Strategic Partnerships Manager at Yad Labanim, Israel’s national organization for bereaved families of fallen soldiers.
Session 1
The Haredi Dilemma - A Breaking Point
Public opinion is unequivocal: 84.5% of Israelis support drafting ultra-Orthodox men. But this is a more complex question than any legislation can resolve - the army needs motivated soldiers. Is it possible to bring Haredi men into military service in a way that actually works, and if so, how?
Session 2
The Families Behind the Numbers: Bereavement, Memory, and Nationhood in Israel
Drawing on my work as the first-ever spokesperson of Yad Labanim, this is a deeply human lecture about how bereaved families shape Israeli identity, politics, and public memory - and how commemoration is moving into the digital space, with real examples.
Session 3
Israeli Politics: Before and After October 7th
How the "Only Not Bibi" agenda led Israel into a political crisis and a plan to overhaul the Supreme Court, the largest protest movement in the country's history - and the collapse of the "money for silence" containment strategy with Hamas. What has shifted on the political map going into the next elections?