Ori Isaac

Ori Isaac was born in 1987 in Jerusalem

Ori Isaac was born in Jerusalem on December 8, 1987, to a religious Zionist family. His parents are Dr. Dorit Isaac and Gabriel Isaac, and he has 3 siblings. He is a grandson of the historian Mordechai Eliav.

From 2006 to 2008 he studied at the Ayelet HaShachar yeshiva in Eilat. He joined the IDF in August 2008 and trained as a medic and combat soldier in the Shaldag Unit, leaving service in 2012.

He graduated from Shalem College in Middle East and Islamic studies and humanities, and in 2014 he cofounded the student journal Kanon. He later taught Hebrew to Arab students in East Jerusalem and interned in 2016 at the Jerusalem mayor's office. In 2024 he began a master's degree in Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, researching Moses Mendelssohn.

In 2018 he joined the News Company as an online editor. He became a news presenter in 2019 and in 2023 a military correspondent covering Judea and Samaria. He announced his departure from News 12 in November 2024.

He is married to Noy Bar Isaac, a presenter on Channel 14. They have a son and a daughter and live in Jerusalem.