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Brenda Horwitz Ma’ale
Adumim
Prawer
Ma’ale Adumim
As a newly elected City council of experience as an Elementary
member, Brenda Horwitz Prawer principal and high school principal
was elated to accept an invitation for an all-girls high school (7th –
to join the WePower’s College for 12th grade). Her expertise is in
Elected Women Council Members, transforming failing schools and
“I have recently been voted into moving them to
office as a city council member. excellence at the national level.
To really achieve my goals as an She lectures on how to create
effective representative of my opportunities from conflicts in
community requires learning new educational organizations.
skills and perspectives. This yearly Her focus at the municipal level is
program created a safe space for on suicide prevention programs,
me to learn, deal with dilemmas adult mental health and working
and understand laws that pertained with the city comptroller. Brenda
to my new job. This program also is also active as a volunteer on a
created an amazing opportunity number of public domains - She is
to network and share learning with an active member of an interfaith
other women who are in politics. dialogue project directed by the
As a result, I am moving forward international NGO Searching for
with a feeling of confidence and Common Ground between Muslim
backing from some great women” and Jewish religious leaders,
Brenda has 37 years of Education and volunteers as a medical first
experience. She started her responder with Yichud Hatzalah.
career as a first-grade teacher Brenda is married and a mother of
and then moved to educational 3 boys and a grandmother.
management with over 16 years
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