Mazel Tov to Michael and Mattie Brooke on the birth of a daughter, Brocha. Michael and Mattie were married on August 27, 2020.
Michael attended Hebrew Academy of Tidewater, Toras Chaim Yeshiva, and received a bachelor’s degree in Talmudic Studies from Bais Medrash Toras Chesed in Lakewood, N.J. He has also studied at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He is the son of Amy and Jeffrey Brooke.
Mattie is the daughter of Amy and Kevin Lefcoe. Mattie attended HAT, Cape Henry Collegiate, and received her bachelor’s degree in New Jersey, In addition to serving as a full-time mother to Brocha, Mattie works as a teacher and tutor.
The couple loves their life together and feel fortunate to have found one another in the midst of so much displacement in the previous year. They look forward to transmitting the Jewish values they absorbed in Tidewater to Brocha and to many trips back home to see friends and family.