Sulam Gala 2023 Honoree: Sharon Freundel

Sharon Freundel attended Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University and graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland. She did graduate work at Teacher’s College of Columbia University and earned a Masters of Arts Degree in Jewish Education at the Baltimore Hebrew University.

Following several years of working in the nursing field, Ms. Freundel became engaged in the teaching of Torah. She taught and was the department chair for Tanakh (Bible) and Torah SheBa’al Peh (Rabbinics) and was the Mashgichah Ruchanit (Spiritual Guidance Counselor) of the Upper School at the Berman Hebrew Academy. She then became the Director of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and subsequently, the Director of Jewish Life at the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital. She is now the Managing Director of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge, a national organization whose mission is to catalyze radical improvement in Jewish Day Schools.

In addition, she has taught adult Jewish education classes for the last 30+ years throughout the Greater Washington, DC, area on topics such as Tanakh, Jewish philosophy, and contemporary halakhic issues in multiple venues such the University of Maryland, the George Washington University, Georgetown Medical School, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Federation, Israel Bonds, and others. She has lectured in Canada, Australia, Israel, and throughout the United States.

She is a proud Jewish mother to three bio kids, two in-law kids, and is a delighted Savti to a grandson.Sharon Freundel attended Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University and graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland. She did graduate work at Teacher’s College of Columbia University and earned a Masters of Arts Degree in Jewish Education at the Baltimore Hebrew University.

Following several years of working in the nursing field, Ms. Freundel became engaged in the teaching of Torah. She taught and was the department chair for Tanakh (Bible) and Torah SheBa’al Peh (Rabbinics) and was the Mashgichah Ruchanit (Spiritual Guidance Counselor) of the Upper School at the Berman Hebrew Academy. She then became the Director of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and subsequently, the Director of Jewish Life at the Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital. She is now the Managing Director of the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge, a national organization whose mission is to catalyze radical improvement in Jewish Day Schools.

In addition, she has taught adult Jewish education classes for the last 30+ years throughout the Greater Washington, DC, area on topics such as Tanakh, Jewish philosophy, and contemporary halakhic issues in multiple venues such the University of Maryland, the George Washington University, Georgetown Medical School, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Federation, Israel Bonds, and others. She has lectured in Canada, Australia, Israel, and throughout the United States.

She is a proud Jewish mother to three bio kids, two in-law kids, and is a delighted Savti to a year-old grandson.