Facebook, Make Room for GenKvetch
Jewish Journal
July 22, 2009
Self-described snowbird Marilyn Carroll earned a new nickname this winter as she walked the streets of Florida: Kvetch Lady.
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Oldest Jewish Immigrant From Iran Arrives in L.A.
Karmel Melamed
March 25, 2009
After living in Iran for more than a century, witnessing the rise and fall of three kings and the upheaval of an Islamic revolution 30 years ago, 102-year-old Heshmat Elyasian arrived in Los Angeles two months ago with her immediate family to become the oldest Jewish immigrant from Iran to resettle in Los Angeles.\n
Grandma Who?
Jewish Journal
March 25, 2009
Growing up, I called my grandmother Grandma.\n\nWe were Jewish, but also American. There was never any question but that my grandma would be Grandma. Even if she was born in the Old Country and, like all my friends and all their grandparents, spoke with a Yiddish accent. I used to think, in fact, that in order to be a grandparent you had to have been born in the Old Country and speak with a Yiddish accent.
Never Too Old to Write a Letter … of Torah
Jewish Journal
March 25, 2009
The Jewish Home for the Aging has never had a Torah it could call its own. Since the home first opened in 1912, synagogues or individuals have donated Siferei Torah to the senior-living community, but the scrolls were often old and tarnished, with faded letters or finger smudges on the parchment. These Torahs are considered pasul, or unfit for public reading, but they were the only ones available to the home for religious services.
Sun Blessing After 28 Years
Jane Ulman
March 25, 2009
April 8 marks the Blessing of the Sun.
“The Blessing of the son?” asks my fourth-born, Danny, who coincidentally turns 18 on the same day.
Reunion Misgivings Give Way to Pride, Inspiration
Roberto Loiederman
January 22, 2009
The e-mail was short and to the point: Several members of my 1952-1954 class at Garrison Junior High in northwest Baltimore — Class 215 — were holding a reunion.
‘Original Grandparents’ Blog From Boyle Heights
Dikla Kadosh
January 22, 2009
Barbara Cooper recalls being a snob when she was 14 years old. She and her family moved from New York to Los Angeles in the 1920s, and the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Boyle Heights.
Is It Smart to Teach Old Brains New Tricks?
Jewish Journal
January 22, 2009
Throw all the money you like at computer brainteasers. Just don’t bet the popular games will protect your gray matter any better than a host of other activities, many of them free.
Active living is the key to successful aging
Jewish Journal
December 18, 2008
\” . . . Older people can not only continue to have meaning, purpose and activity in their post-retirement years, they may even find a new purpose, unencumbered by work and parenting obligations . . . \”
Autism groups focus on needs of grandparents
Jewish Journal
December 18, 2008
\” . . . As grandparents, we go through a range of feelings. Some of these are triggered by the child\’s behavior and how the parents react to it. Grandparents are frightened and upset that their grandchild is experiencing these problems . . . \”
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