Chaim Katz
Founder & director of Gisha Center. Experiential educator and group facilitator with over 20 years of experience leading people through the field, challenge and growth.
How it began
As early as 1998, as a young youth counselor, Chaim was already leading trips and journeys in the field, long before "experiential education" was part of the conversation. Even then he saw that what happens between people in nature, around a campfire, on a steep trail, in a shared moment of exhaustion, opens doors a classroom lecture never will.
A turning point came in 2007, on a journey through England's New Forest, where he saw how a shared experience in nature can transform a person and a group. From there he went on to top-tier professional training, among the first in the Orthodox community to study at the Wengi Institute and earn WAT certification, learning to translate raw field experience into a precise, safe and professional process.
Out of that, Gisha Center was born, from the desire to create a place where people (teens, fathers, managers, whole communities) could meet themselves through real experience, not just learn about it.
What he does today
Four core hats, all answering the same question: how do we create real connection between people.
Founder & Director, Gisha Center
Founded Gisha Center out of a vision to make experiential education, nature and growth processes accessible to a wide audience.
Facilitator, Fathers & Sons program
Leads journeys and in-depth processes that strengthen the bond between fathers and sons through trust, shared memory and formative moments.
Trainer of ODT facilitators
Trains and mentors a generation of professional ODT facilitators, blending theory, field simulations and personal mentoring.
Host of "HaKesher" podcast
On "HaKesher" ("The Connection"), Chaim converses with educators, facilitators and experts about what really happens between people.
years facilitating in the field
of participants & facilitators trained
AEE member & WAT-certified
"I believe every person has one moment that changes them. My job isn't to teach them, it's to create that moment for them, and to be there when it happens."
Chaim Katz
Moments from the journey
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