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Beach, Hebrew & Volunteer: Staff
4 Weeks of Ulpan & Summer at the Beaches in Israel... What could be better?!
Ofer Gutman, Director of Oranim Short Term Israel Programs
Ofer was born in 1975 and raised in Tivon, a town in the north of Israel, as a third generation to one of the first families' founders of the town in the late 1930s. He served on a battleship in the Navy of the Israel Defense Force. Ofer has L.L.B. degree and he is an attorney. He has worked in the Israel Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, dealing with civil rights in Israel and helping new Olim with legal issues. Over the years, Ofer was very active on the campuses in Israel with peace and social issues and arranged many seminars for young adult and student leadership in Israel about Zionism and social issues. From 2004-2008, Ofer was the Central Shaliach (emissary) for the University Student Division/Hagshama Department of the World Zionist Organization in North America, working to bring Israel to the campuses and the campuses to Israel. Ofer has also worked in politics for several campaigns and was the chairman of Young Meretz and was in charge of the young adult and student activities of the party. Ofer was also a delegate to the World Zionist Congress.
Kineret Rozen, City Coordinator, Ashdod
Kineret, named after the Sea of Galilee, was raised in "Moshav Gea", a small moshav in the South. As a child, Kineret spent four years living in Belgium as the daughter of diplomats. Later on, she became active in a youth group called "Bney Hamoshavim" from the age 15 to 25. During these years she worked with volunteering youth and was in charge of the activities in her community and the celebration of holiday festivals. She volunteered for a year in the North of the country before she was recruited to the army where she was a commander of an observation post in the Gaza strip. Kineret holds a degree in Political Science and Mass Communication from Bar Ilan University.
Shiry Shemesh, City Coordinator, Ashdod
Shiry was born and raised in Ashdod. She served in the Israeli Army at the Erez Checkpoint near Gaze. Shiry has been a counselor in Jewish summer camps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She just finished her B.A. in Behavioral Science, Management and Economics at Ben Gurion University. During her studies, Shiry was working as an academic advisor in Kivoonim Center in Ashdod, an organization which guides and advises youth in their educational career after serving the army. Shiry then became a coordinator for higher education in Kivoonim. She is also active in a leadership group, "Ashdod Meitoreret"' representative in municipal committee and was part of an international delegation in Poland.
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