2001- 2003 Head of the Directorate, the Association of Community Centers in Israel. 2001-2005 Member, Advisory Council for the Minister of Labor and Welfare, Promotion of the Status of Children with Mental Deficiency and their Rehabilitation in the Community. 2001-2005 Member, Advisory Common Council for Veteran Citizens, Ministry of Labor and Welfare. 2004-2006 Member, The Steering Committee for Implementation of the National Plan of Education. 2005 - 2011 Member of the commission charged with examining and authorizing senior nominees to civil service positions. 2007-2009 Member, Advisory Council on Retirees 2007- Member of the Directorate, Arab Israeli Bank. 2008 Member of the Selection Committee, Nahum Sokolov Prize for Written and Electronic Media 2009 Member of the Selection Committee, Presidential Award for Volunteerism. 2013-2014 Member of the commission charged with examining and authorizing senior nominees to civil service positions. 2013- 2014 Member of the Anti-Poverty Commission, Ministry of Social Welfare. 2013- 2014 Member of the Foreign Workers in Nursing commission. Ministry of Interior Affairs. b. Academic Positions outside the University 1979-1984 Research Assistant, JDC, Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Adult Human Development, Jerusalem. 1981 Coordinator and Fieldwork Instructor, special course for local leaders in underprivileged neighborhoods. Sponsored by the Dean of Students, Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Municipality. 1994–1996 Research Associate, JDC, Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Adult Human Development, Jerusalem. 2002-2012 Member, The Council for Higher Education. 2002-2010 Member, Board of advisors, Center for Peace Studies, Oklahoma University. 2004- Member, “Keren Maof” Committee at the Council for Higher Education for the acceptance Arab lecturers at Universities and Academic colleagues. 2005- Member, Board of Governors, The Mofet Institution
2014- Reviewer, Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work Participation in Scholarly Conferences Active Participation International Conferences Subject of Lecture / Discussion; Comments Location Name of Conference Date Urban center for the treatment of children at risk in Umm al-Fahm. Lisbon, Portugal Developing Programs for Children at Risk June 1992 Social programs for children, youth and families in the Arab population in Israel. Oslo, Norway The International Initiative - A Different Way of Working with Children September 1994 1. The concept A comparison between the perceptions of Jewish and Arab populations living in Israel (with A. Ben-Ari). 2. A cross-cultural perspective about AIDS: Views from Jewish and Arab professionals living in Israel (with A. Ben-Ari). Lisbon, Portugal Human Rights and Social Action April 1995 Changes in family care and utilization of community care by Israeli-Arab elderly (with J. Brodsky & Y. King). Amsterdam, the Netherlands European Congress of Gerontology September 1995 Israeli and Palestinian families in the peace process: Sources of stress and response patterns (Y. Lavee & A. Ben-David). Portland, OR, USA National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference November 1995
Concepts and challenges of Israeli-Arab leadership. Salzburg, Austria Salzburg Seminar: Concepts and Challenges of Leadership November 1995 Breastfeeding, family planning, variables affecting pregnancy within six months of last delivery: A cross-cultural perspective. Hong Kong Participating in Change: The Social Work Profession July 1996 Family patterns in Israeli Arab communities: Division of labor and marital quality (with R. Katz & Y. Lavee). South Africa Committee for Family Research – International Sociological Committee Seminar July 1996 “Commitment”: The dialectic between collectivistic and individualistic trends among Arab adolescents living in Israel (with A. Ben-Ari). Toronto, ONT, Canada Society for the Study of Social Problems - Creating a Just World: Leadership for the Twenty-First Century August 1997 The Israeli-Palestinian peace process: Its effects on Palestinian family life (with Y. Lavee & A. Dublin, Ireland ICSW, IASSW, Cultured Identity - Social Work in a Changing Europe: Implications for Education and Practice August 1997 The imperative for and community building between Jews and Arabs in Israel. San Francisco, USA State of the World Forum October 1997 Relations between Jews and Arabs citizens of Israel. Bari, Italy Dialogues in the Holy Land: Politics, civil society and peace process May, 2004 Leadership development of the Arab Population Pittsburg, U.S.A Carnegie Mellon University: Development of Leadership April, 2005 existence
The relationship between identity construction of Arab and Jewish students and their attitudes towards their experiences, in relation to conflicts and violence on campus (With R. Hertz-Lazarowitz et al.) San Sebastian, Spain 7th European Regional Congress of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology July, 2005 Israeli Educators in Multicultural Community: Encounters and Transformations (with B. Schaedel) Prato, Tuscany, Italy 6th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations July, 2006 Friendships between Arab and Jewish Students in Association to Their Perception of the Campus (with R. Sharabany, R. Hertz-Lazarowitz, T. Zelniker, H. Peretz & H. Kupermintz) Rethymnon, Crete 2006 Biennial International Conference of the International Association for Relationships Research (IARR) July, 2006 The ways in which Arabs in Israel Perceive and Utilize Social Support Santiago, Chile 33 International Conference of Schools of Social Work August, 2006 Early Breast cancer Detection Practices, Health Beliefs and Cancer Worries in Jewish and Arab Women (with M. Cohen) Ferrara, Venice, Italy 8th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology October 2006
Segregated Social Networks: Predicting the Negative Context of Organization at Haifa University (with R. A. Farah, R. Lazarowitz and T. Zelniker) Budapest, Hungary Negative Ties and Social Networks Workshop April 2012 Arab Women's Experience of Coping with Breast Cancer in Israel (with M. Cohen, H. Goldblatt and R. Manassa) Stockholm, Sweden Social Work Social Development 2012: Action and Impact July 2012 Advanced Social Work Research And International Knowledge. Los Angeles. USA The USC School of Social Work and IASSW/AIETS Global Dialog January 2013 Social Work With Person With Disabilities, HIV and AIDS. Hanoi, Vietnam Thang Long University, UNICEF Vietnam, IASSW/AIETS Global Dialog January 2014 Discussant. New York, USA Transitioning from “High” to “Tertiary” Education in Israel – System-Wide Issues. March 2014 Building Bridges, offering hope, Higher Education as a gate to Israeli society for the Aran minority. Miami, USA Going Global 2014: The Conference For Leaders of International Education. April 2014 Conferences in Israel Subject of Lecture / Discussion; Comments Location Name of Conference Date Higher education as a source of empowerment for disadvantaged groups: The case of the Arabs in Israel. Haifa, Israel University of Haifa Center for Research and Development of Arab Education in Israel November 1995 Changes in the Arab world and development of services for the Arab elderly in Israel during the last decade (with J. Brodsky). Haifa, Israel International Association of Gerontology, European Region, Behavioral, Social Science and Research Section Symposia June 1996
Communities and Institutions - an arena for developing professional and innovative programs and interventions. Tel Aviv, Israel 15th Biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society December, 2003 Psycho-active substance use among Arab school students: An epidemiological research Beer Sheva, Israel International conference: Psycho-social challenges of indigenous societies: The Bedouin perspective July, 2004 Creation of alternative models of Jewish-Arab in the Galilee Haifa, Israel Judaization of the Galilee or its development for the welfare of all its residents, in the wake of the conclusions of the Or Commission. November, 2004 Social rights – between theory and practice. Sderot, Israel, Sderot Conference for Social Issues November, 2004 Early breast cancer detection practices, health beliefs and cancer worries in Jewish and Arab women (with M. Cohen) Haifa, Israel Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Studies, University of Haifa, Research Fair June, 2005 The Arab society in Israel: from data to potential Herzliya, Israel The Arab Society in Israel: from an economic opportunity to a business success December, 2005 The high education among Arab population as a leverage for a social change Ramat Gan, Israel High Education and Society in Israel: Accessibility vs. Excellence December, 2005 Possible Models of Bilingual Education in Israel Haifa, Israel Bilingual Education in Israel: Reality and Challenges January, 2006 The Arab Population of Israel: Characteristics and Trends Herzliya, Israel The Sixth Herzliya Conference on The Balance of Israel’s National Security January, 2006 Bilingual Education: why Haifa? Haifa, Israel Into the Future: Towards Bilingual Education in Israel May 2006
Israeli Political Parties: Readjustment or Disintegration? Jerusalem, Israel 4th President’s Democracy Conference: Israeli Democracy Index 2006 May 2006 Discussant: Constructing Identities in Cultural Spaces Jerusalem, Israel Palestinian Women in Israel: Identity, Power Relations and Coping November 2006 Digital Divide: Internet Use in Arab Society in Israel (with A. Ganayem & S. Rafaeli). Haifa, Israel The 38th Conference of the Israeli Sociological Association February 2007 Stigma and Alzheimer's Disease: Jewish and Arab Lay Persons' Perceptions (with P. Werner & M. Cohen) Haifa, Israel Mental Health and Ethnicity in the Elderly: Satellite Conference of the International Psychogeriatric Association Congress, Istanbul April 2007 Arab and Jewish students Engage in Participatory Action Research at the University of Haifa: A Model for Dialogue (With R. T. Zelniker, and H. Peretz) Tantur, West Bank IPCRI Peace Education Workshop January 2008 Panelist: the role of the academy in times of crisis Jerusalem, Israel Academy-Community Partnership for Social Change January 2008 Member of the Steering Committee; Session Chair: Jews and Arabs in Israel – Challenges and Opportunities Haifa, Israel Whose Responsibility is It? The Second Haifa Conference on Social Responsibility April 2008 Substance Use among Arab Adolescent School Students in Israel (with K. Abu-Asbeh, M. Shoham and R. Bar-Hamburger) Tel-Aviv, Israel Arab Youth in Israel: Opportunities and Risks May 2008 Co-author, Eating Disorders among Arab Schoolgirls (with O. Chishinski, Y. Latzer) Haifa, Israel Arab Women in Israel: Family, Community and Society Circles July 2008
Presentation: Attitudes towards bilingual education in Israel (with R. Hertz-Lazarowitz, M. Shoham, M. Amara, A. Mor-Sommerfeld, N. 'Ali) Haifa, Israel IIPE – International Institute on Peace Education 2008 – Critical Pedagogy: Educating for Justice and Peace (collaboration with Columbia University) July-August 2008 Emergency preparedness of local authorities for war-caused disaster: The Israeli case (with A. Altshuler, Y. Yishai) Jerusalem, Israel The Fourth Annual Conference for Research Students in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy December 2008 Discussant (by invitation) Israel Academia-Community Partnership May 2009 Panelist (by invitation) Ramat Gan, Israel Aging in the Community September 2009 Session chair (by invitation) Jerusalem, Israel Dropout prevention in Higher Education November 2009 "Being too Close" – A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Intrusiveness in Romantic Relationships. (with Lavy, S. Feldman, B. S., Karo-Sigall, N., & Tse, W. S.). Herzliya, Israel Biannual Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research. July 2010 Being Within or Being Between? The Intercultural Context of Arab Women’s Experience of Coping with Breast Cancer in Israel (with Cohen, M., Goldblatt, H., & Manassa, R.) Givataim, Israel Being Within or Being Between? The Intercultural Context of Arab Women’s September 2011
b. Organization of Conferences or Sessions Subject of Conference/ Role at Conference/ Comments Place of Conference Name of Conference Date Organizer Haifa, Israel The Arab Palestinians in Israel: between partnership and separation: options, trends, chances and threats. October, 2002 Organizer Haifa, Israel Different stages in the peace process, Negotiation in the Islam culture. December, 2002 Organizer Haifa, Israel Jerusalem/El Kuds - The Core of the Israeli-Palestinians conflict May, 2003 Organizer Haifa, Israel National and local politics and identities in the Israeli society. July, 2003 Organizer Haifa, Israel Judaization of the Galilee or its development for the welfare of all its residents, in the wake of the conclusions of the Or Commission. 2004 Organizer Haifa, Israel International conference: Jordan Israel relations: The first decade of a formal peace 1994-2004 December, 2004 Organizer Herzliya, Israel Arab Society in Israel: from an economic opportunity to a business success December, 2005 Organizer Haifa, Israel Bilingual Education in Israel: Reality and Challenges January, 2006 Organizer Haifa, Israel Into the Future: Towards Bilingual Education in Israel May 2006 Organizer Haifa, Israel Arab Women in Israel: Current Status and Future Trends – Employment, Education, Health and Family November 2006 Member of the International Scientific Committee Tel Aviv, Israel 5th International Conference Teacher Education at a Crossroads June 2007
Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Dealing With Stressful Situations: It concerns Us All – How Culture Influences the Way We Cope with Stressful Situations and Crises November 2007 Organizer Haifa, Israel The 3rd Annual Conference on Bilingual Education in Israel: Language, Community and Society February 2008 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Non-Governmental Organizations & the Third Sector: Knowledge, Power and Partnerships March 2008 Member of the Steering Committee; Haifa, Israel Whose Responsibility is It? The Second Haifa Conference on Social Responsibility April 2008 Organizer Haifa, Israel Arab Women in Israel: Family, Community and Society Circles July 2008 Organizer Haifa, Israel IIPE – International Institute on Peace Education 2008 – Critical Pedagogy: Educating for Justice and Peace (collaboration with Columbia University) 2008 Co-organizer Beit Berl Academic College Teaching Arabic as a Second/Foreign Language in Jewish Schools: Contexts, Models and Challenges December 2008 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Jewish-Arab Cooperation: NGOs and the Ministry of Education February 2009 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Whose Place Is This? The Conflict, between Psychology and Politics March 2009 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Index of Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel 2008 May 2009 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Between Academia and Political Activism: the role of universities in contemporary Israel May 2009
Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Social work in the Next Decade: Challenges and New Directions in Academia and Practice October 2009 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Arab Women in Israel – Trends for the Next Decade Conference Marking the Publication of the Book Arab Women in Israel: Current Status and Future Trends November 2009 Organizer Haifa, Israel Arab Women in Israel: a conference marking international women's day. March 2010 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Dilemmas and Controversies Related to Young People Who Sexually Abuse: Research, Policy, and Interventions. June 2010 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Kaleidoscope of Child Maltreatment June 2011 Co-organizer Tel Aviv, Israel Pluralism and equal opportunities in higher education: enabling Arabs from academia January 2013 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Social work in the social networks era July 2013 Co-organizer Jerusalem, Israel The Plan for higher education accessibility for the Arab society in Israel January 2014 Co-organizer Haifa, Israel Social work as leverage for policy change. June 2014 Colloquium Talks Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date The state of welfare services in Arab settlements with an eye to the future. Welfare Services for the Arab Population in Israel Nazareth, Israel May 1992 Equal opportunities for Arabs and Jews in the Israeli state. Sikkuy Association and the Van Leer Institute Jerusalem, Israel October 1993
Anthropology of peace and its influence on the individual and the community. Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel February 1994 The welfare state in the age of privatization. International Peace Institute Tel Aviv, Israel April 1994 Changes in the Arab family and welfare service developments. Administrators and Inspectors of the Ministry of Labor and Welfare Tel Aviv, Israel January 1995 Dialogue between communities and religions in Israeli society. Center for Local Government Acco, Israel June 2001 Co-existence together with cultural diversity. Tamra Municipality Tamra, Israel November, 2001 One after October 2000: Jews and Arabs - Where do we go from here? University of Haifa / The Jewish- Arab Center Haifa, Israel November 2001 Organizing and hosting Copenhagen Group for discussion on: The peace process – Where now? University of Haifa Haifa, Israel November, 2004 Social Work in Israel Visiting faculty and students from Rutgers University Haifa, Israel January 2011 Invited Addresses Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date The educational system of an Arab child in comparison to that of a Jewish child in Israel. The follow up committee for education in the Arab population Tivon, Israel March 1991 Developing services for Arab elderly Community/population The follow up committee for Arab health population Nazareth, Israel April 1991
Community service in the Arab population in Israel. International Visitor Program of the United States Information Agency Washington, DC, U.S.A August 1994 Integration of Arabs and Jews in Israel: Present situation and future outlook. Israel Council of Social Welfare Jerusalem, Israel March 1995 Turkish–Israeli relations: Social and welfare cooperation. Marmara University Research Center for International Relations Istanbul, Turkey March 1997 Prevention of domestic hazards for children in the Arab community. Ha'emek Medical Center Afula, Israel May 2001 Inequality and privatization in Israeli society. Van Leer Institute Jerusalem, Israel May, 2001 Thirty years since the appearance of the “Black Panthers” Movement: Has something changed? “Tsavta” Tel-Aviv, Israel June 2001 Conflict and Dialogue: Religions and Identities in Israel Oxford University: lecture series 'Israel: Historical, Political and Social Aspects' Oxford, UK November, 2007 Panelist: Taken Down? Academic performance and social background Education in an Immigration Society - Perspectives for the Israeli Educational Policy Berlin, Germany November 2008 Panelist Designing for Diversity (Canadian Committee for the Haifa Foundation) Toronto, Canada April 2009 The Israeli Higher Education System A Consideration of Higher Education Structures and Governance Dublin, Ireland October, 2009 Social Work Education and Practice in Israel National Seminar on Social Work Education and Practice: Emerging Trends and Perspectives Mumbai, India January 2011
Higher Education among the Arab Population in Israel: Barriers and Successes. Forum of the Presidents of Israel's Academic Colleges Safed, Israel September 2011 Accessibility to Higher Education in Israel Ort Academic Board Tel-Aviv, Israel January, 2012 Making Higher Education in Israel accessible to the Arab Population Academic faculty Beit Berl, Israel January 2012 Cancer in a Cultural Context: Perceptions, Attitudes and Adherence to Screening in the Arab Population Social Workers for Health: from the clinical field to research on medical social work (Carmel Medical Center) Haifa, Israel May 2012 Higher education among Arab population in Israel Zefat Academic College Zefat, Israel June 2013 Research Grants Grants Awarded Year Funded by Topic Role in 1984 Ford Foundation (40,000 NIS) Living conditions of the Arab elderly H. Weil Co-PI. 1994 Friedrich Ebert Foundation (20,000 NIS) Israeli and Palestinian families in the peace process A. Ben-David & Y. Lavee Co-PI 1994 Jewish-Arab Center, University of Haifa (20,000 NIS) Family and community in the Arab society in Israel R. Katz & Y. Lavee, Co-PI 1995 ESHEL - Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel (JDC) (50,000 NIS) Changes in the Arab family and development of services for the Arab elderly in Israel PI
2005 Israel Cancer Association (30,000 NIS) Adherence to examination for the early detection of breast cancer in Jewish and Arab women, Phase B M. Cohen Co-PI Israel National Insurance Institute (110,000 NIS) Arab parents' willingness to accept their adult child with a psychiatric disability into the home after a hospitalization I. Duvdevany Co-PI Zeit Stiftung (€300,000) Into the Future- Bilingual Education in Israel Related publications: D R. Hertz- Lazarowitz, A. Co-PI UJA-Federation NY ($25,000 – year 1) Arab Municipalities in Israel: towards better Management and Accountability A. Ghanem 2008 Israel Cancer Association (45,000 NIS). Perceptions, Emotional Reactions and Ways of Coping of Arab Women with Breast Cancer M. Cohen & H. Goldblatt Co-PI UJA-Federation NY ($35,000 – year 2) Arab Municipalities in Israel: towards better Management and Accountability A. Ghanem Israel Anti-Drug Authority (185,000 NIS – year 1) Psychoactive substance use among adults and adolescent students from Israel’s Arab and Druze population PI 2009 Israel Cancer Association (30,000 NIS) Perceptions, Emotional Reactions and Ways of Coping of Arab Women with Breast Cancer M. Cohen & H. Goldblatt Co-PI Zeit Stiftung (€100,000) School, Family and Community Partnerships: Empowering Jewish and Arab Parents in Education B. Schaedel, R. A. Boehm & A. Freund Israel Anti-Drug Authority (120,000 NIS – year 2) Psychoactive substance use among adults and adolescent students from Israel’s Arab and Druze population PI 65 37,
The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (242,000 NIS) Facilitators and Barriers to Screening for Early Detection of Breast Cancer Among Women From Ethnic Minority Groups: A longitudinal Comparative Study of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish and Arab Women in Israel A. Freund Co-PI Israel Anti-Drug Authority (170,000 NIS) Psychoactive Substance Use among Arab Adolescents in Mixed Cities and Arab Cities PI Israel Cancer Society (25,000 NIS) Factors Affecting Compliance with Early Detection Exams for Colorectal Cancer in the Jewish Population of Israel PI UJIA (£60,000) Promoting Adherence to Early Detection of Breast Cancer Screening M. Cohen Co-PI The Robert H. Arnow Center for Bedouin Studies ($4,500) Promoting adherence to early detection of breast cancer screening in Bedouin women M. Cohen Co-PI The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research (302,500 NIS) Psychiatric diagnoses in Arabic-speaking patients in Israel: Accuracy, validity and cultural sensitivity I. Kremer, D. Levinson, M. Dwairy, A. Reshef 2013 – 2014 Israel Anti-Drug Authority (333,500 NIS – year 2) Psychoactive substance use among Arab adults from Arab towns and mixed towns in Israel. PI Pending Research Proposals Year Funded by Topic Co-Researchers Role in Research 2006 Israel-Palestinian science Organization (IPSO) Status: approved, but IPSO has so far been unable to raise the Promoting adherence to early detection screening for breast cancer in Arab women M. Cohen & Z. Abdeen Co-PI
140 B.A. Lecture Cultural sensitivity 2004- 2005 20 M.A. Lecture Planning and Management of Welfare Services 2002- 2004 20 M.A. Lecture Family and Community in the Arab Population 2002- 2004 17 on average M.A. Lecture Social Work Basics and Interview Techniques 2004- present M.A. Lecture Final seminar paper – preparation and guidance 2008-2009 Supervision of Graduate Students Details of Publication Date of Completion/ in Progress Degree Title of Thesis Name of Student Digital Divide: Internet Usage within the Arab Society in Israel. Megamot 2010 Ph.D. Internet adoption: diffusion of innovation and cultural differences among the Arab population in Israel (with Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli) Asmaa Ganayem 2014 Ph.D. Achievement Motivation among Arabs in Israel and in Other Countries (with Dr. Jenny Kurman) Mouna Karkabi 2014 Ph.D. Connections between Feelings of Socio-Cultural Alienation among Israeli Arab and Druze Adolescent Students and Patterns of Abuse of Psychoactive Materials (with Dr. D. Kalekin) Adi Margalit In process Ph.D. A Culture-Sensitive Model for Examining Willingness to undergo Early Detection Tests for Breast cancer (with Prof. M. Cohen) Tal Croitoru
2005 M.A. Jewish and Arab parents’ thoughts of out-of-home placement about their children with special needs as related to their burden of care and service use (with Prof. Arie Rimmerman). Irena Garnitsky 2006 M.A. Participation in Leisure Activities among Jewish and Arab Adults with Mental Retardation Living in the Community: The role of physical and cognitive functioning, health condition, activities (ADL and IADL), participation in employment and service utilization (with Prof. Arie Rimmerman) Tal Croitoru Death and Dying Anxiety among Elderly Arab Muslims in Israel. Death Studies (D 2007 M.A. Attitude Toward Death and Dying among Frail Arab Senior Citizens in the Community and in Nursing Homes (with Dr. Pnina Ron) Ibrahim Gigini 2008 M.A. The relationship between intimacy, marital satisfaction, sexual satisfaction and Symptoms in ex-POWs (with Prof. Z. Solomon, Tel Aviv University) Anat Ben-David Amar 2008 M.A. Mother-infant relation, processes of Separation – Individuation, in the intercultural context (with Dr. R. Yahav). Dana Hadar-Morat
The Israeli case - war as a common disaster type: preparedness process characteristics and the key lesson. 2008 M.A. Preparedness for War in Israeli Local Authorities (with Prof. Y Yishai) Alex Altshuler Arab parents' attitudes toward out-of-home placement of their adult children with psychiatric disability. 2009 M.A. Willingness of Arab Parents to Accept their Adult Offspring with Psychiatric Disabilities into their Homes Following Hospitalization (with Dr. I. Duvdevany) Manar Rabah Death and Dying Anxiety among Bereaved and Non-Bereaved Elderly Parents 2009 M.A. Death and Dying Anxiety among Bereaved and Elderly Parents Tal Tinsky-Roimi 2009 M.A. The relationship between national identity and mental well-being of Arab students (with Prof. Eli Somer). Tony Haddad 2009 M.A. The relationship Between Family Cohesion and Cigarette Smoking by Arab Adolescents (with Dr. Orna Baron-Epel). Amira 2009 M.A. Reminiscence in the context of Inter-generational Relationships and Mental Welfare among Arab Elderly (with Dr. M. Cohen) Omar Shanawi