Israeli Cabinet Ministers and Public Figures Attend Pishi and Noga Lerner-Tochfeld Wedding
Despite a scheduled Security Cabinet meeting that evening, several Israeli ministers and public figures attended the wedding of Pishi Lerner and Noga Tochfeld to offer their congratulations before heading to the important session. Among the attendees were Religious Zionism leader and Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Otzma Yehudit chairman and Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, as well as Ministers Ze'ev Elkin, Yariv Levin, and Gila Gamliel. The first to arrive was Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, who wished the couple, Pishi, son of Shmaryahu Lerner from Jerusalem, and Noga, daughter of journalist and Chabad emissary in the Knesset Mati Tochfeld, a happy and fulfilling life together.
Additional ministers present included Miki Zohar, Shlomo Karhi, Eli Cohen, Yoav Kisch, May Golan, and Amichai Shikli. Numerous Knesset members such as Avichai Boaron, Moshe Saada, Uri Maklev, Simcha Rothman, and Limor Son Har-Melech also attended. Senior representatives from Channel 14 and Galei Yisrael radio were present, alongside notable figures like Itzik Boncel, Roni Rimon, lawyers Lior Katz, Ephraim Damri, and former Labor Party legal advisor Daniel Cohen, as well as Ronen Plot, mayor of Nof HaGalil.
Leaders of major Chabad organizations also participated, including Rabbi David Nachshon, head of Chabad and Tzivos Hashem mobile units, CEO Shlomo Margaliot, Mendy Blinitzky, chairman of Yad Layeled Hameyuchad, Zalman Bernstein, CEO of Yedidei Agudat Hashluchim, and emissaries from various locations such as Abraham Midanchik from Rishon, Rabbi Yitzhak Arad, Rabbi Mendy Wilishansky from Haifa, and emissaries from India and Rehovot. The event was widely attended by prominent figures from political, religious, and media circles, highlighting the couple's strong community ties.
The wedding was extensively photographed by Shmuel Amit, capturing the gathering of Israel's political and religious elite celebrating the union of two prominent families.
