A life-long resident of the Highland Park, NJ area, Mr. Freidenreich has been on the Board of Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, is a Past President, and President-Elect of the Highland Park Conservative Temple/Congregation Anshe Emeth, as well as a past Board Member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County. A Life Scout as a youth, he is a Brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow and has earned the Ner Tamid. In Scouting for over 50 years, he has served as the Scoutmaster of Shomer Shabbat Troop 55 for over 45 years. Wood Badge trained in the ‘First Sabbath Observant Wood Badge Course’ in 1992, he has attended Scout Summer Camp with his Troop for 36 years. In 2000, he participated in a Shomer Shabbat Philmont trek. His previous Jamboree experience includes:
- 1964 National Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, PA with a Troop from Highland Park, NJ.
- 1997 National Scout Jamboree, Scoutmaster of Shomer Shabbat Jamboree Troop 446.
- 2001 National Scout Jamboree, Scoutmaster of Shomer Shabbat Jamboree Troop 511.
- 2005 National Scout Jamboree, Scoutmaster of Shomer Shabbat Jamboree Troop 540.
- 2010 National Scout Jamboree, Scoutmaster of Shomer Shabbat Jamboree Troop 531.
- 2013 National Scout Jamboree, Scoutmaster of Shomer Shabbat Jamboree Troop A352.
- 2017 National Scout Jamboree, Scoutmaster of Shomer Shabbat Jamboree Troop 1304.
Mr. Freidenreich has been awarded the Silver Beaver and Shofar Award, and is a member of the New Jersey State Jewish Committee on Scouting, and the National Jewish Committee on Scouting Advisory Board. He holds BS & MA degrees in Mathematics & Computer Science and is a Lead Software Developer for Telephone Network Applications. He is married, with two daughters and one son, Avi, an Eagle Scout. He and his wife have been honored as ‘Parents of the Year’ by the Moshe Aron Yeshiva High School.