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Nivcharot, Haredi women's movement

ABOUT · WHO WE ARE

Who we are

WHO WE ARE

Staff

אסתי שושן

Esty Shushan

Founder and CEO

A filmmaker and cultural figure, host of the "Haredit Meduberet" podcast.

Hila Yalon

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

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.

הילה חסן לפקוביץ

Hila Hasan Lefkowitz

Former projects manager, association member

Today chair of the religious council in Kfar Yona. A graduate of HaNivcheret cohort 1.

תרצה בלוך

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.

שני מונצ'ק

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.

אפרת שוקרון

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.

אסתר קרמר

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.

שלי רפופורט

Sheli Rappaport

Course and workshop facilitator

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

מלכי רוטנר

Malki Rotner

Facilitator and lecturer

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

שרה ינץ

Sara Yanetz

Social media, research and production

Researcher and producer on the "Haredit Meduberet" podcast.

ראובן ביטון

Adv. Reuven Bitton

Legal advisor

Specialises in civil litigation, administrative law and arbitration.

Key activists over the years

אסתי רידר אינדורסקי

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.

רחלי איבנבוים

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.

מיכל צ'רנוביצקי

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

Tali Farkash

Activist in the "Lo Nivcharot, Lo Bochrot" campaign, 2015

A Haredi journalist, researcher, commentator and activist.

רחלי רושגולד גוטליב

Racheli Rushgold Gottlieb

Government relations

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

שחקנית, מנחת זוגות לפרק ב', בוגרת הנבחרת 1, מראשונות המתמודדות לבחירות במועצות הערים

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.

ציפי לביא

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.

רעיה מרי

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.

לאה שיינברום

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.