Mickey Rosenthal

Mickey Rosenthal was born in 1955 in Tel Aviv

Moshe Michael Rosenthal was born in Tel Aviv on February 4, 1955, to a mother from Germany and a father from Poland. He grew up in the Borochov neighborhood of Givatayim. His father had been a member of Lehi, and as a child Rosenthal had polio, which left him with a limp.

He studied general history and philosophy at Tel Aviv University but did not complete a degree.

Rosenthal was part of the team that founded the newspaper Hadashot. From 1986 to 1999 he held several roles at Yedioth Ahronoth, including deputy editor. He later presented television programs such as Bulldog and Bulldozer, and in 2010 he briefly hosted a weekly news magazine on Channel 10.

With director Ilan Abudi he made The Shakshuka System, a film about ties between the Ofer family and the Israeli government. Several channels declined to air it, and it was screened at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque in 2008. The film won awards at the 2009 documentary film awards.

Rosenthal joined the Labor Party and entered the Knesset in 2013, serving on committees on state control and on labor, welfare and health. In 2015 he was elected again on the Zionist Union list and sat on the Finance Committee. He led caucuses against public corruption and for transparency, and he lives in Givatayim.