Raphi Bloch, Administrator and Program Coordinator. A cancer survivor, he holds degrees in accounting, business management and economics as well as black belts in Karate and Jujitsu. He started his Israeli career at the Ministry of Finance where he held various senior positions. He was active in Jerusalem and Ashkelon real estate. Raphi is a reserve officer in the IDF and sits on the boards of the Ashkelon Foundation and the Telfed Exco committee. He is a member of the Ashkelon search and rescue unit and volunteers with at risk teens in the Youth of Light organization. Raphi and his wife Heather have 5 children.