Rachel Friedrichs is associate director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators (Israel), where she designs and runs programs to train and support Jewish educators. She holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MA in Jewish education from Hebrew University, and she is an alumna of the Pardes Day School Educators Program. Rachel taught Tanakh and Rabbinic literature at several North American day schools before returning to Pardes, where her most recent initiatives have focused on directing the newly launched Pardes Teacher Fellowship.