Faculty and Staff - Social Work B.S.W

Keren Hadar, B.A and M.S.W graduate in School of Social Work of the University of Haifa. Integrates the field and academy. For the past 14 years, has been working as a community social work and as a volunteer coordinator in the social services department at Hadar, Haifa. At the same time as working in the field, involved in integration in research and academia
These days, Phd candidate, in the advanced writing stages of the doctoral dissertation on the subject of relationships between team members under the guidance of Prof. Guy Enosh and Prof. Shay Tzafrir, from University of Haifa. The purpose of this work is to examine relationships between staff members among service providers, with the sector that have been chosen to examine in the current study is social services departments in Israel. This case is interesting, as it is a professional sector that socializes into the professional values of social work (the bride, empathy), which at the same time include challenging working conditions (such as; workload, lack of budgets) that can cause frustration and aggression. This work combines qualitative and quantitative research that includes two rounds. 

Lea Zanbar (PhD) is a community social worker, a lecturer for Social Work and a researcher. Her research focuses on macro-level intervention in social work and community practice.

Holds a PhD from Bar Ilan University and a master's degree in the clinical Course also from Bar Ilan University. Organizational consulting and group training studies. have expertise in child and youth.

Member of the Disciplinary Committee under the Social Workers Act. 

Combines clinical knowledge with systemic knowledge. 

My professional field of work over the past 25 years has been the development and operation of supervision of out-of-home settings for children and youth and for people with a wide variety of disabilities. In the last decate  I'm working in the Ministry of Labor and Welfare and social services,

in the development of policies, services and knowledge in the field. Currently, the Director of the Community Housing Service in the Disability Administration.

Rachel Werczberger is a sociologist and anthropologist of religion specialising in the study of contemporary Judaism, New Age spiritualities and New Religious movements. She received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Jewish philosophy in Ben Gurion University in the Negev and in the Katz Centre for Advance Jewish studied at UPenn. Her book Jews in the age of authenticity: Jewish spiritual renewal, published in 2016 by Peter Lang, is an ethnography of two Jewish New Age communities that were active in Israel in the beginning of the 20th century. In addition, she published numerous paper and articles in academic journals and edited volumes in Hebrew and English. 

Ruth Soffer-Elnekave is a doctoral student in the School of Social Work in the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation explores Social work practice in areas of Intractable Conflict, specifically Jewish-Israeli social workers’ professional life stories in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and their perspectives about the professions’ roles in addressing the effects of the conflict and promoting peace.
Practiced in child welfare services and foster care for many years, specifically in developing culturally sensitive foster services for the Arab population in Israel. Group therapist, supervisor, and researcher in areas of child welfare, cultural sensitivity and the social work profession and development.