Karen Fridkis is entering her fifth year teaching at CKS. Karen's goals in the classroomare to enhance her students love and understanding of Judaism while strengthening theirgrowing friendships with each other. In her hands-on classroom student explore theirheritage through literature, music, acting, art, and conversation. One of her favoriteclassroom activities is sharing a snack with her students and listening to them describewhat they did during the week to help heal the world through their acts of lovingkindness. She is delighted to be working with the 3rd grade class and looks forward toanother wonderful new year together. Karen lives with her husband, Larry, in Hopewell.Their two sons, Jake and Gabe, are currently in college and their daughter, Kate, who ismarried to Simon Berring, is the lay cantor of CKS.