Tamar Ish-Shalom

Tamar Ish-Shalom was born in 1981 in Jerusalem

Tamar Ish-Shalom was born on January 6, 1981, and grew up in the Beit HaKerem neighborhood of Jerusalem. Her mother is a biochemist and university lecturer, and her father was a senior official at the Ministry of Economy. As a child she lived in the United States for several years during her father's mission there.

She attended the Hebrew University Secondary School and began working in media as a child presenter and reporter. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and Jewish philosophy from Tel Aviv University and a master's degree in theology from King's College London.

She served in the army at Galei Tzahal as a police reporter and stayed at the station as a civilian employee until 2004. She then joined Channel 10, and in 2007 moved to London, reporting from Europe for Channel 2 News. On her return she presented programs and magazine pieces for Channel 2.

In 2011 she returned to Channel 10 and replaced Miki Haimovich as anchor of the main news edition. She anchored it until January 2022, then presented the Saturday edition of Channel 13 News until June 2024. Since January 2025 she has hosted the podcast Jewish Crossroads for the Jewish People Policy Institute.

She is married to journalist Nadav Eyal, and the couple has 2 daughters and a son.