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Our Team
Officers of the Amuta
Dr. Jeremiah Lubasch, Founding Director: Born in Argentina, Dr. Jeremiah Lubasch studied medicine at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1977 he came on Aliyah and today lives in Haifa with his wife and 6 children. Dr. Lubasch served in the navy and was promoted to rank of "rav seren". In 1989 he established the Haifa Center for Children with Learning Disabilities and remains the Founding Director on a voluntary basis, in between running his medical practice. Dr. Lubasch is involved in community service including serving on the Haifa Civic Society and working in conjunction with the Haifa Boston Connection.
Rabbi Shimon Una, Treasurer
Rabbi Daniel Hofner, Secretary
Rabbi Moshe Kanner
Rabbi Yerucham Spiegel
Mrs. Leah Reizman
Mrs. Rachel Gotesdiner
Nathan Cohen
Shmuel Edelstein
Staff
Pnina Berkowitz – Educational Director, BA Special Education; a partner in the vision of establishing the Haifa Center and has run the Center since its inception. Married with four children, she lives in Haifa.
Alex Weiss –- Administrative Director
Rachel Ehrenfeld – Director of Public Relations and Resource Development
Ruth Kaniel – Grantwriter
Hindi Cooperman – Health Services Liaison
Naomi Adler – Bookkeeping
Ita Shulman – Office Manager
Remedial Teachers:
Sima Metzger, Tamar Halvitz, Leah Avritcher, Chani Meshi, Na'ama Attia, Liron Hilsberg, Yehudit Amsalem
Expressive Therapists:
Gail Suskin – Movement Therapist specializing in Snoezelen Room and Trauma Treatment, Micki Schwartz – Animal Assisted Therapist, Anat Geiger – Art Therapist, Mila Feinberg – Drama Therapist, Yael Keidar – Psychotherapist, Orly Aluffi – Movement Therapist, Chagit Ben Shabbat – Clinical Social Worker
Didactic Assessments:
Idit Korkus
Speech Therapists:
Tanya Blusarsky, Luda Verozoshchev, Efrat Dagan
Occupational Therapists:
Nirit Itzchaki, Orit Gaspar, Revital Givon,Orit Tiferet
ECR Center Staff:
Mirit Levy – Head of Special Education Kindergarten, Revital Atzur – Head of Side-by-Side Nursery, Gitti Rakovsky – Head of Language Intensive Kindergarten, Shevi Blau – Language Teacher, Adina Gratch – Ma'on Shachar Coordinator (framework for severely handicapped children)
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