Ruth Duek
I was born in the United States to German-Jewish refugees who managed to escape Europe before the Second World War. My parents were always active in civic organizations including the Peace Counsel which acted against nuclear weapons and for racial equality. They also instilled in me strong Zionism, and when I was 15, our whole family made aliyah to Israel.
I am a senior clinical psychologist, and have worked extensively with therapy groups since beginning my professional career.
I have studied in the Training Groups of IFSI and the Tavistock Institute and am a graduate of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis.
In my work in the public sector, in a family clinic and as head psychologist of the Israeli Prison System, I have encountered Jews and Palestinians in a variety of contexts.
The leftist tendencies of my parents have continued in myself through activity in Peace Now since the First Lebanon War, and Women in Black since the beginning of the first Intifada.
I am also active in the Besod Siach Organization for promoting dialogue within the whole of Israeli society, directing conferences and conducting dialogue groups and workshops (and have served as Chairperson of this organization.) In this framework I have participated in, and conducted conferences and groups with Israeli-Palestinians, Israeli Jews, settlers from the West Bank and Gaza, new immigrants and Israelis from the spectrum of secular to orthodox religiosity.
I have also participated on the conducting staff of international conferences of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis, including three German-Israeli Dialogue Conferences.
I was born in the United States to German-Jewish refugees who managed to escape Europe before the Second World War. My parents were always active in civic organizations including the Peace Counsel which acted against nuclear weapons and for racial equality. They also instilled in me strong Zionism, and when I was 15, our whole family made aliyah to Israel.
I am a senior clinical psychologist, and have worked extensively with therapy groups since beginning my professional career.
I have studied in the Training Groups of IFSI and the Tavistock Institute and am a graduate of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis.
In my work in the public sector, in a family clinic and as head psychologist of the Israeli Prison System, I have encountered Jews and Palestinians in a variety of contexts.
The leftist tendencies of my parents have continued in myself through activity in Peace Now since the First Lebanon War, and Women in Black since the beginning of the first Intifada.
I am also active in the Besod Siach Organization for promoting dialogue within the whole of Israeli society, directing conferences and conducting dialogue groups and workshops (and have served as Chairperson of this organization.) In this framework I have participated in, and conducted conferences and groups with Israeli-Palestinians, Israeli Jews, settlers from the West Bank and Gaza, new immigrants and Israelis from the spectrum of secular to orthodox religiosity.
I have also participated on the conducting staff of international conferences of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis, including three German-Israeli Dialogue Conferences.