Leila Freedman

Nominated for:
Young Adult Volunteers 18 – 36 years of age
Age group:
Young Adult (18-36)
Nominated by:
Alon Meltzer

I’m a Modern Orthodox Zionist Jew, with an innate communal focus and purpose-driven mindset. I’m extremely passionate and inspired to work in primary school Jewish education. I’ve found that the students are old enough to question and be curious, yet these children still have an infectious passion for Israel, Judaism and our culture. I love using the informal teaching style to physically engage kids in the content.

After graduating from Moriah College in 2019, I attended a seminary called Midreshet Harova in the Old City of Jerusalem while on the Bnei Akiva Gap Year program, MTA, in 2020. I’m currently studying a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) at UTS.

I have a logical, solution-oriented approach to issues, problems and conflicts. I enjoy taking initiative however I feel most inspired when I’m teaching others how to lead, in a mentoring capacity. I’ve been told that I have a positive outlook, consciously reflecting on previous tasks, however overall choosing to focus on leveraging what went right. If an activity is deemed ‘unsuccessful’, yet engaged one child, it is worthwhile in my opinion, as they gained something meaningful.

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