Ayelet Oreg, PhD
My work centers on the social, cultural, and emotional dimensions of organ and human fluid donation, exploring how these acts intersect with experiences of crisis, loss, healing, and memory. I approach these themes through embodied, artistic, communal, and ritual practices, integrating perspectives from social work, anthropology, art, and archaeology. I also study personal and collective remembrance, bio-art, and commemorative rituals. In collaboration with archaeologist Dr. Amit Dagan, we research and develop community-based therapeutic approaches to archaeological excavation and restoration.
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Interest
Organ and Bodily Fluid Donation
Human Milk Donation, Motherhood, and Solidarity
Community-Based and Therapeutic Archaeology
Commemoration, Ritual, and Memory
Bio-Art and Embodied Artistic Practice
Recent Publications
Oreg, A., Shoval-Zuckerman, Y., Levin, I., & Zafran, N. (2026). Perceptions and attitudes of midwives toward breast milk expression following perinatal loss. International Breastfeeding Journal, 21(1), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-026-00811-2
Harari, R., Oreg, A., & Herbst-Debby, A. (2026). Human milk for cancer care: Science-in-extension and gendered digital labor. Social Science and Medicine, 403, Article 119444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119444
Frankenburg, R., & Oreg, A. (2026). “As long as they remember me, I am alive”: Commemoration and memory through stickers. Death Studies, 50(4), 509-527. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2435929
Kariv, M. H., & Oreg, A. (2026). Spousal Kidney Donations in Israel: Religious and Psychoanalytic Perspectives. Journal of Religion and Health, 65(1), 651-675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-025-02497-y
Podcasts About My Research
Podcasts About My Research
War Weddings, Posthumous Sperm Retrieval
and War Tattoos – Prof. Orit Taubman Ben-Ari & Dr. Ayelet Oreg, Bar-Da’at Podcasts
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