About us

Board of Directors and Staff

Board of Directors

dar-lubashJeremiah Lubasch, MDPresident: Born in Argentina, Dr. Lubasch studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1977 he came on Aliyah and today lives in Haifa with his wife. They have 6 children and 7 grandchildren. Dr. Lubasch served in the navy and was promoted to rank of major. In 1989 he founded the Haifa Center for Children with Learning Disabilities. For close to 30 years he directed the Center – today called Arugot, on a voluntary basis, while running his medical practice at the same time.

Board of Directors

Ya’akov Vizel, Director

Daniel Hofner, Secretary

Eli Hartman, Treasurer

Elimelech Knepelmacher

Audit Committee

Nathan Cohen

Alex Weis

Association Members

Jeremiah Lubasch – President

Jacob Vizel, Director

Eli Knepelmacher

Nathan Cohen

Eli Hartman

Daniel Hofner

 

Pnina Berkowitz CEO; a partner in the vision of establishing the center pnina@arugot.org

Efrat Demri Deputy CEO efratd@arugot.org

Rivki Kaufman Director Assessment & Therapy Center rivki@Arugot.org

Naomi Adler Bookkeeping naomi@arugot.org

Ruth Kaniel Director Public Relations & Resource Development ruthie@arugot.org

Ita Shulman Office Manager office@arugot.org

Hindi Cooperman Health Services Liaison hindi@arugot.org

Oshrat Alon Secretary oshrat@arugot.org

Shoshi Segal Executive Secretary shoshi@arugot.org

Blimi Greenbaum Director Day Care Center maonarugot@gmail.com

Rachel Chenya Director Preschool Network Racheli@arugot.org

Mirit Levy Supervision and ABA specialist mirit@arugot.org

Chaya Rosenzweig Secretary ganim@arugot.org

Assessment and Therapy Center

Dr. Gail Suskin – Coordinator of Therapy Staff, including students, Dance/Movement Therapist, Snoezelen Room and Trauma Specialist.

Emotional Therapists

Avia Ohana – Staff Supervision

Bosmat Plotnik – CBT Coaching

Riki Evron – Clinical Social Worker

Orke Sharon – Play Therapist

Hila Tal-Hornik – Animal Assisted Therapist

Asaf Koren – Music Therapist

Milena Gorgeiv – Drama Therapist

Eitan Kiubotro – Psychodrama Therapist

Lihi Elkayam – Art Therapist

Efrat Heimer – Art Therapist

Ronit Marom Barkov – Bibliotherapist

Miri Shpond – Art Therapist

Banita Primo – Movement Therapist

Na’ama Ayun – CBT Therapist

Na’ama Gruber – Bibliotherapist

Tzofiya Elimelech – Art Therapist

Efrat Heimer – Art Therapist

Yosef Yitzchak Pagot – Clinical Social Worker

Angela Levin – CBT Therapist

Moshe Kolkar – Social Worker

Keren Gal Garbois – Movement Therapist

Rivka David – Psychodrama Therapist

Remedial Teachers Leah Avritcher

Paramedical Staff

Speech Therapists – Luda Verozoshchev, Odeya Chanya, Ester Reuveni, Noa Danieli, Nati Meshi

Occupational Therapists – Revital Givon, Ztipi Elboim, Orli Demri, Ztipi Klein, Sheffi Deutsch

Preschool Teachers

Tobi Hartman, Dvori Marmorstein, Sara Blumenthal, Rivki Yisraeli, Shifri Braun

Psychologists

Yael Galon

 

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