IN 1991, WHEN MY HUSBAND SIDNEY AND I RETIRED FROM NEW YORK CITY TO MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN, A FREIND GAVE ME THE NAME AND NUMBER OF RUTH BRIN AS SOMEONE TO CONTACT.
AS SOON AS WE CALLED HER SHE CAME TO VISIT US, INVITED US TO HER LAKESIDE HOME AND PROCEEDED TO INTERVIEW US TO LEARN ABOUT OUR BACKGROUNDS AND INTERESTS. SHE LOST NO TIME IN CONNECTING TO THE YIDDISH VINKEL, TO HER CHAVURAH, AND TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE LOCATIONS SHE LOVED.
RUTH SEEMED TO ADOPT US AND WE DESIGNATED HER AS OUR "MINNESOTA SPONSOR"! SHE INTRODUCED US TO HER WONDERFUL FAMILY AND MADE SURE WE ATTENDED ALL OF JUDITH'S PERFORMANCES.
IN LATER YEARS WE MOVED WEST TO SAN DIEGO, BUT WE STAYED CLOSE WITH VISITS BOTH IN THE TWIN CITIES AND SAN DIEGO.
I THINK OF RUTH BRIN AS AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT BUT EVEN MORE, ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS FIRENDS I EVER HAD.
IN 1991, WHEN MY HUSBAND SIDNEY AND I RETIRED FROM NEW YORK CITY TO MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN, A FREIND GAVE ME THE NAME AND NUMBER OF RUTH BRIN AS SOMEONE TO CONTACT.
AS SOON AS WE CALLED HER SHE CAME TO VISIT US, INVITED US TO HER LAKESIDE HOME AND PROCEEDED TO INTERVIEW US TO LEARN ABOUT OUR BACKGROUNDS AND INTERESTS. SHE LOST NO TIME IN CONNECTING TO THE YIDDISH VINKEL, TO HER CHAVURAH, AND TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE LOCATIONS SHE LOVED.
RUTH SEEMED TO ADOPT US AND WE DESIGNATED HER AS OUR "MINNESOTA SPONSOR"! SHE INTRODUCED US TO HER WONDERFUL FAMILY AND MADE SURE WE ATTENDED ALL OF JUDITH'S PERFORMANCES.
IN LATER YEARS WE MOVED WEST TO SAN DIEGO, BUT WE STAYED CLOSE WITH VISITS BOTH IN THE TWIN CITIES AND SAN DIEGO.
I THINK OF RUTH BRIN AS AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT BUT EVEN MORE, ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS FIRENDS I EVER HAD.