Barak Bitan
Director-General
Married to Tzipi and lives in the community of Psagot in the Binyamin Region. Holds a B.A in Education and an M.B.A, specializing in organization management and international business administration. Financial advisor for families.
Joined the organization in 2011.
Rabbi Yaakov Koschland
Chairman
Resides in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. Founder and Director General of the Naharda Yeshiva High-School in Ganei Tikva.
Son of the previous Chairman Rabbi Zvi Koschland zt”l.
Chaim Cohen
Board Member
Married to Talia, computer programmer at Sini Media (Formerly Cisco).
Studied at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh, made Aliyah from Golders Green, London in 1993 after studying pharmacy.
Resides in Givat Mordechai in Jerusalem and is a member of the community for Yeshiva students. After becoming exposed to the severe poverty of some of Jerusalem’s residents when volunteering with Yad Sarah decided to join Care for the Needy and actively assist the needy of Jerusalem.
Alex Kuflick
Board Member
Resides in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem.
Holds a B.Sc. in Physics and a graduate of the Communication Engineering School in France.
Worked previously as an engineer in Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
Volunteer and Board Member since 2012.
Yaakov George Mertzbach
Board Member
Born in the city of Vichy, France, at the end of the Second World War, after his parents returned from Switzerland.
Married to Irene Kuflick and a resident of Jerusalem’s Bayit Vagan for almost 50 years.
Took early retirement from the computing department of Bank Tefahot
Active in Care for the Needy of Jerusalem, as well as in Yad Sarah’s “Life Story” project and Ezer Mizion.
Sandra Sichel
Board Member and Volunteers Coordinator
Married to Jean, mother of four and first-time grandmother to sweet Eliyahu.
Holds a certificate in medical engineering and business administration.
Responsible for home visits for the needy families.
Volunteers since 2013 after becoming familiar with Care for the Needy through a family relation who was one of the founders of the organization.
Michel Natan Samuel, C.P.A
Audit Committee Member
Resides in the neighborhood of Katamon and married to Bridgette.
Member of the Audit Committee and one of the organization’s oldest activists, volunteering for over 20 years.
Partner in the Ben Dahan, Samuel, Mamman and Co. Accountancy Firm since 1984.
Active in numerous organizations as a Board Member and volunteer C.P.A.
Attorney Michel-Amram Abib
Audit Committee Member
Attorney and notary, Owner of Abib Amram Michel Advocate & Notary - Law Firm.
Member of the Audit Committee and one of the organization’s oldest activists, volunteering for over 20 years.
Resides in the neighborhood of Katamon.