Shirley Tobolowsky

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Shirley Tobolowsky

Shirley was born late 1920s and grew up in Chicago with her three sisters. She attended the University of Michigan. She visited Dallas in 1950 where she met Edwin Tobolowsky and married him few months later. She was actively involved in V&A, Senior citizens of Greater Dallas, CJW and Sisterly’s Women Council. She also organized a brown-bag project where they helped people understand their medications. She is also involved in an education project called “Scholarchips” where the head of various organizations motivate the middle & high school kids to learn technology and gives a chance to students to ask questions. She loves art and is considered as a career woman

Published on Oct 22, 2018
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Derval Kirshenbaum

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Derval Kirshenbaum

Derval grew up in South Africa. Her father had a huge departmental store just outside of Cape Town, South Africa. Her husband proposed her when she was 19 years. They got married and had three sons. They had 13 stores of their own in South Africa but had to leave the country due to the increasing crime rate. They moved to US in 1993 and settled in Dallas since then.

Published on Apr 25, 2016
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Gary Kirshenbaum

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Gary Kirshenbaum

Gary was born in 1970 and grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa in a Jewish community. He remembers South Africa as a great country in terms of nature, geography and climate. Gary also recalls his first trip to Israel when he was 6 years of age. After finishing high school in Johannesburg, Gary went to college for a business degree and then went to army for a year before he started working for his father in retail. His family moved to Dallas in 1993 because of the increasing crime and riots in South Africa.

Published on Apr 24, 2016.
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