Toby Orlander

Toby Orlander was born in Furth, Germany after the Second World War, the child of Holocaust survivors. While she was still in her infancy, her parents were fortunate enough to leave Europe and start anew in the USA. She spent her childhood in Pittsburgh, and in the 60s, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York. There, Toby attended Bais Yaakov High School and Seminary, and after graduation, used her teaching skills at the Achi Ezer school in Flatbush. Toby came almost full circle when she married her husband, Jacob Thaler, and moved back to Europe, residing in Antwerp, Belgium. She is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and still fi nds time to pursue a full-time career in business, and work part-time as a shadchanit.