Jewish History

We were friends at Shlomo Carlebach's
House of Love and Prayer in 1970.
While becoming more observant in Judaism,
we each went on separate but strangely
parallel paths.
We re-discovered one another online at
frumster.com and started planning our
Key West wedding!
Between the two of us we have
15 beautiful children.

Rebbetzen Judy Finman:

              My search for spiritual integrity began early in life.
             The Reform Judaism I was taught left so many questions
             and unfulfilled thoughts.
             My dear mother Debby, may she be healthy, introduced
             me to meditation and spirituality.

I searched in Eastern religions

but was not satisfied

spiritually.

A Zen

Monk told me to check out things in my

own

backyard, so I went

to the House of Love and Prayer. I

met

Shlomo Carl

bach, who

touched my soul with

heavenly

love.

I began to observe the Torah

way of life. I wanted to

live the

real thing. I attended Lubavitch in

Los Angeles, and

Rabbi

Cunin sponsored my journey to New

York to attend

wome

n's

Yeshiva and Teacher’s College

, which I

graduated

from in 1972.

While in school there I was introduced to a Torah scholar

Kaplan, and we were married.

Sadly the marriage

ended in

divorce after 29 years.

Nevertheless those years were full of life, growing

spiritually, giving life. I have been blessed with 10

beautiful

incredible children and we lived for 18 years in Israel.

I became a Registered Nurse, and through
advanced nursing courses at Columbia University
in New York became a Certified Nurse Midwife. I
have delivered about 1000 babies in the USA and in
Israel. I also managed a private Midwifery practice
in Brooklyn in which I provided customized care to
pregnant women from 1996-2001.
During that time I also was a medical consultant for
Rabbis (Isha Bodeket), and counseled and taught
brides, grooms, and newlyweds.
Over the years I also have worked on various
community projects such as organizing services
for handicapped children in Northern Israel,
starting a used clothing exchange to finance those
services, helping set up services for new mothers
in Israel, donating professional services to the
Bikur Cholim Society (assisting the sick), and
teaching new brides and grooms.
I have also taught and tutored grade school and
middle school children, and was a consultant for
the Family Learning Center in Key West, and
started the Key West Rosh Chodesh Circle..

We now live in Boca Raton, Florida, and I work full time as

a Nurse Practitioner

in the field of

Medical Aesthetics

We can be found singing and
dancing at The Carlebach Minyan at
Boca Raton Synagogue.

Rabbi Finman is the facilitator at
Judea Drive Men's Group every
Thursday evening in Boca Raton.

Holy Brother- Teachings of
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
is given every Wednesday evening
at Boca Raton Synagogue

Judy is a specialist in PCOS
(Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)
a hormonal disorder
affecting 10%of women.
Her website is PCOSolution.com

Judy also is a specialist in Medical
Aesthetics (laser hair removal,
Botox and Restylane,
medical skin care