In Memoriam: Adeline Glovsky, 87

Chabad at La Costa community member Adeline Glovsky Hale passed away on August 31, 2022. She was 87.

Adeline was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Portland, Maine, in May 1935. The family had emigrated from the Ukraine. Addy, or Channah to her Jewish friends, grew up in a close-knit family where Yiddish was the spoken language. Channah first learned English when attending kindergarten.

Channah was to be a lifelong student having attended Deering High School and Boston University. She put her education to good use when she, and her late husband of 55 years, Arthur, established and ran IBIS Inc., which published newsletters reporting on the successes and failures of medical companies around the world. Addy was the editor of IBIS’s “The Medical and Healthcare Marketplace Guide,” a compendium of more than 6,000 medical companies — the first directory featuring descriptions of every company.

Together Addy and Arthur built up their company and became generous donors to several worthy causes including Scripps Hospitals, where they dedicated a medical library room, and a unique Nurse’s scholarship program.

Channah and Arthur lived in several locations around the country including Maine, Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois, and various cities in California, finally settling in Encinitas. They also travelled extensively working on their business. Along the way they had Jeffery, who predeceased Channah, and Mitchell. Jeffery had a son Taylor, who currently lives in Florida, and Mitchell had Jaymi, who lives in Texas, and who was adored by her grandmother.

Following Arthur’s passing Channah eventually became engaged to Arnold Tubis. The love and companionship they shared brightened Channah’s final years, as they engaged in adventures together as well as sharing their studies.

Wherever Channah’s travels took her she became deeply involved in the local Jewish community, giving generously of her time as a volunteer and taking numerous classes, as learning was her passion. She found her spiritual home in Chabad at La Costa, in Carlsbad, California, where Channah was an integral part of the community. Channah dedicated the stained glass windows and the Eternal Light, which adorn the sanctuary.

As one of the regular members of the Kiddush Committee Channah would usually spend Fridays in the synagogue kitchen helping prepare her special egg salad, which became renowned among the congregants. In between chopping eggs Channah would enter the Rabbi’s office and engage in spirited debate about the meaning of this or that passage in the weekly Torah portion.

Channah’s legacy is one of love and devotion to many beautiful causes and her strong identity as a Jewish woman – a true Woman of Valor.