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This is the place we’re supposed 59
to be, to live in a place where
Avraham Avinu lived.
Come with a good attitude
and daven for siyata
“d’Shamaya, and it all works out.
by Bracha Shugarman
Lower Park Heights as a child before moving to Upper Park
Heights with her mother years later after her father passed
away. She went to Hebrew school and had good teachers who
drew her to Torah and mitzvos. As a young girl, she went to
her grandmother every Shabbos and was exposed to
frumkeit. Although not religious, Judy’s parents were very
involved in chesed. Judy’s older brother went to Talmudical
Academy and was part of Bnei Akiva; he encouraged Judy to
join as well. In the summers, Judy went to camp and gradual-
ly became more religious.
”Judy’s brother had wanted to go to Israel after high school,
but their mother only allowed him to go two years later. “He
fought bitterly to go,” Judy remembers. “I was able to go
because my brother had already waged the war.” So, after she
finished school, Judy went to a religious kibbutz in Israel with
Bnei Akiva, whose program included Torah classes in
Yerushalayim.
Upon her return to America, Judy says, “I went with the
intention of coming back to Israel. I figured I would marry
someone from Bnei Akiva and go to a kibbutz.” That was not
what was destined for her, however. After attending Stern
College for three years and getting her degree in Jewish
Studies, Judy returned to Baltimore and started teaching in
Beth Tfiloh. After some time, she decided to return to Israel
because there weren’t many frum young men to date. Her
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to be, to live in a place where
Avraham Avinu lived.
Come with a good attitude
and daven for siyata
“d’Shamaya, and it all works out.
by Bracha Shugarman
Lower Park Heights as a child before moving to Upper Park
Heights with her mother years later after her father passed
away. She went to Hebrew school and had good teachers who
drew her to Torah and mitzvos. As a young girl, she went to
her grandmother every Shabbos and was exposed to
frumkeit. Although not religious, Judy’s parents were very
involved in chesed. Judy’s older brother went to Talmudical
Academy and was part of Bnei Akiva; he encouraged Judy to
join as well. In the summers, Judy went to camp and gradual-
ly became more religious.
”Judy’s brother had wanted to go to Israel after high school,
but their mother only allowed him to go two years later. “He
fought bitterly to go,” Judy remembers. “I was able to go
because my brother had already waged the war.” So, after she
finished school, Judy went to a religious kibbutz in Israel with
Bnei Akiva, whose program included Torah classes in
Yerushalayim.
Upon her return to America, Judy says, “I went with the
intention of coming back to Israel. I figured I would marry
someone from Bnei Akiva and go to a kibbutz.” That was not
what was destined for her, however. After attending Stern
College for three years and getting her degree in Jewish
Studies, Judy returned to Baltimore and started teaching in
Beth Tfiloh. After some time, she decided to return to Israel
because there weren’t many frum young men to date. Her
u 410 358 8509 u
