MK Gilad Kariv's maiden speech at the Knesset plenum, May 5, 2021. What would the state of religious Jewish life in Israel be should Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid succeed in becoming the next prime minister with the aid of the Labor party? MK Gilad Kariv gave us a taste of it in his maiden Knesset speech on Wednesday. Kariv, who received a master’s degree in Jewish studies at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem in 2003, is the Executive Director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ). Needless to say, his speech covered all the points in the worst nightmare of Israeli Orthodox Jews.