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October 30, 2003
Myriad Options for Senior Living
At the ages of 83 and 84, Rose and Sam Leff began to feel isolated in their two-bedroom Woodland Hills apartment. \”We had given up driving, so there really wasn\’t too much for us to do,\” Rose said.
The Leffs decided to move to a residential care facility at the Jewish Home for the Aging, which provides kosher meals, housekeeping services, transportation, social and recreational activities and a medical clinic on-site. While they agree it was difficult adjusting to living in one room (\”If we have a fight, I\’m out in the hall,\” Sam joked), four years later, they have no regrets about their decision.
Sandwiched Between Generations
Like many working mothers, Rose Ziff was already spread pretty thin when she took on care-giving responsibility for her 85-year-old mother. The Culver City resident works full time as an administrator at UCLA. She and her husband, Ron, are raising two daughters, ages 12 and 10, and dealing with their younger daughter\’s recent autism diagnosis. In her limited discretionary time, Ziff was co-leading the 10-year-old\’s Brownie troop, serving on her synagogue\’s board of directors and co-chairing the religious school\’s parent association. In April, Ziff added another ball in the air by moving her mother, Evelyn Goldman, from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Who Will Care for Our Aging Adults?
Life isn\’t so easy for Genia Cohen. The 68-year-old widow lives in a low-income apartment in Hollywood. She finds it difficult to get together with her sister, her only living relative in the area, who\’s also suffering from the aches and pains of age.
Congregations Rally to Aid Fire Victims
By phone, e-mail and word-of-mouth, the bad news kept piling up at Congregation Emanu El in San Bernardino.\n\nThe homes of six families had been burned to the ground in the devastating wildfires sweeping across Southern California.\n\nAnother 30-40 families had been forced to evacuate their homes, and no one knew the present whereabouts of eight other families.\n\nRabbi Douglas Kohn, the Reform congregation\’s spiritual leader, was at the point of utter exhaustion.
Jewish Support for Strikers Mixed
On Oct. 26, Associate Rabbi Zoe Klein of Temple Isaiah in West Los Angeles served free pizzas, salads and sodas to 15 striking supermarket employees and their families in the shul\’s social hall.
7 Days In Arts
The sisters are back at the UJ this weekend thanks to the David Dortort Performing Arts Program.
Hillel Head, Writer Clash on Campus
Having Alan Dershowitz speak on behalf of Israel at a university event was meant to be provocative, but nobody could have predicted the fracas that erupted after the prominent author and attorney spoke.
Where the End Justifies the Beans
Businessman Allen Gochnour is a regular at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on La Cienega Boulevard, and like many of the people who wait in the line that often stretches out the door, he\’s not just there to grab a cup of java and run.
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