Omer Yankelevich

In 2019, Yankelevich was chosen by Benny Gantz to be a member of his Israel Resilience Party, which was part of the Blue and White political alliance for the April 2019 Israeli legislative election. She was placed #23 on the faction's list. Her appointment was seen as an attempt by Gantz to present the party's political orientation as centrist, rather than left, although her presence was not expected to pull in Haredi votes.

She has practiced law since 2007. After receiving her law degrees, she worked as a legal assistant to a judge in the Jerusalem District Court for 13 years. She then became the CEO of a government ministry that assists marginalized populations. In her legal practice, she specializes in government relations and copyright.

Omer Yankelevich (Hebrew: עוֹמֶר יַנְקֵלֵבִיץ׳ , born 25 May 1978) is an Israeli attorney, educator, social activist, and politician. She currently serves as a Member of the Knesset for the Israel Resilience Party and as the Minister of Diaspora Affairs. She is a co-founder of the "Just Begun Foundation", which sponsors social initiatives to help integrate peripheral and marginalized populations in Israel, with an emphasis on the Haredi sector. In 2019, she joined the Israel Resilience Party, which is part of the Blue and White political alliance, and was placed #23 on the faction's list for the April 2019 Knesset election. The Blue and White alliance gained 35 seats in the election, resulting in Yankelevich becoming a Member of the Knesset. She was subsequently elected to the Knesset as part of the Blue and White alliance in the September 2019 and March 2020 elections. In the national unity government which comprised the thirty-fifth government of Israel, Yankelevich was named Minister of Diaspora Affairs, becoming the first-ever Haredi woman cabinet minister.

Omer Galinsky was born on 25 May 1978 to a secular family in Tel Aviv. She was named for her birthdate on the Jewish calendar, which coincided that year with the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer. She has one younger brother. Her father, Yaakov (Yasha) Galinsky, a native of Lithuania, was an actor in the Habima Theatre, and later became a baal teshuva. Her mother was born in Latvia. During her youth, her parents volunteered in the Jewish community in the Soviet Union, and at age 16, she taught Hebrew and Judaism in Moscow and Ukraine.