Our Staff

Shmuli Falk

Founder & Director

Shmuli Falk grew up in Gateshead UK. Being the son of a prominent Rov, caring for others as well as taking a leadership role was what he saw at home. After marrying Chana, they assumed that in not too long, children would follow. Having mentored many children and teenagers struggling with family issues or personal challenges, as well as receiving his degree in Clinical counseling, Shmuli took on the role as Director of the Epic family mentoring program, guiding parents and hand holding mentors through the mentoring process. After nearly seven years of infertility, many dashed hopes and being on the rollercoaster that the journey of infertility is, Shmuli & Chana were finally blessed with a beautiful daughter. Through their own personal experience, they founded the organization that is Keren Ohr today. Shmuli’s biggest joy and passion in life is to make people feel understood, thought of and cared for, and this is everything that Keren Ohr stands for.  

Chana Falk

Founder & Creative Director

Chana Falk grew up in Manchester, England. Growing up in a home filled with Chessed, she observed how her parents went through challenges using them as opportunities to help others. After marrying and moving to Israel in 2009 she studied cognitive behavioral and narrative therapy, fulfilling her dream of helping those going through emotional distress. She then joined the Epic Families organization, mentoring girls coming from challenging backgrounds. After seven long years of waiting, she was blessed with a beautiful baby girl. Seeing and experiencing the emotional distress of those experiencing the highs and lows of infertility, Chana’s passion for helping others led her to open the organization Keren Ohr. They created a space for couples going through the challenges of infertility to find solace and healing. After experiencing secondary infertility and now B”H with a new baby boy on the team, Chana is working hard to let the message be heard “Infertility is not all about the end game, there is a couple on that journey who’s mental and emotional needs need to be taken care of along the way”.

Rabbi Baruch Dzialowski Shlita

Rav and Hashkafic Advisor

Rabbi Baruch Dzialowski is a respected Rav based in Ramat Beit Shemesh. Originally from London, he studied at Hasmonean Grammar School before continuing his Torah education at the Gateshead and Mir Yeshivos. He is a Talmid of HaRav Nosson Kopshitz and HaRav Shlomo Zalman Ullman. Rabbi Dzialowski serves as the community Rav of Kehillas Darchei Yitzchok in Ramat Beit Shemesh Gimmel and leads the Kollel. Known for his inspirational speaking, he is a sought-after educator within the Ramat Beit Shemesh community. Having supported many couples navigating the challenges of infertility, Rabbi Dzialowski feels a deep connection to the mission of Keren Ohr. The organization’s work resonates strongly with him, as he has seen firsthand the emotional and spiritual toll this journey can take. His care, insight, and words of strength have brought comfort and hope to countless individuals facing this difficult nissayon

Yoni Palmer

Co-founder

Yehonatan (Yoni) Palmer grew up in Golders Green, London, moving to Ramat Bet Shemesh (RBS), Israel in 1998. Today he lives with his wife Reena and daughter Aliza on a moshav just outside RBS. He grew up in a home steeped in communal involvement, with his father z”l serving as a gabbai and communal leader, while his mother z”l also played significant roles in women’s groups in the local kehila. Yoni works in hi-tech as a technical writer, but outside work time is also involved in communal activities, himself serving as a gabbai both on the moshav where he lives, and during the time he lived in RBS. He is also a volunteer firefighter and took part in the Jerusalem area fire in August 2021. Yoni and Reena waited 10 years before Aliza was born and they went through the infertility journey, including miscarriages and treatments. In 2019 in partnership with Chana and Shmuli Falk they founded Keren Ohr, an organization developed by people who had been there to help couples emotionally survive and thrive through the infertility journey.

Michoel Glick

Director of Development

Michoel Glick grew up in Los Angeles, CA. where he worked in business and technology consulting for Fox Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment for a number of years. Michoel and his wife left California and the working world behind and moved to Eretz Yisroel in 2013 to learn full-time in Kollel. After learning in different kollelim for nine years, Michoel opened his own Kollel in Givat Zev where he continues to learn Gemara B’Iyun. Unabashed when he believes in a cause and with a penchant for helping others, Michoel feels privileged to be a part of Keren Ohr’s team and help ease the pain of innumerable couples struggling with infertility.

Shimon Schwab (MA ADIP PGDipPRT FPP UKCP AccCOSRT)

Co-Director & Supervisor, Comfort Zone Program

Shimon grew up in London, and learned in the Yeshivos of Gateshead and Brisk. He lived in London before moving to RBS in 2023. He is an Adult & Couples Psychotherapist, and maintains a private practice both in person and online. Shimon has undertaken specialist, advanced therapeutic training in fields including psychosis and personality disorders, relationship and psychosexual therapy, and forensic psychotherapy. He has received semicha in Hilchos Niddah from Rav SF Zimmerman שליט״א.

Alongside his private practice, Shimon is also a senior member of the team at Chana Charity in London, the leading fertility organisation in the UK, where he serves as the Rabbinic Liaison, responsible for dealing with the many Halachic questions that arise in the course of fertility treatments. Since arriving in RBS, he has also joined the psychotrauma team of Hatzala Beit Shemesh.

Shimon has experience in working with people experiencing difficulties due to anxiety, trauma, interpersonal difficulties, complex mental health challenges and intimacy issues, and has worked extensively with neurodiverse individuals and couples. He has lectured and presented on a wide range of psychological topics, both in formal training settings and to non-professional audiences.

Together with Nechoma, Shimon created and runs the Comfort Zone programme at Keren Ohr, training and supervising our team of incredible volunteers in supporting couples going through fertility challenges.

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Nechoma Schwab (MBPA UKCP reg)

Co-Director & Supervisor, Comfort Zone Program

Nechoma grew up in Manchester, and lived in London before moving to RBS in 2023. She is a Biodynamic Body psychotherapist, and works with individuals and couples both in person and online. Her theoretical framework is Trauma informed, Biodynamic, Relational, Attachment based, Humanistic and Integrative.

Nechoma is​ a member of the therapeutic team at Chana Charity in London, the leading fertility organisation in the UK, and has specialist training and expertise in fertility and reproductive health issues. She works with people experiencing developmental and relational trauma, PTSD, relationship and intimacy issues, primary and secondary fertility, birth trauma, stillbirth, miscarriages, and pregnancy after loss, and is highly experienced in supporting couples as they confront the challenges to their relationships posed by fertility issues.

Nechoma also has a comprehensive background in Well-Woman personal training and physical therapy. She has worked extensively with pre- and post-natal health and fitness issues, including pelvic floor rehabilitation and diastasis recti repair. She works with adolescents both in and out of educational settings to deal with social anxiety, identity issues, body image challenges, relationships, adjustment concerns, neurodiversity – ASD, ADHD, and learning difficulties.

Together with Shimon, Nechoma created and runs the Comfort Zone programme at Keren Ohr, training in and supervising the wonderful team who are supporting couples going through their fertility journey.

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Ariella Koppel

Administrator

Ariella Koppel is the secretary at Keren Ohr. She is married to Robert, and B”H a mother of seven children, and a grandma of three adorable grandchildren. She has a degree in special ed, and is currently studying towards getting certified as an advisor to parents with kids at risk. She  very much enjoys working at Keren Ohr, giving her great satisfaction to be able to help couples who are going through challenging times, get some much needed time off for relaxation.

Nestling in a scenic and secluded moshav, Keren Ohr's vacation suite is an oasis of peace. A place to rest, and to restore emotional wellbeing. A place to reconnect as a couple. A place where a couple can retreat from the cares and stresses of their journey to parenthood.

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