Gilat Bennett

Gilat Bennett was born in 1977 in Ramat HaSharon

Gilat Einav was born on 12 May 1977 in Ramat HaSharon to Moshe and Bracha. She grew up as a secular Jew in Kfar Uria. She studied ballet at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

She served in the IDF as an education officer with the paratroopers, where she met Naftali Bennett when she invited him to lecture her soldiers. After the army she studied confectionery and worked in the field.

She married Naftali Bennett in 1999, and the couple lived in Jerusalem and Beit Aryeh before moving to New York. There she studied at a culinary school, worked as a dessert chef in several restaurants and began a religious lifestyle. Back in Israel she opened the Gilati ice cream factory in Kfar Saba and later sold it.

She was certified at the Adler Institute as a parent counselor and sleep consultant. In early 2020 Itamar Ben-Gvir and Otzma Yehudit sued her for libel, and the case ended in a settlement of 35,000 shekels.

She became the prime minister's wife in June 2021 and spoke at Knesset events in November 2021 and February 2022. A trip abroad in December 2021 drew criticism during the Omicron outbreak. The family lives in Ra'anana with their 4 children.