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and Administration. Worked for many years in departments of Social

Services. Engaged in developing programs for families living in poverty

and exclusion for families dealing with sudden loss and bereavement.

Hanita Rafael-Ashuri:

clinical social worker, psychotherapist, marital

and family therapist. Coordinator of the loss and bereavement area in

the Haifa Municipality Center for Family Counseling and Therapy, where

she has been working with single-parent families for the past five years,

practical work instructor in the Loss and Bereavement Therapy Training

Course at the Central School for Training of Social Workers in Ramat

Gan.

Dr. Erga Kapulnik:

social worker, psychotherapist and certified family

therapy instructor. Lecturer at the Ben-GurionUniversity School for Social

Work in the Negev region, and at the Zefat Academic College Department

of Social Work. Teaches at the Loss and Bereavement Therapy Training

Course at the Central School for Training of Social Workers. Manages

the Family Therapy Center in the municipality of Or Akiva.

Yaron Gan-Or:

Works with youth at risk for the past 15 years. One of

the creators and founders of “Yiftach”, a boarding school for religious

youth at risk, where he has worked for the past eight years in various

positions, among them assistant principal. In the years 2010-2016

managed Etnachta: temporary shelter for youth at risk and in crisis in

Jerusalem, during which time he co-partnered in establishing Mevaser

Tov – a unique shelter for Ultraorthodox boys at risk in Jerusalem. Holds

B.A. and teaching certificate in Humanities. Lectured in the IDF and in

the City without Violence project on the topics of education, therapy and

leadership.

Shira Rainitz:

Director of the Hof Ashkelon Hosen

Center. Formerly

worked as a social worker for youth and young adults, and as a social

worker in relation to the Young Offenders Act. In her current position

as director of the Hosen Center she assists the local authority in

preparations for emergencies. Under her leadership, the Hosen Center

treats casualties of anxiety in security-related situations and works

diligently on reinforcing the feelings of belonging and solidarity within

the local municipal communities, while developing and maintaining

community activities in the field of emergency preparedness.