I am Professor at and former Director of the School of Social Work at Bar-Ilan University. I have conducted multiple research studies around the globe (South America, Australia, Nepal, India, Canada, Israel, and the U.S.) on community practice topics ranging from trauma to citizen participation to domestic violence. I have recently conducted one of the few longitudinal studies of women who lived in a battered women's shelter. I have also developed a program for community development and community organizations. I am presently a consultant to Israel's Minister of Welfare. I was Chairman of the Council of the Directors of University-based Schools of Social Work in Israel and am currently the Head of the Ph.D. Program at the School of Social Work in Bar-Ilan University.