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Theater: ‘Leipzig’ weaves heartfelt Alzheimer’s tale

Robert David Jaffee November 9, 2006

Wendy Graf was at the women\’s group at her synagogue when she discovered that a number of her colleagues were the children of Holocaust survivors. She became fascinated with the repercussions of the tragedy on their lives, but put aside the subject as she wrote \”Lessons,\” a play about a widower who decides to have a bar mitzvah. More recently, a person close to her developed Alzheimer\’s disease. The synchronicity of memory loss with so-called \”second-generation\” syndrome provided the raw material for Graf\’s new play, \”Leipzig,\” the latest offering of the West Coast Jewish Theater, now playing at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Who Will Care for the Caregivers?

Nancy Sokoler Steiner June 23, 2005

The Los Angeles Fearless Family Caregiver Conference is in Carson on June 28 It is sponsored by Today\’s Caregiver magazine along with the City of L.A. Department of Aging and the L.A. County Area Agency on Aging.

Total Recall

Nancy Sokoler Steiner January 22, 2004

Twice in the past couple of days, I\’ve been in conversation and found myself grasping for a word. On both occasions, my 4-year-old supplied the word before I could come up with it. And, of course, there are the times that I walk into a room only to realize that I have no idea what I wanted to do once I got there. Are these natural lapses or early signs of something more sinister?

\”We are all one day closer to Alzheimer\’s disease,\” Dr. Gary Small says forebodingly in his book \”The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young\” (Hyperion, 2003). \”Alzheimer\’s and dementia begin forming in our brains much earlier than anyone previously imagined, even in our 20s.\”

A Knight’s Tale

Anita Chabria September 6, 2001

Philanthropist and art benefactor Sir Arthur Gilbert died at his Beverly Hills home Sunday of a heart attack. He was 88 and had struggled with cancer and diabetes. The Journal had slated the following profile of Gilbert, a leading philanthropist, art collector and businessman, to run in this issue. Anita Chabria met with him last week.

Sir Arthur Gilbert was one of Los Angeles\’ few resident knights, having been honored by the Queen of England two years ago, but he was best-known here as a philanthropist and real estate entrepreneur who helped shape his adopted city.

The Editor’s Corner

Jewish Journal March 26, 1998

My mother is 87. Or is it 90? As long as I can remember, I thought that she had been born in 1910, was named Miriam Euffa, and brought here from Kievas a 5-year-old by parents who were educated, and who had been part of what must have been a turn-of-the-century minority: the Russian-Ukrainian Jewish professional class. Now Medicare tells methat her Social Security card lists her year of birth as 1907.

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