Deferred dream comes true for actress Nan Tepper
Tom Tugend
August 7, 2008
\”I had been a student, wife, mother, news executive and caregiver, but I had always promised myself that one day I would be an actor.\”
Category
Seniors
Temple bingo — a gamble if it’s a good way to raise funds
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
July 31, 2008
Typically associated with American Legion halls, Elks clubs and churches, the sedentary game that caters to seniors is not often associated with Jewish houses of worship. But a few synagogues across the Southland have offered weekly bingo nights as temple fundraisers for decades
Geriatric love, (I.B.) Singer style
Tom Tugend
July 23, 2008
To Max\’s surprise and delight, the bereaved widow proves quite amorous, insisting, as do his other female companions, that a man is never too old for some active love-making
The emotional landmines of family caregiving
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2008
A painful situation for the primary caregiver occurs when another close relative does little or nothing to help, but they are adored and praised by the senior anyway.
Falling dollar hurts seniors in former Soviet Union
Jewish Journal
June 19, 2008
After his wife died, the worker still came but less often, until global economic pressure forced the JDC to scale back operations for the \”least needy\” in the former Soviet Union. Six months ago, Zheleznyak began having to fend for himself.
Memoir recalls educator’s hardships, success in Iran
Karmel Melamed
June 19, 2008
Treating him like a rock star, the crowd mobbed 70-something Eshaghian, seeking an autograph or photo op during the May 20 launch party for his Persian-language memoir, \”A Follower of Culture.\”
One more time around
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
June 12, 2008
Finding love a second or third time is not always so effortless, but 52 percent of men and 43.5 percent of women remarried in 2004, according to a 2007 U.S. census bureau report. And Jews are no exception.
Dad’s drive
Susan Freudenheim
June 12, 2008
Dad has always been reaching — not just to satisfy himself, but also to prove himself to the big guys, the great newspaper people in his head who might, somehow, in their wisdom, someday give him their blessing of approval
VIDEO: Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi Jewish recipes — potato chops and cigars
Jewish Journal
June 8, 2008
Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi appetizers, potato chops and cigars
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