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Swords of Iron

Ayelet Shmuel

LCSW Director of the Sderot International Resilience Center

Ayelet trains professional and paraprofessional teams from Jewish communities around the world and Israel in the field of psychological first aid, trauma and ongoing stress
Through JReady, she trains individuals and teams on recovering from a crisis event when trauma occurs in the community. As one of JReady's leading trainers in emotional first aid, resiliency, acute stress management, and interventions, she brings a vast international experience and a deep understanding of Jewish and non-Jewish communities throughout the world.

Jonathan (Yoni) Michanie

Research and Data Manager at Combat Antisemitism Movement

Originally from Buenos Aires, Yoni specializes in International Relations and Middle East Politics. He has an MA from Reichman University in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution and served as a paratrooper in the IDF. Yoni's writings have been published in The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Journal, Washington Examiner, National Interest, Daily Wire, La Opinion, Jewish News Syndicate, The Forward, and Newsweek. Yoni is an expert in:

History of antisemitism

Antisemitism on college campuses

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Middle East Politics

United Nations

Barak Aharon

Monitoring Director at Fighting Online Antisemitism

Tomer Aldubi

Founder and Executive Director of Fighting Online Antisemitism

Tomer previously served as a Jewish Agency Representative in NY, USA (Schenectady JCC, 2015), and as the head of “Israeli Students Combating Antisemitism”, an Israeli students’ program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Union of Israeli Students (2017-2018). Contact Tomer regarding online antisemitism, reporting, and effective messaging. Linkedin profile

Tzivy Reiter

Director, Children and National Trauma Services, Ohel

Tzivy directs Outpatient Mental Health, School-Based and Trauma services, and oversees implementation of evidence-based practice models across programs. Tzivy is a specialist in trauma and disaster mental health, having run Crisis Counseling Programs after 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. She has intervened in local and national disasters: floods, wildfires, and mass shootings. She has led Ohel’s pivot to tele mental health treatment, response to Covid and virtual psycho educational sessions that attracted tens of thousands of participants throughout the pandemic. She co-created a resilience workbook used by 10,000 children during the pandemic and was named a mental health hero during Covid by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health. Tzivy recently co-authored a book for preschool children, I Feel That Way and That's Okay!, and an accompanying Teacher’s Guide. She is bringing these resilience building resources to new communities under Ohel’s recently established Kestenbaum Family International Services for Children. Tzivy is a licensed clinical social worker and a graduate of New York University.

Idit Michael

Head of Programming and Senior Mental Health Professional at Natal

With over 25 years of experience as a commander, Idit managed mental health professionals for major Israeli organizations, including the Israeli Police, Hadassah Hospital, and drug and alcohol treatment centers. In this role, Idit worked hand-in-hand on partnerships with mental health divisions in security organizations and Israel’s national welfare body. Following her distinguished career in the police force, Idit joined NATAL as Senior Mental Health Professional and Trainer, working with NATAL’s international team to develop and deliver resiliency training. Idit Michael currently serves as a private clinical therapist, working with patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, including those referred by the Ministry of Defense and the National Insurance Institute. She frequently presents lectures and workshops to police forces and first responder delegations in Israel and worldwide. Idit holds a B.A. in Social Work and English Language and Literature and a M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Oct. 7 Educational Materials

Resource Development

Yehonatan Shvartzman

Founder & director of Shvartzman & Co. Capacity Development Consulting firm

Alan Gill

Executive Vice President Emeritus, JDC

Eliot Goldstein

Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the Shalom Hartman Institute

Cyber Security

Motty Weissbrot

CEO, Crygma Cipher Systems

Motty is available to consult Jewish institutions and communities on matters related to Data Cyber Defense for protecting the public and private sectors against State-Sponsored Hacking, Commercial Cyber Espionage and Digital Surveillance. and ensuring your sensitive data storage, communications, and file transfers are safe from unfriendly eyes.

Security

Search & Rescue

Nadav Kalifa

Co-founder & CEO, Rescue One

Yochai Lelior

Co-founder & CEO, Rescue One

Trauma therapy

Ayelet Shmuel

LCSW Director of the Sderot International Resilience Center

Ayelet trains professional and paraprofessional teams from Jewish communities around the world and Israel in the field of psychological first aid, trauma and ongoing stress
Through JReady, she trains individuals and teams on recovering from a crisis event when trauma occurs in the community. As one of JReady's leading trainers in emotional first aid, resiliency, acute stress management, and interventions, she brings a vast international experience and a deep understanding of Jewish and non-Jewish communities throughout the world.

Tzivy Reiter

Director, Children and National Trauma Services, Ohel

Tzivy directs Outpatient Mental Health, School-Based and Trauma services, and oversees implementation of evidence-based practice models across programs. Tzivy is a specialist in trauma and disaster mental health, having run Crisis Counseling Programs after 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. She has intervened in local and national disasters: floods, wildfires, and mass shootings. She has led Ohel’s pivot to tele mental health treatment, response to Covid and virtual psycho educational sessions that attracted tens of thousands of participants throughout the pandemic. She co-created a resilience workbook used by 10,000 children during the pandemic and was named a mental health hero during Covid by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health. Tzivy recently co-authored a book for preschool children, I Feel That Way and That's Okay!, and an accompanying Teacher’s Guide. She is bringing these resilience building resources to new communities under Ohel’s recently established Kestenbaum Family International Services for Children. Tzivy is a licensed clinical social worker and a graduate of New York University.

Dr. Einat Kaufman

Head of Psychotrauma Crisis and Response Unit at United Hatzala

Einat is the Head of the Psychotrauma Crisis and Response Unit at United Hatzala, she is a professional counselor and offers training for organizations, professionals, and aid missions.

Dr. Moshe Farchi

Expert in the fields of acute trauma, emergency mental health intervention, Psychological First Aid (PFA)

Talya Levanon

CEO Israel Trauma Coalition

Ms. Levanon directs all of ITC’s initiatives by building collaborative partnerships that form the foundation of sustainable support for trauma victims both in Israel and abroad.

Beginning her career in the IDF as an officer working with bereaved families and wounded soldiers, she then supervised social workers in private practice and worked in the Israeli National Insurance Institute for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Trauma Widows and Widowers.

Talia holds an MSW in clinical social work from Bar Ilan University in addition to a degree in Integrative Psychotherapy from Hebrew University. She is fluent in English, French and Hebrew.

Community awareness

Mark Young

Director of JResponse, JCC Association of North America

NGO's

Government relations

Ophir Pines-Paz

Head of the Institute of Local Government, Tel Aviv University

Public Health

Tamar Gitlitz

Elderly consultant

Dr. Maurit Beeri

Director General Alyn Hospital

Dr. Ayelet Giladi

Founder and the CEO of VOCA - Voice Of Child Association

Prof. Gal Ifergane

clinical Neurologist, active researcher, health-care executive, and consultant to pharma and biomed startup companies

Prof. Eli Waxman

Prof. at Weizmann Institute of Science

Odeda Benin Goren

Founder and Manager of ODRON – Emergency Preparedness and Management Consulting

Logistics

Oleg Livshitz

Founder & CEO of OL Maagan Consulting LTD and a Lieutenant colonel (res.) in the medical department of the IDF Home Front Command

Oleg is an expert in the field of crisis logistics and preparedness, with vast experience in logistics management – warehouse management, inventory, and design of sensitive, consumable and expensive equipment and proven experience in emergency and disaster management. He is the Founder & CEO of OL Maagan Consulting LTD and a Lieutenant colonel (res.) in the medical department of the IDF Home Front Command.
You can find Oleg's community logistic preparedness presentation in the Best Practices section:
https://www.jready.org/best_practices/community-logistic-preparedness/

Reach out to Oleg and consult with him on:

Medical logistics and Covid-19 logistics
Emergency logistics preparedness
Consulting and guidance of pharma projects, validation, and medical logistics
Consulting and guidance of medical and emergency preparedness

Education

Elderly

Tamar Gitlitz

Elderly consultant

Linor Attias

Emergency Officer, Ministry of Justice

Prof. Michael Davidson, MD

President The Israeli Medical Centre for Alzheimer

Mental Health

Volunteerism

Social Services

Dr. Edith Zakai-Or

CEO at Maytiv Center For Positive Psychology, Reichman University

Yehonatan Shvartzman

Founder & director of Shvartzman & Co. Capacity Development Consulting firm

Elad Efraty

Director, Paamonim

Dr. Ayelet Giladi

Founder and the CEO of VOCA - Voice Of Child Association

Chen Cshnabel

Volunteers management and training expert, Latet

Naama Yardeni

Director of Latet's Aid for Life Department

Jewish Life

Ayelet Shmuel

LCSW Director of the Sderot International Resilience Center

Ayelet trains professional and paraprofessional teams from Jewish communities around the world and Israel in the field of psychological first aid, trauma and ongoing stress
Through JReady, she trains individuals and teams on recovering from a crisis event when trauma occurs in the community. As one of JReady's leading trainers in emotional first aid, resiliency, acute stress management, and interventions, she brings a vast international experience and a deep understanding of Jewish and non-Jewish communities throughout the world.

Jonathan (Yoni) Michanie

Research and Data Manager at Combat Antisemitism Movement

Originally from Buenos Aires, Yoni specializes in International Relations and Middle East Politics. He has an MA from Reichman University in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution and served as a paratrooper in the IDF. Yoni's writings have been published in The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Journal, Washington Examiner, National Interest, Daily Wire, La Opinion, Jewish News Syndicate, The Forward, and Newsweek. Yoni is an expert in:

History of antisemitism

Antisemitism on college campuses

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Middle East Politics

United Nations

Abraham H. Foxman

Anti-semitism

Ayelet Shmuel

LCSW Director of the Sderot International Resilience Center

Ayelet trains professional and paraprofessional teams from Jewish communities around the world and Israel in the field of psychological first aid, trauma and ongoing stress
Through JReady, she trains individuals and teams on recovering from a crisis event when trauma occurs in the community. As one of JReady's leading trainers in emotional first aid, resiliency, acute stress management, and interventions, she brings a vast international experience and a deep understanding of Jewish and non-Jewish communities throughout the world.

Jonathan (Yoni) Michanie

Research and Data Manager at Combat Antisemitism Movement

Originally from Buenos Aires, Yoni specializes in International Relations and Middle East Politics. He has an MA from Reichman University in Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution and served as a paratrooper in the IDF. Yoni's writings have been published in The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Journal, Washington Examiner, National Interest, Daily Wire, La Opinion, Jewish News Syndicate, The Forward, and Newsweek. Yoni is an expert in:

History of antisemitism

Antisemitism on college campuses

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Middle East Politics

United Nations

Barak Aharon

Monitoring Director at Fighting Online Antisemitism

Tomer Aldubi

Founder and Executive Director of Fighting Online Antisemitism

Tomer previously served as a Jewish Agency Representative in NY, USA (Schenectady JCC, 2015), and as the head of “Israeli Students Combating Antisemitism”, an Israeli students’ program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Union of Israeli Students (2017-2018). Contact Tomer regarding online antisemitism, reporting, and effective messaging. Linkedin profile

Abraham H. Foxman

Sima Vaknin-Gill

Brigadier General (res.)

Communication

Motty Weissbrot

CEO, Crygma Cipher Systems

Motty is available to consult Jewish institutions and communities on matters related to Data Cyber Defense for protecting the public and private sectors against State-Sponsored Hacking, Commercial Cyber Espionage and Digital Surveillance. and ensuring your sensitive data storage, communications, and file transfers are safe from unfriendly eyes.

Horacio Kurland

Organizational Communication and Community Development consultant

He lives in Israel and works globally through international organizations such as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Agency for International Development (USAID); The programs of Mashav, the Center for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel; International Labor Organization ILO, The United Nations. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Hebrew.

Ophir Pines-Paz

Head of the Institute of Local Government, Tel Aviv University

Yuri Gankin

Digital Marketing expert specializing in Digital Strategy, Growth & Innovation and Crises Management

Gilead Shenhar

Senior consultant in the Homeland Security arena

Crisis Management

Horacio Kurland

Organizational Communication and Community Development consultant

He lives in Israel and works globally through international organizations such as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Agency for International Development (USAID); The programs of Mashav, the Center for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel; International Labor Organization ILO, The United Nations. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Hebrew.

Oleg Livshitz

Founder & CEO of OL Maagan Consulting LTD and a Lieutenant colonel (res.) in the medical department of the IDF Home Front Command

Oleg is an expert in the field of crisis logistics and preparedness, with vast experience in logistics management – warehouse management, inventory, and design of sensitive, consumable and expensive equipment and proven experience in emergency and disaster management. He is the Founder & CEO of OL Maagan Consulting LTD and a Lieutenant colonel (res.) in the medical department of the IDF Home Front Command.
You can find Oleg's community logistic preparedness presentation in the Best Practices section:
https://www.jready.org/best_practices/community-logistic-preparedness/

Reach out to Oleg and consult with him on:

Medical logistics and Covid-19 logistics
Emergency logistics preparedness
Consulting and guidance of pharma projects, validation, and medical logistics
Consulting and guidance of medical and emergency preparedness

Yuri Gankin

Digital Marketing expert specializing in Digital Strategy, Growth & Innovation and Crises Management

Mark Young

Director of JResponse, JCC Association of North America

Yehonatan Shvartzman

Founder & director of Shvartzman & Co. Capacity Development Consulting firm

Danilo Roger Gelman

Security & Crisis Management Consultant

Community Resilience

Ayelet Shmuel

LCSW Director of the Sderot International Resilience Center

Ayelet trains professional and paraprofessional teams from Jewish communities around the world and Israel in the field of psychological first aid, trauma and ongoing stress
Through JReady, she trains individuals and teams on recovering from a crisis event when trauma occurs in the community. As one of JReady's leading trainers in emotional first aid, resiliency, acute stress management, and interventions, she brings a vast international experience and a deep understanding of Jewish and non-Jewish communities throughout the world.

Dr. Einat Kaufman

Head of Psychotrauma Crisis and Response Unit at United Hatzala

Einat is the Head of the Psychotrauma Crisis and Response Unit at United Hatzala, she is a professional counselor and offers training for organizations, professionals, and aid missions.

Horacio Kurland

Organizational Communication and Community Development consultant

He lives in Israel and works globally through international organizations such as U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Agency for International Development (USAID); The programs of Mashav, the Center for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel; International Labor Organization ILO, The United Nations. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Hebrew.