Our Staff
Sigal has extensive experience as a CEO with managerial expertise in many non-profit organizations. Sigal’s accomplishments include the development and establishment of dozens of large-scale projects in the field of women and gender rights. Recently, Sigal served as CEO of “One in Nine” an organization which strives to raise awareness of breast cancer in Israel. Prior to serving in that capacity, Sigal directed the department of Young Women for the International Organization WIZO. Her talent in raising awareness of issues primarily affecting women and diverse populations is well known. Sigal has a bachelor’s degree with honors in criminology and sociology from Bar Ilan University as well as a Master’s degree in Gender Studies. Among her other accomplishments, Sigal is a strong believer in collaborative work, loves challenges and assumes each role with incredible devotion to the cause and work.
Tami is a community social worker who has been working in the field of social change and human rights for almost two decades, most recently at Bizchut, an NGO that empowers people with disabilities. She has a BA in community social work, and an MSW focusing on public policy and welfare case management, both from Hebrew University. Tami also teaches social work at Hebrew University. Tami believes that communities are the infrastructure of social change, and in their ability to advance a society based on justice and values.
Shir is a lawyer and social worker, a graduate of the pre-army preparatory program ‘Beit Israel’, with a bachelor’s degree in social work and a bachelor’s degree in law from the Hebrew University. The unique combination of her training as a both a social worker and lawyer contributes to her understanding of the legal and social challenges faced by women who are victims of divorce refusal, and the effect on their children. Shir has the ability to channel the legal process as an empowering tool as much as possible.
Prior to her role at Mevoi Satum, Shir specialized in the consulting and legislation department at the Ministry of Justice’s division of religious and family law. She has been active for six years in various organizations working to eradicate divorce refusals and its consequences. Her expertise is in dealing with the difficulties which arise due to the application of religious law within the framework of civil law. In addition, she raises the awareness of these problems and the need to solve them.
Moshe has joined our staff as a lawyer. He has a bachelor’s degree from Bar Ilan University and is currently a master’s degree student in law, specializing in family mediation.
During his undergraduate studies, Moshe was a scholar of the ‘Ilanot’ program and served as an editorial member of the journal ‘Law Review’ and also served as a research assistant to Prof. Benjamin Shmueli. Moshe published, together with Prof. Shmueli, the article “Contractual Claims for Divorce Refusal”, which was published in the journal DIN UDVARIM as well as inGabriela Shalev’s book – Essays on Contract Law and Theory (Yehuda Adar, Aharon Barak, Efi Zemach editors, 2021).
Moshe specialized and worked in the litigation department of two of the largest law firms in Israel.
Moshe believes in the power of social litigation to help people and especially to improve Israeli society.
Avital is a clinical social worker. She completed two degrees at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Avital is married to Matanya, and is the mother of Yotam. She lives in Jerusalem.
Avital is passionate about the importance of treating each individual. She believes true social change cannot happen unless every woman has the right to choose her life’s path without having to receive the consent of another party.
Naama has a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science and participated in the interdisciplinary “Amirim” honors program at Hebrew University. She earned her master’s degree in social work (MSW) with a specialization in trauma.
In recent years she has worked with women victims of violence and with young women and men in various risk situations.
Naama believes in the ability of a therapeutic relationship to help individuals make a real change in their lives. In her view, personal and social processes are intertwined, and in her work she also looks for the connection between the two.
Talya received a B.A in the Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences – Psychology, Sociology, Criminology at Bar Ilan university (cum laude) and a Master’s degree in Management of Nonprofit and Community Organizations at the Hebrew University (cum laude). Talya worked for three years as the coordinator for ICAR, The International Coalition for Agunah Rights.
Working on behalf of several non-profit organizations whose missions center around the issue of finding solutions for victims of Get Refusal and Agunot, is a cause very close to Talya’s heart.
Talya lives in Efrat with her husband and three children.
Ali interned with Mavoi Satum while in college and is honored to volunteer again as part of her Dorot Fellowship, a personalized leadership development fellowship for North American Jews. Previously, she directed the ITIM Reiter Family Summer Internship to educate North American college students about issues of religion-and-state in Israel, and as a fellow with JDC-Ashalim, JDC Israel’s branch to support vulnerable youth in Israel.
She holds a BA in philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis and has studied at multiple institutions of Torah education.
Ali is passionate about Mavoi Satum’s mission of supporting women who are trapped in unwanted marriages and of reforming the Rabbinical Court system to best apply halacha while best serving the population’s needs.
Debbie is an accomplished lawyer with several degrees: she holds a Bachelors and a Masters in Law from Hebrew University. She also holds a Masters in Public Administration from Edinburgh University, Scotland, and a Masters degree in Jewish Studies from London University, in the UK. Debbie is also an expert in prenuptial agreements and conditional marriage and has worked with Mavoi Satum for many years as a consultant to couples on this subject. In her professional career Debbie has worked for many years in the legal department of Hebrew University and also in the university administration. She also served as Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Hebrew University and she continues to represent the University till today in disciplinary procedures
Batya received her Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from the Hebrew University and her Masters Degree in Law from Bar Ilan University (with excellence). Batya served in a top position at the Israel Tax Authority after which she did her speciality training as a lawyer in the office of Avigdor Feldman, a leading lawyer in the field of human rights and appeals to the Supreme Court. Her work at Adv. Feldman’s office gave her vast experience in helping to change Israeli society through Supreme Court appeals.
