Eitan  Schechtman

Eitan, 28, was born in Rechovot and lives in Moshav Ora with his husband. He holds a graduate degree in psychology and is a PhD student in neuro-science at Hebrew University and works part time in computers.
Eitan has served on the board of the Open House as secretary of the committee. He also heads the tour department of the JOH and volunteers in the lecture series. Beyond his responsibilities within the Open House, he is a volunteer for Hoshen since 2008.

Sivan Naor

Sivan is 29 years old and works as a Knowledge and Information Coordinator in "Yad Hanadiv- The Rothschild Foundation." She was born in Netania and over the past 10 years have lived in Kfar Saba, Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan. After working in Jerusalem for a couple of years, she moved with her spouse to Jerusalem with the two adorable cats.
She has been lucky to volunteer in many LGBT organizations: she was a youth counselor in "IGY", and was one of the founders of an LGBT student body in Bar Ilan University. Since 2007, she has been volunteering in Hoshen as a lecturer mostly in High Schools, trying to change attitudes towards the LGBT community. In addition she is currently building a Salesforce customer relationship management system for Hoshen.
She came to the JOH believing in its important role as a warm and accepting home for the LGBT community in Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, a diverse city, the importance of this kind of home is very high. She would like to see the Open House as a place where everybody can come in peace, find activities, groups, smiles and even just a cup of coffee.

Yossi, 41 exclaims that, "Jerusalem is my life." He is active in the liberation, and am currently involved with a center for vegetarians in Jerusalem. He also performs as in drag as Rosa 1391.
For many years he has been a member of the Open House, and has been active throughout this time, such as his role on the preparatory  team of the first gay pride march in Jerusalem in 2002.
Yossi holds the LGBTQ rights movement as a liberation movement, which seeks to achieve an equal, just and happy place in the world. He believes that the Open House has a unique role in building such a reality. His first commitment is to marginalized and disadvantaged groups within the community.

Gili, 31 is a contemporary dancer and has worked in Israel and abroad with independent filmmakers.
She studied political science for her undergraduate degree at the Open University, and received her masters in Gender Studies from Bar-Ilan University where she is currently a doctoral student. Her research topic is activities within LGBT social change organizations in different parts of Israel. This is how she became involved in the Open House.
From the moment she arrived at the Open House she felt at home, and looked where she could contribute. She very much believes in the JOH and hopes to continue to contribute during her stay in Jerusalem and following her study.

Hava was born 64 years ago, and has been married to Danny for over 43 years with 4 children. She has one daughter, Nitzan, and three sons, Niv, Ido, and Oz, who is gay. She is very proud of her five grandchildren Roy, Omer, Adi, Yonatan, and Yoav.
She retired three years ago after 32 years of work at Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem. She was the head nurse in the Department of General Surgery and Outpatient Surgery for 20 years. She retired happily, after many years of hard work, being responsible for the ill and their families in difficult times.
She now enjoys the quiet and volunteers at Yad Sarah. She is very involved in the life of the Open House and has built beautiful relationships with staff and community members.
Over 9 years ago she received support from Tehila (the Israeli PFLAG), which provided a listening ear and a warm home surrounding her son Oz's coming out. Till today she continues to support the group.