Miriam Friedman has a Master’s in Social Work from Yeshiva University and certification as a trauma therapist from the Israel Institute for the Treatment of Psychotrauma. She is the Director of Magen, an agency that deals with all aspects of sexual abuse and whose services are specifically geared toward the Anglo population in Israel (www.magenprotects.org), and has a private therapy practice in Ramat Bet Shemesh, where she lives with her husband and four children.