Our Staff


Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet
Founder and Director
Naomi has a PhD in Sociology. Her research is the catalyst upon which the Eden Center was founded and propels our vision and programming.


Lanie Goldberger
Executive Administrator
Lanie made aliyah from Australia in 2020. She has much experience in banking and finance, as well as executive administration. She enjoys the impact that The Eden Center has on so many women around the world while maintaining commitment to halacha and Jewish continuity.


Yael Yavin
English Program Coordinator
Yael has a BA from Queens College in Political science and a MA from Bar Ilan University in Political Science. She also really enjoys being able to facilitate the training of Kallah teachers.


Netta Asner-Minster
Director of Hebrew Programming
Netta has a BA in Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry and is currently pursuing her MA in Jewish Education from Hebrew U. Her passion for education has brought her to The Eden Center to develop Hebrew programming.


Lizzie Rubin
Head Facilitator, Mikveh Attendant Training Program
Lizzie Rubin is an individual, couples and sex therapist with special training in abuse, postpartum depression, pre-weds and newlyweds.


Dr. Judith Fogel
Program Coordinator, Advanced Kallah Teacher Training Course
Judith has a PhD in Human sexuality, is a certified Yoetzet Halakha and veteran kallah teacher.


Dr. Dan Jacobson
Hatan Teacher Training Course Facilitator
Dr. Dan Jacobson is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Jerusalem and Gush Etzion.


Jodi Wachspress
Coordinator of Intimacy and Halakha Courses
Jodi Wachspress is a sex therapist and runs a private practice in Modiin.


Dr. Hagit Rodrigues Garcia
Mikveh Attendant Program Coordinator, Golan
Hagit Rodrigues Garcia has a Ph.D. in Social Work and is an intimacy and sexual health counselor.


Dr. Sharon Galper Grossman
Director of Community Health Programming
Sharon is is a Harvard-trained radiation oncologist with a Masters in Public Health. She is a graduate of Matan’s Morot L’Halakha.
Board of Directors


Idit Rubin, Chair of the Board
Idit is a senior lecturer and director of the excellence program at the Hartman Institute.


Abba Engelberg
Abba is the founder and dean
emeritus of Machon Tal.


Deena Glickman
Deena is an editor and
consultant in private practice.


Rachelle Lavi
Rachelle is the Deputy Director of the Rehabilitation Department at Alyn Hospital.


Ayala Levin-Kruss
Ayala works in the JDC and is a founding co-chair of Shira Hadasha’s Kehilla Tomechet.


Adi Samson
Adi is the Director of עשה לך רב, a program to train community rabbis in Israel.


Jordana Schoor
Jordana works to create educational programs around sensitive yet neglected issues in Orthodoxy.


Martina Hammelburger
Medical Advisory
Martina is a family doctor with the Clalit public health fund.
Past Board Members and Advisory
Nomi Ansbacher Amy Cohn Michael Eisenberg Blu Greenberg Dr. Aviad HaCohen Leora Kesten Roth Ayelet Libson |
Aviva Loberbaum Nicky Newfield Joanna Shebson Jonathan Shebson Dr. Anna Woloski-Wruble Meira Josephy |
Advisors
Rabbinic Haskamot
We have Haskamot from a range of Rabbinic authorities.
For details contact naomi@theEdenCenter.com


Dr. Anna Woloski-Wruble
Academic Advisor, Advanced Kallah Teacher Course
Anna runs the only nurse-based sexual health clinic in Israel and has accomplished groundbreaking community work with the religious, haredi, and chassidish populations in Israel in areas of sexual awareness and relationship enhancement. She is widely published, and a leader in her field of research in Israel. Anna played an integral role in the development of our Advanced Kallah teacher curriculum


Rabbi Doniel Schreiber
Halakhic and Pedagogic Advisor, Hatan Teacher Training Course
Rabbi Schreiber is a Senior Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion and founding Dean of the Yeshivat Har Etzion Center for Torah Leadership. He is a prized lecturer in Jewish Law and sought-after hatan teacher who understood the need for a serious, multi-disciplinary hatan teacher course and helped Eden in our development of this course.


Shani Taragin
Halakhic and Pedagogic Advisor, Advanced Kallah Teacher Course and Hatan Teacher Training Course
Shani Taragin is a world-famous lecturer in Tanach and veteran kallah teacher. She is one of the first women to have been certified as a Yoetzet Halakha and has been training aspiring kallah teachers in Israel for years through various institutions of women’s Torah study. Her wisdom and pedagogical insights help guide our programming, as well as advising on other professional and communal education programs. Shani was one of the initial developers of the Advanced Kallah teacher and Hatan teacher courses and continues to work with Eden on its programming.


Professor Ilana Azulay Chertok
Professor at Ohio University, Researcher in women’s health and board-certified lactation consultant
Ilana earned her doctorate in epidemiology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and post-doctorate at the University of Washington. She is a Professor at Ohio University, international board-certified lactation consultant, researcher in women’s and maternal-infant health, and volunteer in Israeli health professional forums. She engages in interdisciplinary research in the United States and in Israel, including lactation and women’s health issues pertaining to Jewish law. She has published and presented her work in national and international journals and conferences.
The Eden Center aims to teach about mikveh and taharat hamishpacha, to raise discussions about intimacy and encourage women to engage with these mitzvot. We do this in a variety of ways, including running training courses and community education. We believe in teaching anyone who wants to learn. As such, our trainings are given in various organizational and private settings to women with divergent backgrounds in Israel and abroad. We do not endorse any organization or individuals who participate in our programs, but teach a wide audience in a range of locations out of the commitment to increase Torah study and deepen the love of the mitzvot associated with observing the laws of niddah and immersion in the mikveh.