Orly Fruman
Israeli politician
Orly Fruman (Hebrew: אורלי פרומן; born 14 June 1955) is an Israeli politician. She served as a member of the Knesset for Telem between 2019 and 2021.
Biography
Fruman was born and grew up in Rishon LeZion, the daughter of Yisrael Lolek and Dvora Popko. She was educated at Haviv elementary school and Gymnasia Realit and was a member of the Maccabi Hatzair youth movement. She began playing handball at school and later played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion and the Israel women's national handball team.
During her national service in the Israel Defense Forces she was commander of a training base and an instructor for an officers' course, reaching the rank of lieutenant by the time she completed her service. She studied mathematics and computer science at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, earned a mathematics teaching certificate and gained a master's degree in communications from the Clark University in Israel. In 1976 she started working as a research assistant in the Department of Education at Ben-Gurion University, and became deputy head of schools in Beersheba and Givatayim. After helping establish a new school in Ramat Gan, she was its head from 1990 until 1996.
In 1997 Fruman was appointed deputy head of the Education Division and Director of Education at Ramat Gan city council.
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