Jamie Kreiman, of Hillsdale NJ, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends on December 21, 2023. Born in 1953 in Duluth MN to Beti and Mel, Jamie grew up as part of a large extended family just blocks apart and spent her summers at Herzl Camp in Webster WI. She would later move to Minneapolis to earn a bachelors in Child Psychology from the University of Minnesota, spending her junior year abroad at Hebrew University in Israel, where the Yom Kippur War would break out later that same year. She remained a fierce Zionist all her life. Jamie then pursued a masters in Social Work from Yeshiva University in New York City, where she would later meet the love of her life, Ike Gavzy. The two were happily married for 27 years, practicing tikkun olam, raising their son Sam and various Schnauzer children, and traveling the world before Ike’s passing in 2011.
November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and the inspiring story of Greyson Butler showcases these little fighters and the dedicated medical teams who work around the clock. Born at just 24 weeks and weighing just more than a pound, Greyson's chances of survival were 20-30%. But after 16 months in the care of Blythedale Children's Hospital, he is finally heading home.