Lee Yaron

Lee Yaron
Yaron in 2021
Native name
לי ירון
Born1994 (age 31–32)
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
OccupationJournalist, author, theater director
Alma materColumbia University (MPA)
Website
www.leeyaron.com

Lee Yaron (Hebrew: לי ירון, born 1994) is an Israeli journalist, author, and theater director who is the climate crisis and New York correspondent for Haaretz.[1][2][3] She is an elected member-representative on the Executive Committee of the Union of Journalists in Israel.[4] Her book 10/7: 100 Human Stories won the National Jewish Book Award in 2025.[2][3]

Biography

Lee Yaron was born in 1994 in Tel Aviv, attending Ironi Alef High School.[1][5] She received an Masters of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University in 2024.[1][2]

She enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in 2012, where she served as a military reporter for Bamahane, the official IDF magazine.[6]

Yaron joined Haaretz in 2015 as its chief social welfare correspondent.[7] During this time, she uncovered corruption scandals in the municipalities of Netanya and Rishon LeZion and the discrimination of same-sex couples in adoption proceedings.[7] She is now the newspaper's New York correspondent.[2]

In 2021, Yaron was elected to the Executive Committee of the Union of Israeli Journalists.[4] In 2022 she received the Yitzhak Livni "Knight" Award for Free Speech in Media.[1][8] She was featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2025.[2][9]

In 2024, Yaron published 10/7: 100 Human Stories, a book documenting the personal stories of those involved in the October 7 attacks.[10] The book won the National Jewish Book Award in 2025, making Yaron the youngest winner in its history.[2][3][9][11] The book has been published in English, French, German and Dutch.[11]

Yaron is also the founder of Green Idea, the first journalist training program in the Middle East dedicated to climate coverage.[1][12][13]

Personal life

Yaron is married to novelist Joshua Cohen.[10] She has written and directed several plays with the goal of bring attention to marginalized communities in Israel and the Middle East.[2][14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lee Yaron". Macmillan Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "לי ירון". Forbes Israel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-03-30.
  3. ^ a b c Silow-Carroll, Andrew (2025-01-22). "Lee Yaron's account of Oct. 7 attacks named Jewish book of the year". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  4. ^ a b "בחירות מוסדות ארגון העיתונאים 2021" [Elections for the 2021 Journalists' Organization Institutions]. The Union of Journalists in Israel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-03-30.
  5. ^ Chajut, Aya (25 August 2019). "These Israeli Lawmakers Want African Asylum Seekers Deported. Now They're Replaced by Them". Haaretz.
  6. ^ Bryan, Rob (October 2024). "Wallowing Into War". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2026-04-07.
  7. ^ a b בננסון, מריאנה (2018-09-06). ""אמשיך להצביע על האחראים למצב, עד שחיי אדם יהפכו חשובים יותר מהורדת מחירי הדירות"" ["I will continue to point out those responsible for the situation until human life becomes more important than lowering apartment prices"]. Time Out Israel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  8. ^ "Lee Yaron". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  9. ^ a b "AUTHOR TALK | Award-Winning Israeli Journalist Lee Yaron - Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle". Stroum Jewish Community Center. 2026-02-12. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  10. ^ a b Silow-Carroll, Andrew (2024-09-11). "A new book about Oct. 7 aims to depict the humanity behind the horror". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  11. ^ a b "הישג מרשים: ספרה של לי ירון על 7 באוקטובר - "הספר היהודי של השנה" - וואלה תרבות" [Impressive Achievement: Lee Yaron's Book About October 7th - "Jewish Book of the Year"]. Walla (in Hebrew). 2025-01-22. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  12. ^ "מושג ירוק: היוזמה של העיתונאית לי ירון לוקחת אותנו לעולם טוב יותר - כסית" [Green Concept: Journalist Lee Yaron's Initiative Takes Us to a Better World]. כסית (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  13. ^ "קורס חדש ויוצא דופן מפגיש עיתונאים עם מומחים מהאקדמיה על מנת לרכוש ידע בסיסי בנושא החשוב בעולם" ["I realized that we must change the Israeli media's disregard"]. HaAyin HaShevi'it (in Hebrew). 2021-04-08. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  14. ^ "LEE YARON – 10/7". Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  15. ^ "Women on the Move: Lee Yaron". The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
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