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Aging: A Jewish Community Issue

When I first met Sarah, she was bent over her walker intently making her way through the gardens of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging (JHA). While her steps were merely a shuffle, her brown eyes were lively.

I often walk through our Grancell Village and Eisenberg Village campuses to visit with our 800 residents. I frequently ask the question: \”What makes the Jewish Home Jewish?\”

Sarah had a ready answer.

The Liberal Revival

What a great week this has been for liberals. If it does nothing else, Election \’98 makes it OK to use \”L\” word again. I love it — it is so much more descriptive of hope and dream than the neutered word \”moderate.\” Liberals have been abused on both the left (by multiculturalists) and right (by fundamentalists) for so long that it will take us a while to reconsider the beauty and dignity of its expression. Liberal is who we are, even if L.A. Times\’ columnist Bob Scheer doesn\’t fathom why, defining a liberal as one who votes against self-interest. Not true.

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