As an incubator for social-educational initiatives, the purpose of the Topaz Board with Yonatan Glaser, B’Tzedek’s Founder and Director is: (1) to help Yonatan grow an innovative, effective and sustainable initiative that can be ‘floated’ to independence after 5 years of support, (2) to ensure that B’Tzedek’s operations comply with all relevant legal and ethical obligations (e.g. to donors) and (3) to provide a basket of low-cost legal, administrative and technical support services.

The Board of Topaz is:

Dr. Mike Naftali, Chairperson – Founding Director, Platforma Consortium of Civil Society Experts; Chair, Brit Olam (NGO); Former CEO, Elem

Amichai Weisman, Treasurer - Former Senior Manager of Bank HaPoalim.

Stav Bar-Shani – Social Activist, Former Director of Volunteers, Topaz

Kariv Dvir – Ministry of Defense

Dr. Yossi Harel – Lecturer, Youth and Youth Policy, Bar Ilan University

Devorah Haverfeld - Organizational Consultant; Director, the Organization for former Central European Jews

Eran Landau – Consultant to four Israeli Government Ministries and the International Institute for Solidarity and Development of the Histadrut. Specialty areas: youth in stress, multicultural education, and marginal youth

Hadani Nimrod – Senior Executive, JB Commodities

Haim Speigel – Director, Food and Beverage Services for Dan Hotels; Board, Lilith Restaurant for training youth at risk

Moshe Talmor – Manager, The Sde Dov Airport

Iris Yugev – Organizational Consultant