
MATHILDA HELLER
Mathilda is the Diaspora correspondent at The Jerusalem Post. She made aliyah five weeks before the war from rural England.
After attending university, where she studied English and Spanish literature, she moved to South Korea and taught at a British School in Jeju.
She spent five months working at the Prime Minister's Office international desk helping the hasbara effort in foreign languages before coming to the Post.
In her free time she does martial arts, tutors, and writes. She lives in Tel Aviv, and speaks several languages.
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