Michael Dorfman (Ukrainian: Мiхаель Дорфман, Russian: Михаэль Дорфман Hebrew: מיכאל דורפמן) (born 17 September 1954) is a writer, essayist, journalist, human rights activist and activist of the Yiddish culture revivalist movement.

[2] In 1994, Dorfman established the NGO LaMerkhav ('At large' in Hebrew) which dealt with abuse, violence, and discrimination in Israeli public schools.

Projects included a hotline for children, the Center for Monitoring Child Abuse, and support groups for schoolchildren who were victims of hate-motivated violence.

LaMerkhav conducted unique projects for developing community leadership for young people[3] In 1999, he led an initiative with the Russian Panthers[4][unreliable source?]

In 2000–2009, he contributed to human rights and social justice groups in Israel and territories under Israeli occupation.