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Who we are
WHO WE ARE
Staff

Esty Shushan
Founder and CEO
A filmmaker and cultural figure, host of the "Haredit Meduberet" podcast.

Hila Yalon
Educator. Board member
Works with the Israeli team of the Jewish Federation of San Francisco. Over twenty years of fieldwork and management in immigration and absorption, education and employment. A community-theatre director and public-policy graduate.

Adv. Yoav Lalum
Board member
A lawyer, founder of the "Noar KaHalacha" association working against ethnic discrimination and lack of transparency in admissions to Haredi educational institutions.

Hila Hasan Lefkowitz
Former projects manager, association member
Today chair of the religious council in Kfar Yona. A graduate of HaNivcheret cohort 1.

Tirtza Bloch Esterzon
Community management, association member
A content writer, translator and digital marketer. A community activist on health, welfare and Haredi women, promoting initiatives for single-parent families and women in the workforce.

Shani Muntchak
Project manager
A holistic psychotherapist, working in emotional therapy and personal-process guidance, alongside social engagement, activism and driving change. Manager of the "HaNivcheret" leadership project, a leadership reserve for Haredi women.

Efrat Shukrun
Programme facilitator, association member
A media professional and panelist, a Haredi feminist and social activist on ethnic discrimination, core-curriculum studies and Haredi women's representation in decision-making.

Esther Kramer
Lecturer and community coordinator
A social activist for the realisation of rights for people with disabilities, a manager and coordinator in Nivcharot's "Achotenu At" community, and a lecturer and coordinator for government relations. A graduate of "HaNivcheret" cohort 1.

Sheli Rappaport
Course and workshop facilitator
A senior strategic consultant, lecturer, facilitator and educator specialising in gender equality, diversity and inclusion.

Malki Rotner
Facilitator and lecturer
An activist, commentator and hasidic feminist. A facilitator and lecturer in the movement's programmes.

Sara Yanetz
Social media, research and production
Researcher and producer on the "Haredit Meduberet" podcast.

Adv. Reuven Bitton
Legal advisor
Specialises in civil litigation, administrative law and arbitration.
Key activists over the years

Esty Reader Indursky
Co-CEO of Nivcharot, 2016–2018
A lecturer, author and researcher. Her book “VeShe’einan Nir’ot” (“And Those Who Are Not Seen”) tells the story of how the movement began. A leading activist in the 2015 “Lo Nivcharot, Lo Bochrot” campaign.

Racheli Ibenboim
Co-founder of "Meoravut"; activist in the "Lo Nivcharot, Lo Bochrot" campaign, 2015
A co-founder of "Meoravut". Works to bring Haredi women into employment, academia and politics.

Michal Chernovitzky
Activist in the "Lo Nivcharot, Lo Bochrot" campaign, 2015
A researcher, political activist and Haredi activist, working to advance and integrate Haredi society within Israel.

Tali Farkash
Activist in the "Lo Nivcharot, Lo Bochrot" campaign, 2015
A Haredi journalist, researcher, commentator and activist.

Racheli Rushgold Gottlieb
Government relations
A co-founder of "Lo Tishtok", campaigning against sexual abuse in Haredi society. Formerly Nivcharot's government-relations manager.

Racheli Salomon (Morgenstern)
Social and political activist
A counsellor for couples in second marriages, an actress and a social activist, one of the initiators of the Mamlachti-Haredi (state-Haredi) schooling project in Petah Tikva, a graduate of HaNivcheret cohort 1, and one of the first women to run for city council in 2018.

Tzipi Lavi
Projects and government relations
A Haredi activist and influencer, formerly the organisation's projects and government-relations manager. Among other things she ran Nivcharot's "Haredot Shutafot" project. A graduate of HaNivcheret cohort 5.

Raaya Mari
Projects and community management
A media professional and activist, a graduate of HaNivcheret cohort 4, formerly Nivcharot's community and projects manager, and lead petitioner in the case against Shas.

Leah Shainbrom
Founder and community manager
A clinical social worker (M.S.W.), emotional therapist and activist, founder of the "Si'aH" groups. A graduate of HaNivcheret cohort 5.
