Einat Kalisch-Rotem (born 1970) is an Israeli urban planner who has served as the mayor of Haifa since November 2018. She unseated the incumbent Yona Yahav in the 2018 mayoral election, becoming the first woman to lead any of Israel's three major cities. Besides her public career, Kalisch-Rotem has a black belt in karate.Photograph credit: Edward Kaprov