Yael Itzhaki Braun

Yael Itzhaki-Braun, PhD, is a lecturer at the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Itzhaki-Braun’s research fields are: community social work, community leadership, religious communities and societal conditional regard. Her studies investigate the role of the religious community in the members’ life, focusing at violation of community norms such as: youth dropout and divorces. Moreover, Dr. Itzhaki-Braun investigates the developing new social leadership within virtual communities and the role of community social work in these communities.