Dana Weiss

Dana Weiss was born in 1969 in Jerusalem

Weiss was born in Jerusalem in 1969 and grew up there. Her father, Professor Yosef Weiss, was a gynecologist from Poland, and her mother, an artist, was born in the Netherlands. Her brother is the businessman Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic.

She served in the IDF as an officer in the Education Corps. In 1995 she completed degrees in law and communications at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and in 1996 she became a certified attorney. She earned a master's degree in law at Tel Aviv University in 2001.

Weiss began as a reporter and editor at the newspaper Hadashot. After it closed in 1993, she became legal affairs correspondent for Channel 2 news, replacing Gideon Sa'ar, and held the role for about a decade. From 2002 she hosted news and investigative programs, and she made documentaries on antibiotics, viruses, privacy and attention disorders.

In 2009 she became host of Meet the Press, and in May 2013 she was named weekend news anchor. In November 2017 she reported on the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem. She taught at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya between 2006 and 2008.

Weiss is married to Rafi Topaz, a grandson of Gershom Schocken's family line through Gideon Schocken, and they have 3 sons. They live in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv.