Dina Feldman

Dina Feldman was born in 1950 in Haifa

Dina Feldman was born in Haifa in 1950. Her father, Abraham Mevarech, was born in Piotrków Trybunalski and was a pioneer of the Mizrachi movement and Hapoel HaMizrachi. Her mother, Paula, was born in Vienna.

From 1973 to 1993 she served in the IDF as a career psychologist. She helped set up a training section in the Women's Corps and later worked in the mental health department of the Medical Corps. There she helped develop care for soldiers with adjustment problems, combat stress reactions and released captives.

From 1993 to 1999 she was on the team that planned the mental health reform in the Ministry of Health. From 2002 to 2007 she was Commissioner for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Ministry of Justice. She worked on the accessibility chapter of the disability rights law and headed Israel's delegation to the UN committee that drafted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

From 2009 to 2010 she was a board member and then executive director of Kolech, a religious women's forum. She holds a master's degree in women's and Jewish studies and a doctorate in social work. In recent years she has researched and written about the Jews of Piotrków Trybunalski and promoted Israel-Poland cooperation.

She is married to Dr. Benny Feldman, chief psychologist of Kaplan Hospital, and is a mother of 4.