School Administration and Heads of Programs

Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work

Prof. Belle Gavriel-Fried  serves as the current Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work. Prof. Gavriel-Fried is a leading scholar in the field of

addiction and recovery, with a particular focus on the socio-cultural dimensions of gambling behavior in Israeli society. She established and directed the Addiction and Recovery Lab at Tel Aviv University, and her work combines quantitative and qualitative methods within holistic and strengths-based frameworks.

Prof. Gavriel-Fried has held research appointments at Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry and at the National Addiction Center at King’s College London. Through her extensive international collaborations, she continues to advance innovative approaches that bridge theoretical research with effective practice in the field of addiction recovery.

Program Directors

BSW Program Director – Prof. Yafit Sulimani-Aidan

MSW Program Director – Prof.. Hisham abu Raiya

Head of the MSW Track in Human Rights and Policy Practice – Prof. Idit Weiss-Gal
Head of the MSW Integrative Track in Treatment and Intervention – Dr. Galia Weinberg- Kurnik
Head of the MSW Clinical Track in Child and Youth Care – Prof. Liat Hamama
Head of the MSW Clinical Track in Stress and Trauma – Prof. Karni Ginzburg

Director of the MSW Program for non-BSW degree holders – Prof. Guy Shilo

PhD Director – Prof. Ronit Leichtentritt

Academic Head of the Continuing Education Unit – Prof. Lia Levin

Administrative director – Ms. Yael Yosef