Lior Schleien

Lior Schleien
Lior Schleien
	Lior Schleien, December 2015
Born	Lior Mordechai Schlein; 1 July 1978 (age 46); Tel Aviv, Israel
Education	Tel Aviv University (LL.B., LL.M.)
Occupation	Television host
Partner	Merav Michaeli
Children	2

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

Career

Schleien started his television career in 2002, by writing and hosting a satire segment on Yair Lapid's talk show. He later joined the writing staff of Eretz Nehederet and since 2004 he has 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, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Joan Rivers (in a special episode which was taped in New York),^[1] 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.^[2]

In 2013, he was chosen by Ha'aretz Newspaper as the 4th most influential person on Israeli Television.^[3]

Personal life

He is the life partner of Merav Michaeli, a member of the Israeli parliament and leader of the Israeli Labor Party.^[4] They have two children via surrogacy.^[5] He is an atheist.^[6]

References

^ Report: Joan Rivers being brought out of induced coma, family to sue doctors, The Jerusalem Post, 09/01/2014
^ ""מתי יבוא שוטר?" – ליאור שליין וחברים מוחים על חוק לשון הרע". City Mouse. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
^ קופפר, רותה; איזיקוביץ, גילי; אלקיים, ליאת (2013-07-31). "המשפיעים בטלוויזיה הישראלית". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-04-19.
^ Meet Merav Michaeli, the fiery feminist of Israel’s government, New York Times, 23 December 2015
^ "Labor party chief Merav Michaeli announces birth of 2nd child via surrogacy". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
^ "Israel's 'Daily Show' Brings its Satire to N.Y." JTA. 24 December 2013.

[1] Report: Joan Rivers being brought out of induced coma, family to sue doctors, The Jerusalem Post, 09/01/2014

[2] ""מתי יבוא שוטר?" – ליאור שליין וחברים מוחים על חוק לשון הרע". City Mouse. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.

[3] קופפר, רותה; איזיקוביץ, גילי; אלקיים, ליאת (2013-07-31). "המשפיעים בטלוויזיה הישראלית". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-04-19.

[4] Meet Merav Michaeli, the fiery feminist of Israel’s government, New York Times, 23 December 2015

[5] "Labor party chief Merav Michaeli announces birth of 2nd child via surrogacy". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.

[6] "Israel's 'Daily Show' Brings its Satire to N.Y." JTA. 24 December 2013.

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