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Reuven Gal

Senior Research Fellow
Resilience
Specializations:

National and communal resilience, post-trauma, minorities, civil-military relations

Education:

PhD Psychology, University of California, Berkeley

MA Psychology and Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

BA Psychology and Sociology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Specializations:

National and communal resilience, post-trauma, minorities, civil-military relations

About

Dr. Reuven Gal’s research covers a broad range of social and psychological topics, spanning national and communal resilience, issues related to Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Israeli Arab/Palestinian citizens, social processes and transitions within Israeli society, civil-military relations, and matters related to stress and coping, disasters, and post-trauma. Gal has extensive experience in academic, governmental, and non-governmental arenas. He served as Chief Psychologist of the Israeli Navy and later as the IDF Chief Psychologist and Commander of the IDF Department of Behavioural Sciences. Gal founded and directed the Carmel Institute for Social Studies and the Center for Quality Leadership. He served as the Deputy National Security Advisor of Israel’s NSC, and as the founding director of the Administration for National Civic Service. Gal’s teaching career in psychology spans many universities, both in Israel and abroad. He has published numerous academic papers and authored seven books. He sits on several Boards of Directorsand Editorial Boards.

Publications
June 2022

Indicators for Benevolent Community

Shay Ben-Yosef, Ayala Keisar-Shugerman, Reuven Gal, Ayelet Raveh

June 2022

Characterizing the term ‘Benevolent community’

Ayala Keisar-Shugerman, Shay Ben-Yosef, Ayelet Raveh, Reuven Gal

May 2021

Statistical analysis of Corona data: A Roundtable

David Steinberg, Edna Schechtman, Reuven Gal

March 2020

Attitudes of Israeli Public during Corona Period: Report no. 1

Carmit Rapoport, Carmit Padan, Isaac Ashkenazi, Reuven Gal

April 2017

Excellence in Mathematics in the Ultra-Orthodox Community

Reuven Gal, Yehuda Morgenstern, Yael Elimelech

הכריכה של הדוח סיפורי הצלחה
October 2013

Success Stories

Reuven Gal, chezki Farkash, Dorin Almog-Sudai

הדרך לשילוב
March 2012

The Way to Integration

Ilia Zatcovetsky, Reuven Gal

Opinions / Commentary
Projects
Press room
September 2015

Between (MACHA”R) Tomorrow and Today

Reuven Gal, Ilia Zatcovetsky

July 2013

The defiance virus

Reuven Gal, Ilia Zatcovetsky

December 2011

Zichron redemption

Reuven Gal, Ilia Zatcovetsky, chezki Farkash

September 2011

Inevitable process

Reuven Gal, Ilia Zatcovetsky

December 2010

A sacred work

David Brodet, Reuven Gal, Eliyahu Hurvitz

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