Dr. Bruria Klara Bodek Falik
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Dr. Bruria Klara Bodek Falik, Bruria bat HaRav Eliezer u Ilona, z”l passed away peacefully on August 3. Born in 1931 in Füzesgyarmat, Hungary, she was the eldest of nine children and the daughter of a Chassidic rabbi. At age 12, Bruria and her family were deported to Bergen-Belsen. Even as a child, she showed remarkable courage—sneaking milk to her grandfather, protecting her mother during selections, and defying guards. She was liberated in 1945 along with her mother, grandmother, and five surviving siblings.
Bruria immigrated to Israel in 1948 and served in the Israeli Air Force. In the late 1950s, she moved to the United States with her husband, Henry Zvi Heinz Falik z”l. She became a child psychologist, worked as a school psychologist, and later became a keen businesswoman and the owner of Camp Huntington—a summer camp for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and was awarded the American Camping Association’s Legends in Camping award. Through her work, she touched many lives of children and families.
She lived in Woodstock, NY for the last few decades of her life and was an active member of the Jewish community and Kehillat Lev Shalom synagogue. Her final years were spent in Boulder, Colorado, enjoying spending time with her children and grandchildren and sitting looking out a sunny window at the Flatiron Mountains.
Despite the hardships she endured, Bruria exuded joy and lit up every room she entered. Her legacy of resilience, compassion, and service lives on in all who knew her.
She was a loving mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother to Sandy Falk and Dan Judson and their children Tali, Maayan, and Revaya Falk-Judson (Newton), and to Daniel and Yael Falk and their children Oriana, Zohar, and Yannai Falk (Boulder, CO).
Services at Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington Street, Newton, MA on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM. Interment at Lindwood Memorial Park, 490 North St, Randolph.
Memorial observance will be held at the home of Sandy Falk and Dan Judson, Newton, MA from Thursday, August 7 through Wednesday, August 13.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to either DrorIsrael.org or Friends of the IDF.