Judith Rosenblum Halevi, wife of Gabriel Halevi, died on Dec. 13, 2014, shortly after her 70th birthday. Judith was the sister of Muriel Rosenblum Fleischmann and her husband, Karl Fleischmann, aunt of Eric and Andrew Fleischmann of West Hartford, and Martin Fleischmann of Atlanta, GA, and their wives, great-aunt of their children. Judy and Gabriel lived in New York City and Milford, CT, but Judy grew up in West Hartford, CT, the daughter of Paul and Ethel Rosenblum. Judy’s mother died when she was eleven years old, an extremely difficult time for a girl. Talented, beautiful, and stylish, Judith danced and sang, first for family, then at summer camp at Camp Berkshire in Winsted, where she met Karl and recommended him to her sister, who became his wife. During high school, Judith performed in ‘Bells Are Ringing’ at the Oval in the Grove in Farmington, then at Carnegie Tech, where she went to college before transferring to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Subsequently, Judy joined national musical road companies, performed on Broadway, at one point in the part of Sally Bowles in an early production of Cabaret. At a hotel lobby phone in San Francisco, she heard Gabriel, who had just arrived from Paris, struggling with translation; offering help, she translated her way into his life and into her own future. When married, they traveled together to Paris when she sang on the maiden voyage of The France. Earlier, as a summer student at the music school at Fontainebleau, France, Judy met Nina Hirschfeld, thereafter her friend and traveling companion. Through Nina, she became close friends with Al and Dolly Hirschfeld, who became her surrogate parents. Soirees were held weekly at the Hirschfeld NYC brownstone. There, Judy and Gabriel got to know major writers, actors and artists with whom they formed lifelong bonds. Judy and Gabriel, a painter, struggled at first to make a living, but discovered a talent for buying and renovating Soho lofts. From one apartment they went on to loft buildings, then on to major developments, with their two artistic talents perfecting their eye for renovation. Judith’s ability to work through NYC’s tangled regulations, her tenacity and determination, enabled her to become one of the first successful women developers in the city. A memorial service for Judith Halevi will be held in the spring, site/date tbd. Memorial contributions may be made to Smilow Cancer Center of Yale N.H. Hospital, where doctors valiantly helped Judy cling to life for three years.