page_title: Tommy Lapid
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caption_attribution_description: English: Israel journalist Tommy Lapid reporting from Adolf Eichman's trial, Jerusalem 1961 עברית: העיתונאי יוסף (טומי) לפיד בחדר העיתונאים בבית העם בירושלים, מדווח ממשפט אייכמן
context_page_description: Yosef "Tommy" Lapid was a Serbian-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999 to 2006. He fiercely opposed the ultra-Orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State.
context_section_description: Yosef (Joseph) "Tommy" Lapid (Hebrew: יוסף "טומי" לפיד, born as Tomislav Lampel (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Лампел); 27 December 1931 – 1 June 2008) was a Serbian-born Israeli radio and television presenter, playwright, journalist, politician and government minister known for his sharp tongue and acerbic wit. Lapid headed the secular-liberal Shinui party from 1999 to 2006. He fiercely opposed the ultra-Orthodox political parties and actively sought to exclude any religious observance from the legal structure of the Israeli State.
caption: Lapid reporting from the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961
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