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Audrey Axelrod Trachtman

Feb 22, 2020, 12:28 AM

The core of any educational system is its teachers. They are the frontline soldiers in the battle for students' brains. But the principal is the general who is responsible for the infrastructure, motivating and empowering teachers and students, and...

Feb 3, 2020, 5:38 PM

Profile in Courage

Last week I visited Menorat Hameor, a Haredi high school that AMIT operates in Petach Tikvah. This is the only Haredi school that AMIT operates. With us were three alumni from the school, two who serve in Haredi intelligence...

Oct 24, 2014, 6:48 AM

Open Letter and Petition to the RCA: Reform & Oversight Needed

Dear Rabbis Matanky and Dratch, We have followed the Rabbi Freundel case with outrage and anger- outrage that a well-respected and powerful Orthodox Rabbi has used his religious position to abuse powerless women and anger because the RCA has not taken...

About Me

Audrey Axelrod Trachtman, is the president of AMIT's board of directors and served on AMIT's board since 2009. She was the vice president of finance and strategic planning for Philip Morris and General Foods Latin America and received the YWCA Women of Achievement Award. She serves on the executive board of directors of JOFA (Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance) and on the board of directors of Project Gabriel Mumbai. She is a member of the Westchester Chevra Kadisha, a founding member of Kol Echad, New Rochelle’s partnership minyan, and served on the Young Israel of New Rochelle’s board. She is a CPA and has an MBA from the Wharton School. She and her husband, Chaim, are the parents of Sarah (and Josh), Rebecca and Tali (and Rafi) and grandparents of Leora, Eli, Elinor, Aliza, Noah and Annie.

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