Dear Jody,
When I grow up I want to be just like you!
You are a dear friend, everyone should be so lucky as to have a friend like you in their lives. It’s been great to change and grow with you over all these years (all 28 I think…!) beginning at WUJS and through Pardes, California, Jerusalem, and Rhodes, and to accompany you through your many transitions in becoming who you are today.
I look forward to another 50 years being friends and continuing to do cool and fun things together and to lots more museum and gallery and coffee dates and trips to neat places! And to continue to grow together. Thank you for being such a good friend and for being you!
Love always!
Debbie
Dear Jody,
What do I say to a friend of 22 (or is it 23?) years? I feel like we’ve traveled lifetimes together with all the similar challenges, achievements and changes we’ve undergone – becoming mothers, making aliyah, raising children, staying married, dealing with our families of origin, buying our first homes in Israel, trying to make a living in this crazy country, and growing older (oh yeah, do I feel it!!! Never thought I’d have grey hair!). There is one thing you beat me to though – having a kid in the army, which in about a year I’ll be experiencing. The years seem to have flown by so quickly and I hope that in another 22 (or 23?) years I can say that we’ve been friends for 44 (46?) years. I hope that in the years ahead we can spend more time together and that as we grow into old age we can continue to nurture our friendship and each other.
I love you lots! Happy 50th! Enjoy!
Love,
Aviva
Dearest Jody,
Jody,
I’m so happy to have this occasion to tell you how much you add to my life. You are extremely positive and supportive. Every interaction with you leaves me feeling better than before. You are also a wonderful friend who can be counted on for honesty, compassion and fun. Your earnest and ongoing endeavors towards self-improvement are inspirational. I thoroughly enjoy all of our sharing and feel so lucky that you have been a significant part of my aliyah experience. Wishing you happiness (I just noticed that Joy is within your name) and good health for many, many years to come. Happy 50th birthday!
Love,
Carrie
To my dear friend Jody, whom I am so lucky to have in my life!
When did we first meet? Was it at your how-to-get-out-of-overdraft course? Or at the Gidon playground that day with Hilorie when she and I were on our way to my Mom’s? I think it’s kind of cool that we don’t remember when we met, or when we started becoming friends, or when we got close. It means that our friendship grew organically, out of the fertile soil that is you and me together.
Where would I be without you today? A lot poorer, that’s for sure. I get so much from you, Jody. You are, I think, the most loving person I know. Your joy upon seeing me is so…nurturing…like water to a thirsty person or food to a hungry one. I am constantly learning from you (now if only I could apply what I learn.) I’m glad you feel that’s mutual, but the things I learn from you are, I feel, so much more important. To take the other person’s view into account. To empathize. To accept. In short, to love. My big lessons for this lifetime.
Memories:
— Lying on my bed, hearing about your teen trip to Israel, the counselor you had a crush on, that kiss.
— Listening to you talk about something painful, going off on my own tangent, apologizing and getting such a gentle, caring response from you.
— Being at the Tel Aviv beach with you and Helen.
— Feeling so honored to be asked to speak at Merav’s bat mitzvah.
— Celebrating many simchas together.
— Watching our kids get along.
— Watching Being Erica with you and Brian and sometimes Bob.
— Brian and Bob’s years-long weekly falafel date.
— Focusing together, walking there and back, having yummy lunches at Village Green, practicing together and being our deepest selves.
— Doing our time exchange – going down to your basement to get your files, organizing them, going over “roles and goals” together.
— Taking you to your first meditation retreat and then watching you run with it, take it so seriously, seeing its effect on your life.
— Sitting on a bench overlooking a Galilee view at a Yedidia Shabbaton, talking about talking…and listening.
— Sharing that issue.
— Loving your openness to new ideas, especially ones having to do with saving the planet.
— Sitting on my bed – very recently – coming up with a talk for you new Services for Seniors project – working so well and smoothly – and spontaneously — together.
— Catching up while walking Monty on beautiful, cool Jerusalem nights filled with the fragrance of night-blooming jasmine.
And so much more…On your 50th birthday, I wish you more of the same: good health, joy, love, contribution, nachat. And that we remain friends forever.
Love,
Ruth
Jody and I are alumni of Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley though she and Brian left for Israel about the same time I started going there. But I knew of her when I got to Israel. About five years ago I organized a contra dance in Jerusalem. At the very first dance we had a full hall before she arrived. I asked her to wait until everybody who had previously reserved a space had gotten in. Then if there was still room, she could enter. We squeezed her in and she loved it. I think it was her first time at a contra dance but she’s been the number one contra dance devotee ever since.
Mazal tov!
Howard Felson
Jody first came to meet with Shoshana and me in our home in Moshav Aviezer in 2006, the year of our wedding. We went through the financial program and worked hard on our budgets. From that time, Jody has been a friend, one who nods and smiles with understandings the trials, tribulations and joys of being new to this land.
I also feel that Jody is a cheerleader, wanting us to have success in all ways.
Thank you for your smiles and love. We love you,
Andrew & Shoshana Gugenheim-Tertes
Dear Jody,
We love having you as our “across the street” neighbor. We send you special greetings for your very special birthday, and wish you much joy and love in your life, health and happiness always.
Asher and Penina Arbit
I met Jody (as well as the rest of the beautiful Blums) nearly ten years ago, when I came to Israel from Turkey for Lynne and Adam’s wedding. I think we immediately took a liking to each other – I just love Jody’s energy and I love being around her.
For several years, what kept us in regular contact was not just our friendship, but our work as well. Jody managed my expense account while I was the bureau chief of The Christian Science Monitor (oh, the luxurious days of having an expense account!) Until that point, I always felt frustrated when it came to doing expenses and wanted to avoid it – never a great strategy. But Jody would come in and turn it into a pleasant experience, and I could feel my stress levels falling and my sense of calm and accomplishment rising. Not only were my books in order, but I had a few hours of being around Jody – a gift to anyone’s day.
In those years, I was single and sometimes despairing in my search for my beshert. One day, Jody said to me, “Don’t worry Ilene. You’re going to find him. I am going to dance at your wedding.” Though that sounds simple, it actually felt like a radically optimistic and even crazy statement at the time: Jody could envision me getting married, and her dancing on the dance floor. That is my Jody – a radical optimist.
That vision played some small role in making it a reality. Today I have my wonderful husband Nachshon (also a big Jody fan) and my two little sweethearts, Eli and Zahara, who are thrilled when Jody walks in the door each week. Jody volunteering to come over and help me with the kids one afternoon a week – particularly afternoons when Nachshon is out at work – has been a Godsend, and has again brought us closer together.
We are thankful to you, Jody, for all the times you have enriched our lives with love and beauty, and we bless you with many, many more years of joy – and reasons to dance. Ad 120!
Love,
Ilene (and Nachshon, Eli & Zahara)
Jody and I met outside Penina’s gan in San Simon – about a millennia ago, when we lived in Jerusalem and I was a young, young mother – as you brought in Merav and I brought in Anna. You already had an older child, Amir, so I looked up to you as the “experienced mum.” But I was more experienced in terms of Israel – I had been here longer, felt more comfortable with the language, and was less starry-eyed than you!
I was entranced by your American-ness, or was it California-ness? You drove straight in with the kind of questions and revelations that it takes an English girl around a decade to approach…and I realized that there are different ways of making and keeping friends! We watched the girls grow up. We compared, contrasted, complained, confessed – and through our friendship a new world of reference opened up to me. To give just one example: your “family pow-wows” on Motzei Shabbat (do you still do them?) was not quite our style … yet I was impressed and intrigued by the idea.
Over the years, we see each other less but you are always a feature in my “friend landscape” because you are such a giving and concerned person, someone who really listens. The children are almost adults, which means that we must be older too. I look back on those days of my young motherhood in the streets of Old Katamon as my halcyon days, and you, Jody, were a part of them.
Happy birthday!
Ruthie Lang
To Jody,
This is one of our nicest memories with you – when we went away together to Eilat. Look how little our children are! We know that we had planned another trip to Sinai, which didn’t work out, but we’ve always wanted to do some more trips with you and Brian. And now that you’re graduating to our decade, we look forward to making some more memories together.
We wish one of our dearest friends a wonderful 50th birthday and hope that you receive all the love and gratitude that you deserve.
Love,
Shelley and David
Dear Jody,
We remember very well our first Shabbat meal at your house. We were not yet married and you and Brian made such a strong impression on us as a dugma of a married couple and as parents.
Since then, we have been fortunate enough to get to know you even better and to see all the amazing qualities that you bring to being a wife, a mother and a friend. Your warmth can be felt whenever we see you, even if it’s just a few minutes of conversation at Nava Tehila. You are an incredible example of someone who lives life to the fullest, is connected to the needs of your soul, but remains grounded and so attached to your family.
You are a beautiful person, inside and out, and we are so happy that we have had the chance to get to know you. We look forward to many more Shabbat meals together – including at our new home! – and we wish you mazel tov and a wonderful birthday.
Lots of love,
Bracha & Paul
Dearest Jody,
It seems to me we go back all the way to the dark ages of my life. I was 13, confused and tender. Very young. You asked me to babysit the kids. Aviv was then one and a bit years old, and in my Ema’s gan. Merav was 4 or 5? Amir was 8 i think. But it ended up extending from a one time job, and I became THE babysitter for you and the kids. I spend days and nights at your house. I was there for Aviv’s cravings for mango juice, Merav’s never ending requests for one more book before bed, and Amir’s Pokemon phase. I was there to watch the kids grow to become wonderful people.
You gave me the gift to be a part of that. But you did more for me then. You gave me a get away from my day-to-day life. From school and classmates that weren’t so kind at times. From the hectic existence of being part of a four children family and all the responsibility that comes with being the oldest. You were the first to give me my financial independence. For the first time in my life, I had my own little fortune. It took me a few more years to learn how to spend it. 🙂
But when i think back to that era in my life, what i am most grateful for of you, Jody, is those late night ten minute car rides back to my house, where you’d ask me about my life. You were a listening ear. Something i needed back then, when things were not so easy. Thank you.
Thanks for giving that to me. For helping me pull through and become who I am today.
Happy grand birthday to you. You are a wonderful person!
With lots of love and appreciation,
Mizmor
We met Jody and Brian many years ago (18?) in Sacramento and then we re-met again in Jerusalem a couple of years later. I love Jody! The quality I think I like the best is her is her warmth. Her joy of life and her goodness of heart all join to make Jody this very special woman that I really love!
Irit Nowick
Dearest Jody,
I don’t remember when we first met at Pardes, but I remember you there as a student. What I do remember very clearly is your wedding in Berkeley, and then about two years later, being with you and your very new family there for a wonderful Pesach seder. I remember your warmth, your enthusiasm, your intelligence, and your love.
A long time has passed since then, you have had additions to the family, they are growing into very special young adults. Each time I see you I admire the same things I admired back then, plus seeing you become such a wonderful and amazing mother, develop your own thriving business, and become a world traveler and hiker. I greatly admire your integrity and your willingness to examine your life, go within, and create new things, and continuously expand.
A number of wise women told me that, at 50, their lives really took off and changed and became wonderful. May the same be true for you. May your coming years be filled with joy, fun, love, growing, wonderful family time, rewarding and satisfying work, community, and all that your heart desires.
With much love and blessings,
Tziona
Jody, an ageless beauty with unique qualities.
Without fail, she always has a kind word, a compliment, an expression of love and compassion, or an upbeat thing to say. She has immense gratitude for her life and expresses it openly. She is a seeker of truth, beauty, love, curious about so much.
Alongside her quest for meaning and depth, she loves to dance, eat fabulous food, travel, and experience the many pleasures life has to offer.
She truly cares about everything, and is an excellent listener. She is committed to so many things; family, friends, community, the planet, her personal health and well being, to doing good in the world…and…she follows through on her commitments
Our blessing for Jody is to keep doing whatever she’s doing, because it’s obviously working!
With all our love,
Rachel and Eliezer
I met Jody in January, 1995 when we sat next to each other in Hebrew class at Ulpan Etzion. We became good friends almost immediately. I made aliya alone & Jody sort of took on the role of “my sister.” It was really great & meaningful to have somebody like Jody with whom to share my early aliya/social issues.
During the past 17 and a half years I became a ben bayit with Jody’s family. It has really been great to have this relationship with Jody & the whole Blum family.
“Ad Me’ah V’esrim”! Happy Birthday to a very special person!! May all your birthdays bring you joy!!!
Noam Glatzer
When I think of Jody I think of her open warmth, which comes through in her lovely, generous smile, her true strong embrace, her gentle caring touch.
When I think of Jody I think of her modesty which comes through in the way she listens carefully when you talk, her patience in understanding others, her real interest in hearing the answer to the questions she asks even the casual how are you.
When I think of Jody I think of the intense love and devotion she has for her family and friends, the feeing of being cared for when you are in her presence and, even if you are not near her physically, the feeling that you can always count on her if you are in need.
When I think of Jody I think of her effortless beauty, her elegant style, her twinkling eyes, her wonderful presence in my life.
Thank you Jody for all of this and more!
With many blessings for this truly exciting and significant stage in life! Welcome to the other side of 50 it is good to have you HERE!
Much Love
Hilorie, Yuval and all the Baers
Dear Jody,
I don’t remember the time we first met, but i remember that Marc and I would visit you and Brian at your house on Sacramento Street when Kobi was a baby, and you were both so loving to him. When we later became neighbors on Dan, I remember one particular day when the aroma from your house was so incredibly amazing that I just had to knock and ask what you were making, and I was treated to a taste of cauliflower tofu curry in coconut sauce. You explained it was Juliet’s recipe from Berkeley, and since that day i have been making it and I call it “Juliet-Jody gado gado.”
For many years, you have been a dear friend, both supportive and instructive. Just talking to you makes me feel happier. Wishing you a joyous 50th and many more happy, healthy years.
Love,
Gayle
The Blum’s house was always a second home to me. I could stroll in uninvited and still be welcomed with a broad smile and open arms. Jody’s kindness and motherhood towards me warms my heart every time I enter their house. I would spend hours on end lounging about their living room having a heart-to-heart conversation with Jody (when Merav would be busy :P). She would listen with care and instantly help me feel better if I was down.
There is one moment that I remember well and treasure. I needed refuge one Friday night after a terrible fight with a family member. I immediately fled to the Blum’s house, knowing I’d find comfort there. The moment the door was opened and I walked in, Jody immediately noticed that something was wrong. The look of concern and compassion in her eyes touched me deeply. My sadness eased slightly, just knowing that Jody was there and aware that I need support from only one look.
Thank you so much for your loving kindness, and for being a second mother to me. I will cherish our relationship forever and I know that it will last for many years to come. Have a wonderful birthday!
Lots of love,
Ayelet Kagan
When I think Jody I don’t have a single memory story that pops out larger than all the others. What I do see though is a collage of images of Jody here and Jody there; Jody in Nava Tehila, Jody, at her Shabbat table, Jody jogging in the streets of Baka, Jody at social encounters, and more.
But all the images, from wherever they originate, exude, radiate, shine with that quality of Jody that dominates all others: the quality of MAJESTY. Jody is queen, Jody is majestic. This sense of royalty is not just skin deep but comes from a deep, profound place within her soul, within her very being. What we witness on the surface as beauty is a beauty that flows up from the core of her being. Jody IS Queen – an emanation of Shekhinah amongst us. May you live this year and all your years with this knowledge of your true self and may we be blessed in your presence.
With love,
Michael
Dearest Jody,
What is so nice about being neighbors is the opportunity for many intersections in our lives. So in a neighborly, way you happen to be the mom of both Ayelet’s best friend Merav and Avital’s very good friend Aviv, which means my girls hang out a lot at the your place, and that I get to know all kind of intimate details about the ‘Blum family ways’ – like your movie and TV series nights, or when you had dinner and what was served.
If my fleeting memory doesn’t fail me, I think Ayelet became Merav’s friend first, so I heard (nice) things about you even before I met you.
From “ima shel” status we moved from being acquaintance to being friends. My first visit to your (old) house was the dessert party you threw for Brian – so glad I was off my frequent no sugar diets then!
The ‘Blum family ways’ and the ‘Kagan family ways’ came into conflict when we tried inviting each family over for Shabbat meals. You guys don’t go out for dinner, we don’t do much of a lunch… Although we have bent our rule a little and came to you for lunch, it took quite a few years for me to find the proper halachic taina (claim) to convince you to come over for dinner. Erev Succot night, I claim is not really Shabbat!
But we really became close through Nava Tehila. You’ve been one of the first committed regulars of this crazy adventure in spiritual Judaism. Having your smiling face enter the room every time we meet to pray – unless you are out of the country, that is – means a lot to me. Your constant, deep, meditative joyous presence is one of the reasons Nava Tehila has transformed into a community and not just a phenomenon. Pretty early on you took upon you self the task of gizbarit, not a small roll, and have kept investing in the building of Nava Tehila diligently, with care and efficiency. There are not many people to whom I can say “we couldn’t do it without you.” You are one of these few.
Thanks, Jody, for being a part of my life, my kids’ life, my prayer life, my community and work life. You light every space you occupy with your radiant presence.
I love you,
Ruth
This is one memory I have of Jody
One Shabbat Afternoon, as we were eating lunch at the Blums, me and Aviv started searching though the drawers in the cabinet. Jody told us that there is a secret drawer, and that we have to find it. We tried very hard but we couldn’t find it.
Eventfully she told us the answer, it was…Oh no! I am NOT going to tell the whole world where Jody’s secret jewelry drawer is!
This whole year when all of Aviv friends came over every day you were always welcoming and kind to us. You make us feel at home!
Happy birthday
Avital
Dear Jody,
I always really loved spending time at your house for every Shabbat (basically) in the span of a year or two. Your house is a second home to me and you and your family are very special to me. Have a happy, happy birthday!
Love,
Gabe
Dear Jody,
I’m so glad to have you as a friend. Your family and you have a special place in my heart. We’ve had so many of the same experiences together such as WUJS, and Pardes. We both came from the LA area and you and your family, and I made aliyah about a year apart. When I first met Brian and you in LA when you were visiting the Sobels; I felt a connection that friends have. Now close to 20 years later, we are still connected and I have always felt part of the “family” through the years at your table the first night of Rosh Hashanah.
Jody, you are a nice, caring and kind person, always fun to be with. I was so happy to be there for your 50th birthday celebration. May you and your family and now my new family celebrate many smachot together.
Sincerely,
Craig
Jody
What makes you so special to me is how you are such an attentive, honest, and caring friend…and a person of such integrity. Each time we spend time with one another, I walk away feeling refreshed and renewed…I love how you are a truth-seeker, a person who is always working on improving the relationships around you, not a common trait at all, and a risk-taker. You genuinely appreciate and cherish your family and friends and the world around you in a way that is truly admirable…I feel so blessed to have you in my life, Jody, and look forward to 70 more years of JODY in my life
With much love on your 50th birthday, my cherished friend,
Lynne
To Our Most Sweetest and Dearest Friend Jody,
What an honor it is for us to be a part of this special memory book in honor of your 50th birthday! What a wonderful 17 years of friendship we have shared with you and your family!
Remember way back in the 1990’s when the Freudenbergers were a four member family living on Tayasim and we had the awesome fortune to meet the four member Blum family living on Nili – probably on one fine Shabbat day at Yakar. We had so many fun play dates – Amir with Ephraim, Merav with Racheli, which were of course the best excuse for us to get together with you and Brian!
Jody, you made such a strong and lasting impression on us from the very beginning – your amazing ability to listen so intently to others, to encourage, to reflect. You have an uncanny ability to understand people way beneath their surface and to unearth emotions that your friends didn’t even know they had. You are fun, you are interesting, you are beautiful inside and out, You are deep, you are so full of wisdom – you are a treasure of a friend to all who have the privilege of knowing you.
Our families share so many beautiful memories together and the attached picture is only one such memory – a wonderful Shabbat that we spent together.
We wish you a happy, happy 50th birthday! May this year as well as all the years to come bring tons and tons of happiness, good health, fulfillment of dreams and goals, and of course nachat from the children! We look forward to making many more memories together-
All our love,
Naomi and Rafi
Dear Jody,
Our paths crossed 28 years ago, for a matter of months, when we both attended WUJS. We had friends in common, but our friendship did not ripen fully. And each went her own way. At that stage in life, I did not appreciate the possibility that paths might cross at a later time.
And then, we renewed our friendship at another stage of our lives, mothers of young children. Who would have thought that we would have daughters who would be such good friends, and would bring their mother back in touch with each other? Your open personality, your warmth and sensitivity and willingness to listen, have always made me feel welcome, and clearly has been a factor in Adi’s friendship with Merav as well.
On the occasion of your birthday, I wish you many more years of health and happiness, personal growth and fulfillment, with your family and your friends.
Lots of love,
Lori
Friendship, generosity and sincerity are synonymous with dear Jody. I feel so blessed to have you — and the wonderful Blum family — in our lives. I truly treasure the times we spend together. May only all the goodness of life pursue you.
x0x0 – Fern (and Joe and of course Snuggles!)
Dear sweet Jody,
For so many years you have been such a wonderful and beautiful friend.
I feel like we have been through many events together. I remember Aviv’s brit, Merav’s hospital stay, our shevah brachot at your house, growing my business, growing yours! From pillows to personal coach!
What I love most about you is your warm and open heart. Whenever I am with you there is a beautiful opening that happens. You are such a great listener – such a gift you have.
Dear friend
Like sister
Gracious in heart
Beauty of soul
Honest
Caring
Warmth that penetrates.
I love you and cherish our friendship.
Mallory
My darling Jody,
You are fifty and fabulous, fit and beautiful inside and out. You have always been a few steps ahead of me, leading me by the hand in your sweet, serene way. You have led me in matters of love, with your deep love for Brian and commitment to continually investing in and working on your relationship. How many conversations have we had about love and every aspect of relationships? You have influenced me so much in my attitude to love, even though I know we haven’t always agreed on everything…
You have led me with regard to children. I remember you promised me that, one day, my children like yours, would be able to cut up their own food – I couldn’t quite believe that day would come! I also remember the first time I heard you apologize to one of your children, in your typically honest, modest and considerate way. You have led me in the art so nurturing of yourself and those you love.
My dear, wise friend, I love hearing about how you take care of your spirit and body – your meditation, breathing, exercise schedule, spiritual counseling, nutrition…I will never forget calling you one day and Aviv (he was little then) answering the phone and telling me that you couldn’t come to the phone because you were meditating on the balcony. I love it! I love you. Don’t know how I would have survived without you, and you know what I mean. Thank you for this friendship, for holding hands through so many landmarks in both of our lives. I pray we will always be there for one another.
Happy birthday, my wonderful, inspirational friend,
Nome
When I think of you, Jody, I immediately feel a sense of love and vitality. Our paths in life have crossed in different ways and your beautiful smile is a constant — in all of the paths. When you introduced yourself to my brother at Nava Tehila recently and said “I adore your sister,” all I could think of was how much I adore you!. I associate you with Nava Tehila, with the Chavura and Aging to Saging and the Lieder Minyan on Yom Kippur, and Jacob’s Ladder. And, of course, Aviv and Tootie. And just being part of each other’s lives, in a happy and relaxed way. Ami and I join together in wishing you a big mazal tov on your 50th, We wish you and Brian and your lovely children everything good in the future.
With much love,
Nomi
Jody,
We have known each other for several years now but if there is one thing that I will always remember as something that shows who you really are, it’s the day I walked up to the Blum front door un-announced and said “I need to talk to you” the moment you answered the door. I remember how you listened and accepted what i had to say in a way I had learned not to expect from “all those grown-ups”. It’s something I have learned to appreciate in you in all the years since, aside from the constant hospitality and permanent smile.
My all your friends always appreciate you for who you are. I wish you a very happy birthday.
Brauner
Dear Jody,
Congratulations on reaching your 50th birthday with beauty, grace, and what seems to be a good measure of inner peace (or at least enough poise to make it look like inner peace). I’m proud to have shared with you learning, meals, dances, hikes, our children’s simchas and their conversations. And most of all, laughter, in this land, which we both love. May you go from strength to strength.
Love, your friend,
Renee
Happy 50th, Jody! Some of our loveliest meals in Jerusalem (I’m remembering those wonderful champagne glasses with rimonim seeds) have been in your home and sukkah. (Though Ariel more fondly remembers the ‘orange juice’ punch she enjoyed at Aviv’s wonderful Purim bar mitzvah :*) And of course, we thoroughly enjoyed all the nostalgic conversations about trekking through Nepal, which you helped us relive.
Looking forward to celebrating more smachot with your family, and more birthdays with you,
Hugs,
/Fern and Jonathan, Benjamin, Daniel, and Ariel
בס”ד
ג’ודי חברתי היקרה,
בתשע שנות היכרות התברכה חברותינו
וכדרכם של החיים, עברנו דברים רבים, דברים אותם חלקנו זו עם זו,
דברים של יום יום ודברים אישיים ומורכבים יותר.
רציתי שתדעי, גם אם הפגישות שלנו אינן קורות לעיתים תכופות,
עבורי הן הכי נעימות שמהן אני יוצאת עם תובנות חשובות ומחבקות.
לכבוד יום הולדתך ה-50, זר ברכות אני שולחת את ראשך לעטר
ובהזדמנות זו אספר, כי אני גאה בך ובדרך המודעת בה את מנהלת את חייך:
החל ביחסייך עם בעלך וילדייך, הדרך בה את מנהלת את סדר יומך, התזונה הנכונה אותה את
מיישמת ללא פשרות, שעות הפנאי המנוהלות בקפידה, עבודתך ועוד
את באמת מעוררת השראה!
לשנים הבאות, מי ייתן ותזכי בבריאות טובה, הגשמה עצמית, שמחה וסיפוק מחייך.
שתזכי לנחת ולהגשמת כל חלומותייך.
שה’ יהא עימך וילווה אותך בשביל חייך.
שדרכיי יהיו תמיד שלובות בדרכייך.
באהבה רבה,
שלי
Dear Jody!
Ivan and I thank you for your gracious efforts to introduce us, which gave us both another chance to share the gift of love. May you and your family be blessed as you have blessed us and others!! Happy 50th!
Love
D’vora & Ivan
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The one thing I always think of about Jody – from the first moment I met her until now – is her smile and her caring. Whenever I see her, she smiles. You can tell she’s a caring person, just from talking to her.
Miriam Safira Simon
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I haven’t had the pleasure to know Jody well. She always has a warm beautiful smile on her face when she greets me and makes me feel good. Furthermore, I once had a delicious Shabbat meal at your home and asked for some of her recipes. I now make a salad that I call Jody’s salad, as she gave me that particular recipe, and have passed on “Jody’s salad” to quite a few others and I think of her every time I make it. Hopefully in the not too distant future you will come and share a meal with Gary and me.
In the meantime, please send her wishes of health and G-d willing, many joyful years to come.
All the best
Charlotte
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You are an inspiration and a total source of joy! Your presence is one of light, beauty and grace and I am so grateful for our friendship. From Focusing to finances, I have treasured and enjoyed every moment we’ve spent together. On this wonderful occasion to celebrate the day you were born, I hope you soak up all the love and wishes that are showered on you. I’m sorry I’m not there to celebrate in person, but I look forward to the next time we’re in the same place.
Sending so much love,
Ilana