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Aliza Olmert

Aliza Olmert is an Israeli artist, writer and social worker, and the wife of former prime minister Ehud Olmert.

born 1946Art and photography exhibitionsThe play Fantasy for PianoWork for children at risk

Born: 10 September 1946, Eschwege
Occupation: sculptor, social worker, writer, painter
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Aliza Olmert was born in 1946 in Eschwege

Aliza Richter was born in 1946 in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Germany. Her parents were Holocaust survivors from Łódź, Poland. The family moved to Israel in 1949, and she grew up in Ramat Gan and Holon.

From 1964 to 1966 she served in the IDF as an instructor. She then studied social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she met Ehud Olmert. From 1970 to 1974 she worked as a social worker in the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

She studied environmental design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and later showed photography, painting and sculpture. Her work was exhibited in Israeli museums and abroad, including Japan, Italy, Britain and New York. She also wrote plays, television dramas and a novel.

She has been active in programs for children at risk and has chaired Or Shalom. She is president of the board of Unitaf, which runs early childhood programs for refugee and stateless children. The couple lives in Jerusalem and has 5 children, one of them adopted.