Dr. Yofi Tirosh is a senior lecturer at the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law. She earned her LL.B. from the Hebrew University, and her LL.M. and SJD from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as a fellow at Michigan’s Humanities Institute. Before joining the Israeli Bar, she clerked for Hon. Justice Mishael Cheshin at Israel’s Supreme Court. Dr. Tirosh is a board member of Israeli human rights NGOs, including Itach-Maaki: Women Lawyers for Social Justice, and Tmura: The Israeli Antidiscrimination Legal Center. She is a regular commentator in her areas of expertise to leading media venues in Israel.
Our Voice of the Fortnight is from the Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries' podcast. In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Shai Davidai – an Assistant Professor at Columbia University – became an unlikely public defender of Israel. And truthfully, even he was surprised by this turn of events: As a committed left-wing Israeli, he had spent years criticizing the government, and often took to the streets to demonstrate against its policies. But the atmosphere he witnessed on college campuses (and specifically on his own campus at Columbia), compelled him to speak up and speak out.