The People Behind Edut 710

Judy Herbstein is a documentary film maker with a MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and a MA in cinema from the Interdisciplinary Arts Prog. at Tel Aviv University. She has lived and made news stories and documentaries in the United States, South Africa and Israel. Her films have been screened and won prizes at international film festivals. She has an Emmy Award for producing a news series for "The News Hour" PBS (1996). In recent years she has been living in Northern Israel. She teaches filmmaking alongside continuing her work as a creative artist. She joined Edut 710 early on and has been listening to testimonials ever since.

Itay Ken-Tor is a filmmaker, educator, and cultural activist. He is a co-founder of Edut 710, leading the Collaboration and Resource Mobilization Department. Mr. Ken-Tor has directed and produced dozens of documentary films and series, winning numerous awards worldwide. In 2005, he was a co- producer for all the films of the Yad Vashem Museum display. He is a lecturer at the Oranim College and the Open University and also is the national guide for high-school film productions at the Ministry of Education. Ken -Tor initiated cultural projects and co-lead local festival and the program Dialogue through Cinema. He was on the managing board of Israeli Academy of Cinema and Television and the Documentary Forum in Israel.

Kfir Amir is an extremes sport videographer. For the past ten years he has been traveling around the globe for both documentary projects and adventures. During the past year he has remained in Israel and has been involved in documentation projects on the October 7th events.

I am a proud father and grandfather (74) of a daughter, three sons, three granddaughters, and a grandson. They and their kind are why "Edut 710" is a project of tremendous importance.
After a long service in the IDF and other Security Bodies, I became self-employed. I specialize in Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic and Financial Structuring and Planning, and Corporate Policy implementation. I operated globally and acted in dozens of industries and disciplines. In 1996, I joined as a 'founding member' ISOC-AU. After returning to Israel, I have remained active in the Australian chapter of ISOC.
I am multilingual and have cultivated many international connections.

Meira Amibar Lives in Ramat Yishai in northern Israel. She is married, and the mother of 4 teenagers. She is a Parents Counselor and earned a MA in Student Counselling. Meira is Experienced in counselling and educational work.

Galia is a documentary film director, screenwriter for over 30 years. Among her films: "The Lifeline" the story of Zionist Youth Movements Underground in Hungary during the Holocaust. Galia, born in Kisufim and her last film (2022) "Mizrachim in the Kibbutz", dealt with the story of the "Eyal" group, among the founders of Kisufim. Her films and birthplace made October 7t personal. Galia felt the need to help and joined Edut 710. Mrs. Shiloach became the community manager for Kissufim and Holit. In addition, Galia manages a Film & New-Media program for high schools, has a B.A. in Cinema and Television from TAU and a M.A. with honors in Gender Studies from BIU.

Haya is an information systems analyst and project manager and earned her B.Sc. in Math & M.Sc. in Operation Research & System Analysis from the Technion. In June 2023, Haya retired from the Israel Electric Company, where she worked for 25 years in the field of information systems. Haya managed complex and cross-organizational projects. While seeking new professional opportunities, she awoke to the terrible morning of 7/10. Eager to contribute Haya joined Edut 710 and serves as a member of the organization's executive committee, jointly manages the interview and photography with Gil Levin and participates in the organization's IT system's implementation.

Ronit Nir works as a strategic consultant for planning tourism projects and is a partner in R.A.S. Tourism. Ms Nir plans dozens of projects with conceptual, statutorily and financial consulting in tourism. Within this framework, she also works on planning tourism in the Western Negev, which led to her joining and assisting with Edut 710 connecting to the sites and people. Ronit joined Edut 710 early on and is responsible for connecting to the community managers, and assisting in the research and connection to witnesses and their testimonies. She is also involved with fund raising for the project. Ronit is married and the mother of three.

Product Designer, Stills Photographer, and Photography Teacher. Holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Communications from Tel Aviv University and a Graduate Diploma (Honors) in Professional Photography and Digital Imagery from Speos School of Photography in Paris. Volunteering as a UX/UI Designer, as well as an interviewer at Edut 710, I mostly focus on various digital projects for the organization's website. I am proud to be a part of this established group of people behind this amazing and important project.

Lorenn Peer is originally from NYC. She spent her entire adult life studying and teaching the Holocaust. As a Holocaust educator at Yad Vashem and Massuah Institute she has workrd with a variety of audiences including students, educators, the IDF & Israel security forces, as well as prisoners. Lorenn is a certified guide (Israel Ministry of Ed.) of educational delegations to Poland. She is also a trained singer. Ishe has a B.A. in Jewish Studies from the City College of NY and an M.A. in Holocaust Studies from Haifa University. Lorenn has been with Edut 710 since November 2023, both as a "listener" and as the coordinator of Kfar Aza and Erez testimonies. She is married and a proud mother of three girls.

Hagai Sharir is a colorist for the last 5 years, certified by Blackmagic Design. Hagai is also a Special Education teacher for ASD classes. He is a Cisco CCNA instructor for the IT and Cyber professions. Hagai is divorced, father of three, lives in Tel Aviv.

Talya Tibbon is an award-winning documentary filmmaker working between London and NY. Her films have been nominated for the Bafta, Emmy and the IDA. Her work has screened in cinemas and festivals around the world and on Netflix, CNN, NatGeo and others. She has filmed in 4 continents: from the White House and the UK Parliament to Mexican brothels, remote villages in Laos, Nigeria and Lapland. She has interviewed war refugees, drug dealers, CIA agents, Tornado chasers and Native American tribal elders. Her work is focused on bringing out the human stories behind the headlines and giving a voice to those rarely heard.
Talya’s been volunteering with Edut since Nov. 23’

Prof. Liat Levontin is a faculty member of the Data and Decision Sciences and Head of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Technion in Haifa. Her expertise is in the field of Applied Social Psychology, and specifically pro-social behavior, growth mindset and self-disclosure.
https://sites.google.com/view/liatlevontin/home

Rivka is a psychologist (PhD), licensed to practice psychology in New York and Israel. Mrs. Tenenbaum-Precel is an aspiring writer, wife, mother and grandmother. Working for Edut 710 affords Rivka to take part in the healing process that we so desperately need as individuals and as a nation. Documenting the dreadful events of October 7 is work that we owe to ourselves, our children, our country and the Jewish people. Rivka participates in interviews, in writing testimonial briefs and with the team that offers emotional accompaniment and support.

Michal is a radio presenter, journalist, podcaster, music editor and a lecturer. As a human being who loves nature, Michal wishes human nature would choose love. The October 7th events left Ms. Even speechless. Michal believes in a dialogue and is always full of questions and curious to find the answers. Michal feels an obligation to know what happened to people on October 7th to attempt comprehending what they've been through, even if I never truly will. The space to accomplish her quest for answers was created by the people who founded Edut 710. At Edut 710 she heads the podcast department and is the producer and editor.

Tehila is a Lecturer and department head at the Herzog College. Mrs. Darmon Malka is a Holocaust historian and researcher also focused on Israeli society in the first decades after gaining independence. Tehila's research focuses on missing persons in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the formation of the Holocaust memory in Israel. The recent events of 7/10 have once again highlighted the importance of memory and commemoration. This is what drove Tehila to join Edut 710, where she is actively engaged in interviews and research.

Tali is married and mother of two daughters and has 3 degrees in; industrial engineering and management, business administration MBA, and social work. Mrs. Noy worked for years as a systems analyst and is now a social worker and group facilitator. Tali is a longtime photography enthusiast and an avid believer in the importance of Edut 710.

Ishay Frenkel is 24-year-old from the city of Sderot, in the South of Israel. He completed a pre-army service year with the Jewish Agency in Canada. Mr. Frenkel is a social activist, he plays the trumpet and drums, and develops automations at Healthy.io. At the age of 10 he started a YouTube channel (HowToEvery) with tutorials on computer software, video editing, and technology news. He has acted in productions of the Light Opera of the Negev and the Theatre of Dimona. He is the manager of the Digital and Advertising Department at Edut 710.

Chen Leopold is a videographer- art and documentary, shooting protests and social activist. She was previously a photojournalist and these days creates short films and video reportages for online media. Chen is married and a mother of three.

Naomi Press Aviram is a film and television editor with more than 30 years of experience. She has lived in Tel Aviv for most of her adult life, but recently moved to Ramot Hashavim, where she has her own editing studio. She loves working on creative projects that challenge and inspire her. She is always looking for new opportunities to collaborate with talented filmmakers and storytellers. Naomi is very excited to be in team Edut 710 and to take part in this amazing project. She is sure she can contribute a lot from thanks to her skills and expertise to the success of the shared mission. She speaks Hebrew, English and Spanish

Orit is a social worker and served in the army for 24 years in the mental health and casualty department. Upon leaving the IDF she produced documentary films. Orit is currently a blacksmith and participates in exhibitions. Mrs. Weinberg also curates. Orit resides in Reut and is grateful for the opportunity to be part of Edut 710.

Nahum Precel was born in Chile. He has a MBA from Tel Aviv University (Finance and Organizational Behavior). He is retired from the Banking industry in senior management positions in Israel and abroad. Nahum is a musician, spouse, father and grandfather. He is the son to Holocaust and Concentration Camps survivors. He documented his parents ordeal at the end of their lives. Making sure that testimonies of people that endured the horrific events of October 7 are recorded is of utmost personal significance for him. He is trying to contribute to the organization as Chairman of the Audit Committee, raising funds and translation.

Sagi is a father of three kids employed as a Project and Sustainability Manager for major infrastructure projects, currently working on Tel-Aviv's LRT and Metro Project. Whne Mr. Aloni isn't being a dad or at work, he enjoys pondering on ideas in Physics, Biology, History, Philosophy, Cinema and the Arts. On the 7th of October, with a small group of people who were mostly strangers, Mr. Aloni launched Edut 710 and since his personal life, and the life of many others, has radically changed. As acting Chairperson of Edut 710, he couldn't be any prouder of the people involved in this project.

Yael works at the Hebrew University as Chief of Research at the Center for Digital Humanities and as a consultant and teaching fellow at the Digital Humanities lab, Haifa University. Yael has a PhD in Computer Science, MA studies in Literature from Ben Gurion University. Yael's passion is in researching, developing and implementing methods for digital personal and non-institutional archives. During the first week of the war she realized the importance of documenting the events and without hesitation answered the call to join Edut 710. Yael is focused on establishing the knowledge infrastructure for this historical archive by employing best-practice methods.

Dori Sela has over 30 years experience in international business in hi-tech companies and as an independent consultant. Her professional training is as a social worker, NLP trainer and certification in healing studies, cards and various modalities. She is working as a life coach/therapist using different modalities, focused mainly on career. Ms. Sela volunteer as a mentor with several initiatives business and is the author of a business book- "Business Meetings that Work- 6 steps to increase your productivity". it was an Amazon best seller. She is the active grandmother of 3.Active hobbies include Israeli Folk Dancing, Belly dancing, Painting and Photography.

Dorit Oz is a social worker, psychotherapist, and certified family and couple therapist. She is a Creator, lecturer, and filmmaker of personal documentary films. Dorit has extensive experience with treating and documenting mental health issues, including trauma, for a wide variety of populations and issues. She has an MA degree. She is married and the mother of three (3) children and a grandmother of six (6) grandchildren. Dorit currently lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Tamar is a film editor, specializing in documentaries and is a senior faculty member at The Maaleh School of Film and Television in Jerusalem. Mrs. Gan-Zvi became joined Edut 710 on October 10th and had the honor of contributing to the development of the rigorous guidelines and meticulous workflow. Presently, Tamar is head of the video editing department within the organization. Tamar is a lifelong resident of Jerusalem, a wife and mother of three daughters.

Attar is a father of three; Noam, Goni and Uri and is happily married to Lotem. Mr. Keren has been active in cinema for over 15 years, a film teacher for over a decade and owns a photography, directing and film editing business. Attar is a teacher at the Carmel Zevulon school in Kibbutz Yagur and in his spare time coaches basketball classes for grades 1-4.

Inbal is a director and editor of documentary films since 2009 preparing students for the Bagrut (GED) examinations in Movie Production and Film Studies at Kadoorie High School. Her notable works include 'To Be Like Avi' (on Yes TVs documentary channel) and 'After Nadav' (the Kan11 TV).

Shelly Klein-Abraham works as an interviewer, lecturer and guide for Beit Berl College, for the Time Tunnel program. The program documents Israels varied communities and people. In addition, Shelly leads workshops for the website “Tarasa”, focusing on gathering, preserving and sharing memories of Israel and around the world. She also guides documentary specialists, making their work accessible to the wider community.

Nir Dafna is One of the founders and leaders of Edut 710, responsible for the field of information systems development and occasionally participate in testimony videography. He is a "high-techie" and technology enthusiast, amateur photographer. Nir is a long-distance runner and enjoy cycling and motorcycling, and loves almost every extreme sports. He is married to Michal and father to Roy and Yonatan. He was born and raised in Kibbutz Ma'oz Haim in the Ha'Maayanot Valley. His great-grandfather was a poet and his grandfather was a poet and photographer.

Documentary filmmaker. 35 years as a director and producer in educational television. Directing educational curricula and documentaries on the "subjects - society, culture, Tamar is an accomplished documentary filmmaker and worked for 35 years as a director and producer in the educational television sector. Mrs. Feingold worked directing educational curricula and documentaries focused on society, culture, theater, history and literature. Tamar achieved her MA at the interdisciplinary program of arts at Tel Aviv University and later graduated from their phototherapy program - photography as a therapeutic tool at the school for Education. Tamar is a multidisciplinary artist active in painting, photography, Japanese calligraphy and holds therapeutic workshops in photography, painting and writing. Tamar is a proud grandmother of 8.

Hamutal Prat resides in Jerusalem, married and mother to a daughter and a son. In recent Hamutal has been writing family stories and biographies within my venture "The Heart of the Story" ("Lev Hasipur"). For years Mrs. Prat was a producer and a program editor at Tel-Ad Studios, and later in life a pedagogical instructor and a group facilitator. Hamutal has a master's degree in education and is a graduate of the Mandel Institute for Educational Leadership. A few months ago, recognizing the importance of documenting the events of October 7 and wanting to contribute to this cause, Hamutal joined Edut 710 as an interviewer, content editor and content reviewer.

Anat is a documentary film-editor and film maker. Mrs. Tzom Ayalon teaches at the Film Department, Faculty of Arts at Beit Berl College. Anat has Doctoral degree studies from the Steve Tisch School of Television and Cinema, Tel Aviv University writing her dissertation on The Gapping Abyss between Voice and Image-Trauma and Ethics in Recent documentaries. Anat has published several essays on face and voice in documentaries is a mother of three and grandmother of one.

Moshe is a graduate of the Department of Cinema at Tel Aviv University, with years of work in the film industry, 30 years as a freelance photographer, a filmmaker in the documentary/marketing field, content creator, protest activist and a very concerned citizen

Dr. Ohad Ufaz is the co-Founder, head of Documentary and film in Edut 710. He Is an award-winning international filmmaker, a senior lecturer at Oranim College of Education. A film scholar with expertise in the ethics of testimony and documentary film. Mr Ufaz is an entrepreneur of community media and testimony projects. In his latest project he is the co- director (with Micha Livne) "The Listener". It is a documentary portrait and a film essay of Dori Laub, exploring his unique approach to interviewing and listening to survivor's testimonies.

Orit is a documentary filmmaker, director, former investigative journalist, and newspaper columnist. Additionally, Ms. Ofir Ronell works with at-risk youth through cinema. She earned a second degree in security studies and a first degree in communication. She is the mother of three.

Noah is a kibbutz Afikim member, married with four sons. Mrs. Bar Goshen has a Ph.D. in Education and is a lecturer at Oranim college's English department acting as a qualitative researcher focused on educator roles and the LGBT sector.

Rony is an avid kayak paddler and marine educator and is the owner of Kayak Club Paddlers- KayakTruck, leading the Eshkol Paddlers youth Project 2011-2020 and an amateur drone and 360 photographer. Rony is a father of four and spouse to Daphne residing in Tel Aviv.

Ornit is a US-based documentary filmmaker and research scholar at Brandeis. Ornit has extensive experience in broadcast journalism in Israel & the US, content editing, English/Hebrew translation. Ornit's work focuses on gender, culture, identity, memory & trauma. Her films include Laid to Rest: Buried Stories of the Jewish Sex Trade and Past Forward: Journeys to Transnistria on intergenerational Holocaust memory transmission. Recent publications includes Past Forward: Holocaust Testimony in Documentary Film in Eastern European Holocaust Studies. Ornit has a BA in Social Work/Clinical from Hebrew University and an MA in Mass Communication from Emerson College.

Barak is a filmmaker and an educator working as a lecturer at Oranim college teaching advanced courses for teachers. Barak was introduced to Edut 710 while earning his masters degree where he met Dr. Ohad Ufaz. Barak combined his education background with testimonies via projects with holocaust survivors. Two days after the October 7th massacre he received a call from Ohad asking him to join Edut 710. Since then he mainly focuses on editing the testimonies. Barak also took part in documenting the depositions of Kibbutz Beeri's survivors evacuated to a hotel at the Dead Sea. Barak finds being a part of Edut 710 as a great privilege.

Shira is the head of the Releases Department at "Edut 710". She is a graphic designer and independent event producer, owner of a studio for conceptual gifts productions. Ms Cohen Peled is an entrepreneur at heart and art creator. She is the mother of four. After 7/10/23 she realized that the greatest tragedy of ISRAEL must be documented. Since then, she has been volunteering with "Edut 710 ", in a position that is important as it constitutes a necessary junction between the post-production phase and the publication phase. She is responsible for the final approval by the witnesses prior to the testimony's publication.

Kobi is a journalist, director, photographer and editor. For many years Kobi was employed as a cameraman for the Japanese television network NHK and German ZDF chanel. As a filmmaker Mr. Yonatan filmed documentaries, underwater photography, commercials and a video clips. Kobi resides in Mevasseret Zion has a beloved partner, and of three.

Renana Keyadr is a senior lecturer (tenure track) of Law and Digital Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At HUJI, she is the academic director of the Center for Digital Humanities and head the Alfred Landecker Lab for the Computational Analysis of Holocaust Testimonies. In her research she analyzes legal and personal narratives of mass atrocity and systematic human rights violations using advanced computational text analysis techniques from the fields of DH and NLP.

Eyal Amir is a film editor and director. He graduated from Camera Obscura in 1994. Eyal is a father and grandfather. He lives in Haifa. Over the years he has worked on a variety of productions, directing and editing news, trailers and promos, documentaries, feature films and video products for the private sector of all kinds. Following years of managing a multimedia studio in a large museum, he is currently self-employed, mainly in video editing. A notable film he edited recently is "Judas" by the director Dan Wellman, based on the book by Amoz Oz.

Dov is a video editor, drone / 360 photographer. Mr. Gazit is a social activist seeing himself as an Anarchist and is active in the "Sayeret Rachfanim" (Drone Patrol) of Israel's Anti-Reform protest movement. Mr. Gazit has traveled professionally globally on a motorcycle visiting numerous countries.

Ora Maimon Pilewski has been for the past 28 years the director and editor of documentary films. Prior to her retirement she was director of the editing department at IBA for 4 years in addition to serving as deputy director and editor at Kan 11 TV station. Following her retirement she has continued to direct and edit films, serve as content advisor at Kan 11 and various film funds. She recently completed a video art project titled "White Fire". Ms Maimon Pilewski is married to Marcelo, mother of Dan, Mika, and Adi. Her education includes a Bachelor's Degree and a Teaching Certificate.

Dave originally from Boston, emigrated to Israel at 13. At 18 he joined the IDF and remained in the IDF and Defense Ministry until retiring as a Colonel. Dave's next career was co-founder and COO of a U.S. video analytics company leading the company from system development to their first roll-out and evolving to the Rolls Royce of the sector. Later, Mr. Gilad founded a company for the design and rollout of complex HLS systems for governments globally. Dave entered the UAV world a few years ago and currently spends most of his time as an aerial photographer. Dave resides in Tel Aviv, is married with 5 wonderful kids!

Dr. Lilach Naishtat is senior lecturer at the Kibbutzim College of Education, teaching poetry, art and history. She was a visiting scholar in the Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University (2019-2020). She is the author of the books: The Song of Songs and the Poetics of Romantic Fragment (Resling, 2019); Who's Afraid Christabel? A story of a Reading Group (Gama and Hakibbutz Hameuchad press, 2017); Their Jew: Right and Wrong in Holocaust Testimonies (Hebrew University and MOFET press, 2016); S. T. Coleridge's Christabel (Even Hoshen, 2011)

Yochai is a clinical and community social worker, instructor, moderator and editor of radio programs and podcasts, a community journalist with extensive experience in interviewing and presenting radio and television programs with different populations. Mr Rotenberg is also a videographer and stills photographer. He has managed television studios, has extensive experience working with the elderly, at-risk youth and populations with special needs . Yochai is a mentor, mediator, and group leader with 35 years of managerial experience, chairman and CEO of an Israeli voluntary community communication association.

Documentary filmmaker, director, former investigative journalist, and newspaper columnist. Additionally, works with at-risk youth through cinema, holds a second degree in security studies and a first degree in communication, is a mother of three.

Rony Alfandary, P.hD, is a senior lecturer at the School of Social Work at the University of Haifa. He is a practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapist, photographer and author. He published essays and books on Holocaust Studies, Psychoanalysis and Literature, Photography and Cultural Studies.

Neta is 62 residing in Moshav Bney Atarot. Mr. Dekel is a certified accountant and also earned his MBA. Neta is an IT consultant and street, documentary and cultural photographer. Since the beginning of 2023 Neta is one of the photographers documenting the anti-reform demonstrations in Israel. As of October 7th 2023 Neta became one of the founders of Edut 710 and its finance director in addition to filming testimonies of survivors from the events of October 7th.

Shalhevet was born and raised on Kibbutz Nahal Oz and left the Kibbutz 25 years ago. Currently residing in Moshav Giv'at Yesha'ayahu yet, in many aspects, Nahal Oz is still her home. Shalhevet is a historian (Ph.D. in History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University) and is a lecturer at Herzog college. Shalhevet teaches history, literature and research skills participating in numerous educational projects in Israel and abroad. Shalhevet views participation in Edut 710 as an important mission on two aspects; 1) Her way to reward the community that raised her. 2) Ensuring their stories will be told and documented as a basis for future research.

Ohad Levy is a CPA and auditor as an information system specialist for the past 15 years. He earned an BA and MBA degrees. He lives in Hod Hasharon, is married and is the father of two children