Yanshuf (“Owl”) is a rescue initiative. The goal of the project is to tell the human story, empowering anyone who is interested to use their heritage materials to tell their personal story.

 

By collecting, preserving, and making private individuals' heritage materials digitally accessible, Maya creates a smart and interactive database of these materials (photos, documents, certificates, letters, etc.), thus allowing ordinary people to preserve their personal story for themselves, their loved ones, and future generations.

 

We are currently finishing up the development of a unique platform that will manage heritage materials in a friendly and interactive way and make them more accessible. "Yanshuf" tailors its products individually, according to the goals of the people and communities with whom it works.

 

Maya Reitan – Founder and CEO of Yanshuf 

Maya works in rescuing, preserving, and digitizing personal heritage materials. She is the mother of Aviad, Yael and Noa. Currently a PhD student in Archival Sciences at the Alma Mater Europaea University in Slovenia, she holds a master’s degree from the International Program of Israel Studies at Ben-Gurion University and a bachelor's degree in History and Israel Studies from Ben-Gurion University. She has an associate degree in Information Science from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and completed the Archivers Fundamentals Course of the Association of Israeli Archivists (AIA) and the Ministry of Interior. Maya works in the preservation of personal, family, and community heritage of all kinds. She has vast experience establishing and managing heritage conservation projects, from arranging Golda Meir's archives to the establishment of a community documentation center in Savyon. Maya lives in Midreshet Ben-Gurion.

 

 

Target audience: Ordinary people aged 60 and over, researchers.

 

Area of activity: All over the country and the world.