Thursday, December 20, 2007



Mindy Levy






Mindy Levy is a homebirth midwife and a midwifery educator from Israel . She worked as a hospital midwife for 9 years in Haifa, left the hospital nearly 3 years ago and has been working independently ever since. She has a Masters Degree in Women's Studies from Lesley University. Mindy teaches midwives, midwifery and nursing students, doulas and childbirth educators. Her special interest is trauma and its effect on women's maternity experiences, a topic that she has researched in the past and continues to investigate today. She is now training to become a Somatic Experience Practitioner.


Mindy is married and has three grown children. Living in the north of Israel, her passions are: dance, music, photography, reading, physiology, women and babies.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007



Rina Papish

Rina is a full fledged documentary film director, married and a mother to two children.

She has a B.A in Communication and Arts “cum Lauda”, Ohio, U.S.A.
Then over the years other various professional courses in Drama directing, History of Art, philosophy, and management. For the last years rina is interested in the technique of Biography-counseling, Four years Seminar for Biography-counselling in Tel Aviv.
Rina's Professional Experience:
Directing, producing, and writing documentaries, reportages and TV programs,
Most documentaries participated in film festivals in Israel and abroad.
1990-2004: Israel's Educational TV - Series creator and chief director.
2004- Present: freelance. 2006- Present: Biography-counseling in "Bet - Noam", hostel for violent men.
Rina has Special interest in understanding the effect of Self-Documentary on Self -Esteem, Motivation, and Emotional well being.
paprvt@netvision.net.il,
Production company : Adar Documedia Ltd.