Conversation with
MK Tehila Friedman

MK Tehila Friedman is a social entrepreneur, leading Israeli activist, and thinker and writer. Her work focuses on fostering social solidarity and pluralism, creating inclusive religious life and confronting the growing rift in Israel-Diaspora relations.

Today she is the head of Jewish Peoplehood department at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and a senior fellow at the “Shaharit” Institute, a think tank and leadership incubator that promotes a politics of common good.

Tehila is a lawyer and holds an advanced legal degree from Hebrew University. She has pursued religious studies at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Beit Morasha. She completed a two-year fellowship at the Mandel Leadership Institute in 2014. Tehila lives in Jerusalem with her husband and five children.