Jeremy Gimpel

Jeremy Gimpel
Born c. 1979
Atlanta, Georgia[1]
Nationality Israeli
Occupation Educator, Radio, TV presenter, politician, Deputy Director of World Mizrachi Movement

Jeremy Gimpel (born 1979) is an educator, politician and presenter of "Israel Inspired", a podcast that has had 12 million views on YouTube.[1] He is also the Deputy Director of the World Mizrachi Movement.[2]

Political career

In 2013 Gimpel ran in the Israeli legislative election as the 14th member on the ticket of The Jewish Home. The party eventually won 12 seats, and Gimpel missed out on being in the Knesset by 2 seats.[2] After this, in October 2013, Gimpel was appointed as Deputy Director of the World Mizrachi Movement.[3]

Television and radio career

In 2008, Jeremy Gimpel along with Ari Abramowitz launched Tuesday Night in Jerusalem, a TV show broadcast out of Israel for viewers in America.[4] The show's aim is to "project a universal Biblical message fused with Jewish wisdom, spirituality, music and comedy broadcast from Jerusalem."[5] Between 2014-2015 he presented a daily show on internet based Voice of Israel radio. In the beginning of 2015 again together with Ari Abramowitz he launched the Land of Israel Network, a podcast radio station from Jerusalem featuring English language Zionist radio shows.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Esenten, Andrew (20 January 2013). "U.S.-born Knesset candidate, Jeremy Gimpel". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 Hoffman, Gil (19 April 2013). "'Ari and Jeremy' get jobs serving the Jewish people". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Isley, Mike (22 October 2013). "Congratulations to Jeremy Gimpel". texansforisrael.com. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Gur, Itamar. "Live from Jerusalem... It's Tuesday Night - Jerusalem Post". m.jpost.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Who We Are - Land of Israel". landofisrael.com. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "About us". The Land of Israel Network website.

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