Date of birth: November 17, 1953.
Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Married to Jacob Gur Arieh.
Tova is a mother of two, Noa – Her Daughter, 37 years old, is a family practitioner (MD). Noa is a graduate of the Sackler School of medicine in Tel Aviv. Nadav – Her son, 34 years old, is a programmer (BSc) and graduated from Tel-Hai College in Israel. She is also a grandmother of four (soon more😊).
She was born and raised in Israel, and served in the IDF (this is a mandatory service in Israel).
In 1989, Tova and her husband relocated to the United States because of her husband’s job. During their years in the US, she studied art history and education. She also taught Hebrew for several years in several Jewish schools. They returned to Israel in 1998.
Since 2004, she has been working at NITZAN – The Israeli Association for the Advancement of Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD, as the Resource Development Director.
She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s a couple of years ago. However, she probably started to experience different signs about a decade ago.