They say parents have ruach hakodesh when they choose children’s names. Joy Glicker Lieber’s parents chose aptly for a daughter whose principal aim in life is bringing joy to others. A volunteer medical clown in her all-too-rare spare time Joy’s day job involves working with women at the most joyous time of their lives: preparing for their weddings. Joy’s zeal to fulfill community needs led her not only to open up a bridal shop with a full alterations and fabric department but to also devise an inventive way to help young men and women get to know each other before they break the glass. A Far Rockaway mother of five and grandmother of a growing brood Joy’s warm welcoming presence immediately puts people at ease. Besides her effusive ahavas Yisrael she’s a fountain of creativity the type who lies in bed at night with ideas burbling through her mind. “I have a slit in my head and Hashem pours ideas in ” she says.
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