The Organizations staff

Management

Adv. Ruth Ofri Taub

Founder of the association

Ruth Ofri Taub

Advocate and Mediator, MA from Bar-Ilan University. Former Deputy Director of the Population and Immigration Authority and founder of the Ofek Association.

Amiad Taub

Chairman and Founder

Amiad Taub

CEO of "Et Tikshoret" and chairman of the branch council of the Jewish Home Party (Habait Hayehudi). He has a master's degree in public administration from Bar-Ilan University. Reserve officer. Former Chairman of the Student Union at Bar-Ilan University, Vice Chairman of the National Student Union and Advisor to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in the Knesset. Member of the Parents' Coalition for Children with Special Needs, and founder of the Center for the Fight Against Medical Negligence. Member of the Presidium of the Zionist General Council and Executive member of the World Orthodox Organization, Director of Ofek Management. Author of the books 'plot' (mezima) and 'special brother' (achi mehuchad)

Zevulun Orlev

Former Minister of Welfare President

Zevulun Orlev

Former chairman of the National Religious Party, and former welfare minister. He also served as Director-General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Director-General of the Ministry of Education, Chairman of the Knesset Education Committee, Chairman of the State Audit Committee and Chairman of the Committee on the Rights of the Child. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Yom Kippur War and was the knight of the government title.

Dalia Ganot

Chairman of the Professional Committee

Dalia Ganot

Adv. Dalia Ganot Graduate of the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she served as a judge in the Tel Aviv District Court until October 2017 and as a member of a serious criminal court.

Roni Aharon

Director

Roni Aharon

Member of the Shomron Regional Council. She served in many media positions (News 2, Knesset Channel and Channel 20) and ran an online marketing company

Members of the Executive Committee

Liora Minka

Liora Minka

Chairwoman of the National Religious Women's Movement, Emunah. She holds a bachelor's and master's degree in literature and education. Former supervisor at the Ministry of Education and a member of the Tel Aviv City Council.

Attorney Regev Elkayam

Regev Elkayam

Partner and co-founder of the law firm: Sherf, Elkayam & Co. Serves as an external director - professional (external director) in Bashan. Adv. Elkayam is a member of the Land and Property Forum at the Israel Bar Association, the inheritance law forum of the Israel Bar Association, and the Planning and Building Forum of the Israel Bar Association.

Adi Bahzanne

Adi Bahzanne

BA in Economics and Logistics, summa cum laude from Bar-Ilan University. A social and community activist, volunteer and member of the Friends of Wolfson Hospital and for Rotary International. Deputy Director General of Aleh Blind.

Ariel Cohen

Ariel Cohen

BA in logistics and economics and MBA in Business administration, director of the economic development unit at the National Association of community centers and a member of the Association for the Encouragement and Advancement of Community Centers. Active in the field of education in Modi'in and a member of several boards of directors.

Chaim Gellerman

Chaim Gellerman

Management member of the Ramat Gan City Council. Chairman of the Department of Jewish Heritage, former Finance Manager in the insurance field.

Adv. Dvora Katshvili

Dvora Katshvili

Mother of two special children, serves as a member of management at the Rehut branch of Akim, The National Association for the Habilitation of Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, and initiates the establishment of the Ilan branch of Akim, The National Association for the Habilitation of Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities where she serves as a member of the management of the branch.

Keren Etzion

Keren Etzion

Social worker for 24 years, member of the management of The Israel Gerontological Society. She holds a BA in Social Work and an MA in Law from Bar-Ilan University.

Ateret Silbring

Ateret Silbring

BA in Communications from Ariel University. Marketing manager at a communications company. In the past, she ran summer camps for special children in the "Simcha LeYeled" organization.

Pinchas Bitan

Pinchas Bitan

Resident of Karnei Shomron Community, special education teacher, graduate of Bar-Ilan University. Former director of the Torah Culture Department at the Ramat Gan Municipality.

Uri Shechter

Uri Shechter

CEO of Shorashim. Former IDF General Manager and former General Manager of the Central Bus Station.

Members of our allies team

Aviva Milgartter

Aviva Milgartter

A former producer of Channel One and the widow of Dr. Eli Milgler, one of Israel's leading cardiac surgeons.

Adv. Revital Len Cohen

Revital Len Cohen

Mother of a child with special needs. Member of the City Council of Kfar Saba on behalf of the Meretz political party, Chairman of the Committee for Children at Risk, Co-Chair of the Committee on Accessibility, Vice Chairman of the Education Committee, Member of the Committee for the Advancement of Children and Youth, And active in the fight against drugs and alcohol. Chairman of the Coalition of Parents of Children with Special Needs.

Accountant Iris Stark

Iris Stark

Founder and Managing Partner of Stark & Stark. Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ashdod Port Company, Vice President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (since 2006), Chairman of the Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Director of Bank Massad, the Jewish Agency Pension Fund and Kibbutzim College. Internal audit in the areas of the third sector (non-profit institutions) and economic expert guest in selected television programs.

Adv. Yael Dolev

Yael Dolev

Adv. Dolev is a partner and head of the labor law department at Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. (GKH). She is the co-chair of the Bar Association's Bar Mitzvah program and is a member of the "Dawn Project" Forum, which promotes the youth of the Ethiopian community, and is also a member of the Friends of Bnei Akiva Forum, which deals with the social advancement of populations in the periphery.

Hila Shai Bahzaan

Hila Shai Bahzaan

Head of the Public Information and Public Relations Department of the Jerusalem School of Technology and a member of Modiin City Council.

Shaika Bashan

Shaika Bashan

He served as a member of the Givatayim City Council and currently serves as chairman of the Jewish Home (Habait Haiehudi) Branch in Givat Shmuel and as the treasurer of the Givat Shmuel religious council.

Attorney Hanoch Pat

Hanoch Pat

BA in Political Science and International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and BA in Law from the Ono Academic College. Major (Reserves) Deputy CEO of the "Shachar Hadash" real estate group Lawyers in Israel.

Avihu ben Moshe

Avihu ben Moshe

Deputy mayor of Ramat Gan, a social worker and educational consultant by profession. BA in Social Work and BA and MA in Educational Counseling.

Ephraim Sperber

Ephraim Sperber

Graduate in Business Administration. Owner of a manpower company and partner in several business companies.

Accountant Alon Tabib

Alon Tabib

Director of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Chairman of AKIM, The National Association for the Habilitation of Children and Adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Modi'in branch.