Reuven Gal

Reuven Gal (; born August 24, 1942, surname Gruber) is an Israeli social and clinical psychologist, a social activist and entrepreneur, researcher, author and consultant in the field of behavioural, communal and social sciences.

Gal currently holds an academic position as a Senior Research Fellow at the Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, where he is leading and conducting several research projects related to Israeli society.

In 2007, Gal established, within the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel, the Administration for National Civic Service (ANCS ). He served as its first General Director from January 2008 to August 2009, coordinating more than 12,000 youth volunteers coming from all ethnic and religious groups.

Gal also served on the Israeli National Security Council as Deputy National Security Advisor for Domestic Policy (2002-2004), as Chief Psychologist (Commanding Officer of the Unit of Military Psychology) for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (1976-1982), and as Chief Psychologist for the Israeli Navy (1969–1972).

Gal is a sixth-generation descendant of Israel-born ancestors on his father's side. The founding father of this chain of ancestors was Rabbi Yisroel ben Shmuel Ashkenazi of Shklov. Gal's father, David Gruber, was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine. His mother, Ester (Freiberg), was born in Będzin, Poland and immigrated to Palestine in 1936. The rest of her family members were murdered by German Nazis.

Gal is the author or editor of six books: ''A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier'' (1986), ''Legitimacy and Commitment in the Military'' (1990), ''The Seventh War'' (1990), ''Handbook of Military Psychology'' (1991), ''Service Without Guns'' (2006), and ''The Yarmulke and the Beret: Religion, Politics and Military'' (2012). Provided by Wikipedia