Lori and Charles Siegel of Kansas City, Missouri, announce the engagement of their daughter, Julia Rose Siegel, to David Matthew Nielsen, son of Lesley Nielsen and Carl Nielsen of London, England.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Stanley and Ruthine Simon of Kansas City, and the late Ada and David Siegel of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended Park Hill South for high school, Machon Maayan and Yeshiva University for college, and JTS Davidson School of Jewish Education for her MA. Julia has a master’s in experiential Jewish education and works in the Jewish nonprofit field.
The future groom is the grandson of the late Peter and Sonia Packer and Nancy Nielsen and the late Dennis Nielsen. He attended the University of Birmingham where he received a BSc psychology. He spent time in Ohr Somayach Yeshiva in Jerusalem and also works in the Jewish nonprofit field, currently serving as the director of development for Aish UK in London.
David proposed in March 2018, in front of a sunset on a beach in Naples, Florida. Julia and David plan to spend the summer in New York, and then move to London in late July. An August 2018 wedding is scheduled in London, England.
