Irit Rosenblum

Irit Rosenblum was born in 1959

Irit Rosenblum was born Irit Lamel in Jerusalem in 1959. Her parents were Holocaust survivors, and she and her brothers were raised in a traditional way of life. As a young woman she took part in drama groups and built and voiced puppets for a puppet theater.

She holds degrees in law and philosophy from Tel Aviv University. She is a member of the Israel Bar Association and served as a presiding judge in the police disciplinary court.

From 1997 to 2004 she was deputy and acting head of the Shoham local council. In 1998 she founded New Family, which works for the rights of couples and families outside religious marriage. The group issues domestic partnership cards and promotes biological wills on the use of reproductive material after death.

She has represented families of fallen soldiers seeking to use their sons' sperm, same-sex parents and couples who cannot marry in Israel. In 2024 she started a project that lets soldiers leave a written wish on the use of their sperm.