A noted teacher, author and lecturer in the areas of Bible and Jewish
liturgy, Dean Rachel Friedman is the Founder of Lamdeinu, the center
for Jewish learning in Teaneck, New Jersey. She served for many years
as Associate Dean and Chair of Tanakh Studies at Drisha Institute for
Jewish Education in New York City. Dean Friedman has been a scholar-
in-residence at synagogues and educational institutions throughout the
United States and abroad. She has an MA in Bible from the Bernard
Revel Graduate School at Yeshiva University and a JD from Columbia
University School of Law.