Etai Pinkas is a city council member in the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality, in charge of the operational divisions and chair of the city’s tenders committee. He is also a major in the IDF. For more than two decades he has been one of Israel’s LGBT community leaders, has served as chair of the LGBT association of Israel and was the first official LGBT advisor to an Israeli mayor. In his professional life, Pinkas specializes in environmental and infrastructure risk management. He is married to Yoav and a father to 3 daughters.
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Community Tel Aviv Councilman: Supreme Court Decision Makes Shabbat Accessible for All
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