Helen Freidus serves on the NYC Advisory Council for Avodah.
Helen Freidus has been a special educator, a teacher educator, and an educational researcher for many years. She taught at Teachers College, Manhattanville College, and was a member of the faculty of the Bank Street College Reading and Literacy Program for over 25 years. Since her retirement, she has been a member of the Bank Street Book Committee – a group that reads and evaluates newly published children’s books – and has worked with organizations supporting new immigrants.
Helen graduated with a BA in history from Smith College, an MA in Hebrew and Near Eastern Studies from NYU, and an MA and Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.