Rabbi Mauricio Balter (הרב מאוריסיו בלטר) was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He received an MA in Jewish thought from the University of Haifa. He received his rabbinic ordination in 1991 from the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano Marshall T. Meyer. He attended the prestigious Educators Graduate Program at the Melton Center for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and continued his educational leadership training at the Leatid program in Argentina.

Rabbi Balter Balter was a Rabbi in Argentina for 12 years at the Kehilot of Tucuman and Salta (Northern Argentina) and Or Hadash Kehila of Buenos Aires. He was also the first director of the Masorti Movement in Argentina. He made aliyah in 1995 and was Rabbi of the Kiryat Bialik community for 15 years. From 2010 until 2017, he served as the Rabbi of Kehilat Eshel Avraham in Be’er Sheva. He was formerly Chair of the Publications Committee, as well as a member of the Executive Committee for Masorti Israel, and previous served as co-president of the Rabbinical Assembly in Israel and was a member of the Administrative Committee of the International Rabbinical Assembly.

Rabbi Balter currently serves as Executive Director of Masorti Olami and MERCAZ Olami and sits on the Executive of the World Zionist Organization and the Board of Directors of JNF-KKL where he heads the committee on sustainability and environmental protection.

Rabbi Balter has been married to his wife, Bilha for 40 years. They have two daughters, Maia (married to Herman) and Shani (married to Orion), and two Grandsons, Matan-Chaim and Ma’or.

Rabbi Mauricio Balter | Leadership | Masorti Olami

Keren-Or Karni | Office Manager and Assistant to Executive Director | Masorti & MERCAZ Olami

Tehila Reuben is the Deputy Director at Masorti Olami and MERCAZ Olami, responsible for our network of international communities, resource development and operations in our office. She has worked at Masorti and MERCAZ Olami since May 2011 and has organized and coordinated missions, events and programs including missions to Budapest, Paris and London as well as the past seven Annual Tribute Events in New York. Tehila has been leading Masorti Olami’s efforts in helping our Ukrainian Masorti/Conservative communities and refugees since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, together with our partners at The Schechter Institutes. 

Tehila is also very involved in the everyday running of the Jerusalem and New York offices. When she is not in the office, Tehila is an avid cook and has her own channel of her healthy gourmet creations. She is originally from Teaneck, New Jersey and made Aliyah in 2005. She currently lives in Jerusalem next to one of her favorite hang-outs, the Machane Yehuda Market.

Tehila Reuben | Team Member | Deputy Director | Masorti Olami | MERCAZ Olami

Tehila Reuben | Deputy Director | Masorti & MERCAZ Olami

Nilli Glick Asaf was born and raised in Tel Aviv and has worked in Jewish education for over ten years: Between 2008 and 2010 she was a Jewish Agency Israel Fellow for Hillel at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and since she returned has been working for Hillel Israel as a program director at Hillel in Tel Aviv University and as the Director of Hillel at IDC Herzliya.

Nilli holds an MA in the History of Israel and a BA in the History of Israel and Studies of The Land of Israel from Bar Ilan University, and today is studying for a second MA in Learning Technologies at Holon Technological Institute (HIT).

Over the years she has participated in various Beit Midrash programs including Kolot Fellows and Beit Midrash Heder MiShelach at the Hartman Institute and more. Today she is participating in 248: A new global community action network, organized by Partnership2Gether, Rehovot - Minneapolis.

Nilli currently lives in Rehovot with her family.

Nilli Glick Asaf I Director of Zionist Educational Projects & MERCAZ Olami Chapter Liaison I MERCAZ Olami

Director of Zionist Educational Projects & MERCAZ Olami Chapter Liaison

Keren-Or Karni was born in Jerusalem, the first native Israeli generation in her family after her parents made Aliyah from Yemen.  Keren-Or was raised in a Zionist atmosphere ("Dati-Leumi"), graduated HOREV high school. She volunteered at MDA, with wounded soldiers, Shomer Achi Anochi and Olim Chadashim. She completed her service at the Sherut Leumi in the fields of education and training.

Keren-Or has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studied in various Academic frameworks: Linguistic Editing, Content Writing and Chinese Integrative Medicine.

Over the years she acquired extensive experience in computer training (John Bryce, HP), administration areas, CEO’ assistant, translation, linguistic editing, and Chinese Medicine practice in Israel & abroad. 

In parallel with a variety of experience in the fields of high-tech & administration, Keren-Or is an experienced therapist in Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture, Nutrition, Twina, Shiatzu and Herbology). Keren-Or is a specialist in the fields of Fertility, Sleep disorders, Allergy and Pain Syndromes www.refuah-sinit.com .

Engaging in both areas reflects her abilities and way of life. 

Office Manager and Assistant to Executive Director

Ariela Rosemberg-Garbatzky was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. She grew up in the Masorti Movement and embracing her Jewish identity, made Aliyah to Israel at the age of 19, where she resides in Jerusalem with her family.

Ariela studied at Hebrew University and the Hadassah College. She has worked in the Jewish world and in informal Jewish education at Melitz (Centers for Jewish and Zionist Education) and at the CLAIMS Conference.

Ariela is responsible for Masorti Olami’s AmLat (South American) Desk. Ariela’s vision is to connect as many Jews as possible from the Spanish speaking world to the people of Israel and the State of Israel. In addition, Ariela is the Graphic Designer for Masorti Olami.

She met Ariel from Rosario, Argentina in Israel and got married. Ariela and Ariel have four children: Tomer, Chen, Tali and Shir, and they live in Jerusalem. Jerusalem holds a very special place in Ariela’s heart and she can’t imagine living anywhere else.

Ariela Rosemberg-Garbatzky | Head of Latin America Desk | Masorti & MERCAZ Olami

Head of Latin America Desk & Graphic Designer

Born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Andreia Viana has been working in Jewish organizations for 15 years. After 10 years at one of the largest liberal congregations in Latin America, she made Aliyah in 2017 and has lived in Jerusalem ever since.

Andreia has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism, with a focus and specialization in Social Media Management and Content Creation. With a multilingual and multicultural background, she has experience producing visual and video material, managing communication platforms, and planning and execution of content strategies.

A coffee lover, she enjoys visiting new coffee places and trying new flavours and types of roasting. She likes using memes to communicate, binge-watching Asian tv series, and spoiling her two cats: Bonnie Tyler and Hurry Cane.

Andreia Viana | Team Member | Communication Coordinator | Masorti Olami | MERCAZ Olami

Communications and Resource Development Coordinator

Revital Ziv started working as Finance Manager of Masorti Olami and MERCAZ Olami in July 2022, and has previously worked at the Museum for Islamic Art and managed the museum's budget for the last 20 years.

Revital has an undergraduate degree in the history of art from The Hebrew University, as well as being Certified in Accounting from the College of Management and Payroll. She completed the Computer Knowledge Course, Office Software and Marketing Couse from John Bryce.

Revital is the mother of four children, Eden, Raz, Sagi and Lital, and has been married to Daniel Ziv for almost 30 years.

Revital loves to exercise, cook, and bake, as well as travel in our beautiful country (Israel), bike riding and to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Revital Ziv | Team Member | Finance Manager | Masorti Olami | MERCAZ Olami

Revital Ziv | Finance Manager | Masorti & MERCAZ Olami

Rabbi Mauricio Balter

Nitzan Aharon

Tehila Reuben

Nilli Glick Asaf

Keren-Or Karni

Ariela Rosemberg-Garbatzky

Andreia Viana

Revital Ziv

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