ד"ר איילת אורג

Chapters in Collections

Oreg, A., Babis, D. (2020) Diaspora philanthropy and remittances. In: List R., Anheier H., Toepler S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_9520-1\

Articles in refereed journals

Oreg, A. (2019). Milk donation after losing one's baby: Adopting a donor identity as a means of coping with loss. Social Science & Medicine, 238, 112519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112519

Appe, S., & Oreg, A., (2019) Lost and found in Upstate New York: Exploring the motivations of “Lost Boys” refugees as founders of international nonprofit organizations. Administration & Society, 52(8) 1209-1238. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399719890311

Oreg, A., (2020) The grief ritual of extracting and donating human milk after perinatal loss. Social Science & Medicine. 113312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113312

Oreg, A., & Appe, (2020) “Ain’t no hood like motherhood”: The complexity of human milk donor identity.” Social Science Quarterly, 101(2), 439-458. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12751

Oreg, A., Greenspan, I., & Berger I.^C (2020) When the gift is halfhearted: Ambivalence in philanthropic giving. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 56(8), 1224-1242. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690220968107

Appe, S. & Oreg, A. (2020). Philanthropic entrepreneurs who give overseas: An exploratory study of international giving through grassroots organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 49(3) 502-522. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764019878785

Oreg, A. & Appe, A., (2022). Why is human milk donation absent from the literature on philanthropic giving? The invisible female donor and her invisible gift. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 51(4), 916-927. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640211013907

Appe, S, & Oreg, A., (2021) Is effective altruism driving American grassroots philanthropic giving overseas? Third World Quarterly, 42(12), 2841-2862. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.1969910

 Oreg, A., & Babis, D.^, (2023) Digital Ethnography in Third Sector Research, VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 34, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-021-00397-9

Ben Shlomo, S., & Oreg, A. (2022). Ultra-Orthodox lesbian women in Israel: Alternative family structures as a bridge between religious and sexual    identities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 7575. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137575

Oreg, A., Perez, A. S., & Timor-Shlevin, S., (2023). “So, whose milk was it? … It became all of ours, together”: A relational autoethnographic study of an interactional human milk donation process through bereavement. Death Studies, 47(8), 938-947. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2022.2143936

Timor-Shlevin, S., Oreg, A., & Perez, A. S., (2023), ‘Whose milk was it, really?... It was a gift, a savior, a healer, and a connector’: Reflections on a collaborative autoethnography of breastmilk donation after stillbirth, British Journal of Social Work, 53(3), 1561-1569. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad025

Oreg, A. (2023). Written on milk: Exploring messages written on donated human-milk bags. Medical Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2022-012608

Oreg, A., & Negev, M. (2023). Peer-to-peer human milk-sharing among Israeli milk donors: A mixed-methods study in the land of milk and honey. Journal of Human Lactation, 39(4), 688-700. https://doi.org/10.1177/08903344231196113

Oreg, A., Avlagon, E., & Gitliz., T. (2024) Surrogate partner therapy: challenges in constructing boundaries and intimacy with clients, Archives of Sexual Behavior. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-024-02821-9

Greenspan, I., Schmid, H., Bar Almog, M., & Oreg, A. (2024) Between organizational crisis and health crisis: Merging non-profit organizations as a crisis impact strategy, Social Security [Bitachon Sotziali; in  Hebrew]

Oreg, A. & Ben Shlomo, S., (2024), Performances of hope and despair: A case study of organ donation between a Palestinian and Israeli Jew amidst war, Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241238919

Greenspan, I., Schmid, H., Oreg, A., & Bar Almog, M. (2024) Between organizational crisis and health crisis: Mergers of nonprofit organizations as a coping strategy with COVID-19, Human Service Organizations Management, Leadership and Governance. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2024.2335985

Ben Shlomo, S., Oreg, A., & Cohen, N., (2024), Organ donations between Jews and Palestinians: Meaning constructing of loss and death in the media, Death Studies, (I.F.4.38, Q1 31/148 Psychology, Multidisciplinary) https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2341881

Oreg, A. & Taubman-Ben-Ari, O., (2024), Understanding posthumous sperm retrieval during war through a terror management theory perspective, social science and medicine,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116870

Oreg, A. & Taubman-Ben-Ari, O., (2024) Spontaneous war weddings as a reaction to a national trauma: A terror management theory perspective,

Other publications:

Oreg, A. (2018, October 5). For mothers who lose their babies, donating breast milk is a healing ritual, The Conversation.  https://theconversation.com/for-mothers-who-lose-their-babies-donating-…

Appe, S., Oreg, A., (2018 August 17) Lost and found in Upstate New York: ‘Lost Boys’ nonprofits latch onto a new objective closer to home, The Conversation https://theconversation.com/lost-and-found-in-upstate-new-york-lost-boys-nonprofits-latch-onto-a-new-objective-closer-to-home-100947

Oreg, A. Greenspan, I. Schmid, H. & Bar Almog, M, (2021), Mergers in civil society organizations in Israel, The Israeli Institute for the Study of the Civil Society and Philanthropy, Issue 26, Jerusalem. [in Hebrew]

הצגות בכנסים

2024 - "The Lived Experiences of Gay Fathers Who Used Breastmilk Donations for Their Babies" Oral Presentation, Noaz Cohen and Ayelet Oreg, accepted to the 28th annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). Washington DC.

2024 - Ben Shlomo & Oreg Ultra-Orthodox Lesbian Women in Israel: Family Structures as a Bridge between Religious and Sexual Identities, paper accepted to the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research, (SSWR), Phoenix, AZ.

2024 - "Exploration of Hope and Despair: A Case Study of Organ Donation Between a Palestinian and Israeli Jew Amidst War" Oreg Ayelet & Ben Shlomo Shirly, accepted to the 16th International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Antwerp, Belgium.

2023 - מנחה ב"קו" מושב דיאלוגי: "פגישה שכזו: על מפגשים עם טקסטים בהקשרים, חומרים ומקומות לא צפויים פרופ' חיים נוי וד"ר איילת אורג" בכנס האיכותני התשיעי באוניברסיטת בן-גוריון.

2023 - "יש" ו"אין" בסיפורים וביחסים אישיים והצטלבותם בתהליך תרומת חלב לאחר לידה שקטה: מורכבויות במחקר אוטו- אתנוגרפי שיתופי ד"ר איילת אורג, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ד"ר אליסון סטרן פרץ, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון הנגב; ד"ר שחר תימור שלוין, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן; בכנס האיכותני התשיעי באוניברסיטת בן-גוריון.

2023 - הודעה בבקבוק (חלב): חווית המעבר לאימהות של תורמות חלב אם לבנקי חלב בצפון אמריקה, ד"ר איילת אורג, בית הספר לעבודה סוציאלית, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, בכנס האיכותני התשיעי באוניברסיטת בן-גוריון.

2023 - “Whose milk was it, really? … It was a gift, a savior, a healer, and a connector”: A collaborative autoethnography of human milk donation after stillbirth, Shachar Timor Shlevin, Bar-Ilan University, Ayelet Oreg, Bar-Ilan University, and Alison Stern Perez, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.

2023 - Oreg A, Collaboration and autoethnography, the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI), Urbana, Illinois.

2022 - יום עיון בוון ליר – הרצאה: מופעים של סולידריות בתרומות אברים בין פלשתינים ליהודים בזמן מבצע שומר חומות 

2022 - הרצאה במכון וון ליר לקבוצת מחקר בינלאומית בנושא סולידריות ובריאות: "סולידריות בין אמהות תורמות חלב" 

2022 - "למסירה 150 מ"ל חלב אם באזור גוש דן. לא מעשנת,לא שותה, ולא לוקחת תרופות: הסיכונים הבריאותיים שבהעדר חקיקה ופיקוח על תרומות חלב אם" כנס אספנט השנתי למדיניות חברתית. בבית הספר לעבודה סוציאלית באוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים. 

2022 - אורג איילת ונגב מיה "על אלטרואיזם, סולידריות ואחריות הדדית של אימהות התורמות ומקבלות חלב אם בישראל", הכנס ה-53 של האגודה הסוציולוגית הישראלית' אוניברסיטה עברית.

2021 - Oreg, A. Altruism and Solidarity Among Mothers: Motivations and Characteristics of Human Milk Donors, Keynote speaker at the Annual Conference of The Israeli Association of Breastfeeding Professions, Tel Aviv.

2021 - Oreg, A. Exploring experiences of human milk donors through digital ethnography and visual data analysis, Paper presented at the webinar Qualitative Research That Matters, Dublin City University, Ireland.

2021 - Moderators and Chairs, Dr Ayelet Oreg (Bar Ilan University, Israel) and Dr Tanya M. Cassidy (Dublin City University, Ireland) 'From Tear Drops to Milk Drops': International and interdisciplinary considerations of bereavement and donation, Dublin, Ireland.

2021 - Greenspan, I., Almog-Bar, M., Schmid, H.,Oreg, A., Emotions, stakeholder identity, and politics in nonprofit mergers: Insights from Israeli mergers has been accepted for presentation at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) 50th Annual Conference in in Atlanta, GA.

2021 - Oreg, A., Mother’s Solidarity and Altruism: Informal Human Milk Sharing in Israel, accepted to the 10th International Conference of the European Research Network on Philanthropy, Dublin, Ireland.

2020 - Oreg, A & Appe, S., Lost and found in Upstate New York: Exploring the motivations of “Lost Boys” refugees as founders of international nonprofit organizations, accepted for presentation at The 6th Ruppin International Conference on Immigration and Social Integration: Migration and Diasporas, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel.

2019 - Oreg, A., & Appe, S., Human milk donation versus other bodily tissues and fluids donations: Similarities and differences, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), San Diego, CA.

2019 - Appe, S., & Oreg, A., Philanthropic entrepreneurs in development aid: Is effective altruism driving grassroots giving overseas? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), San Diego, CA.

2019 - Oreg, A., Milk donation in times of loss as a grief ritual, Paper presented at the workshop: Thinking with Plasticity: Health, Scientific Innovation, and the Politics of Human Bodies July 3, 2019, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

2018 - Appe, A., & Oreg, A., Chen, X., Founders’ stories of grassroots international nonprofit organizations and diaspora connections. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Austin.

2018 - Oreg, A., & Appe, S., Lost and found in Sudan: Exploring the journey from being “Lost Boys” to founders of NGOs, paper presented at the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) 13th International Conference, Amsterdam.

2018 - Oreg, A., Tears of milk: Bereaved mothers’ motivations to donate human milk to nonprofit milk banks, paper presented at the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) 13th International Conference, Amsterdam.

2018 - Oreg, A., & Appe, S., “Whose milk is this?” The complexities of human milk donation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Texas.

2017 - Oreg, A., Uncovering the concept of ambivalent philanthropy: Motivations and barriers for participating in charity sports’ events. Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Atlanta .

2016 - Oreg, A., & Greenspan, I., When the gift is half-hearted: Uncovering the concept of ambivalent philanthropy, Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Washington DC.

2016 - Oreg, A., & Greenspan, Ambivalent philanthropy among charity bike ride participants, Paper presented at Ph.D. student roundtable session of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Washington DC.

2016 - Oreg, A., & Greenspan, Motivations and barriers to giving among Israeli charity sports event participants, Paper presented at the Religion & Philanthropy Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2015 - Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Motivations to participate in a new philanthropic practice: Ambivalence in Israeli philanthropy, Chicago .

2008 - Annual Meeting of the Council of Social Work Education, creating cultural competence from the bottom up: Lessons learned from Israeli social workers, Philadelphia.