Lynne Kipnis and Nancy Jones wanted women to start the day with a smile on their cheeks. That’s why they launched Pandemic Panties, a weeklong set of undies for a time when the name of the day mattered not. The panties sport such names as What Day, Who Cares Day, Today, This Day, That Day,…
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Seniors
Bay Area
Senior homes reopen for visits after lonely year
Just over a year ago, Susan Cohen Grossman moved her 99-year-old mother, Abby, into the Reutlinger Community in Danville. It was a big day in more ways…
Act Two
Pandemic Shabbats offer lessons to carry forward
It’s Friday evening. The fragrance of cooked turkey breast with rosemary and roasted garlic potatoes fills the house. The dining room table is festively…
The Matzo Chronicles
Am I a Galatz from Galați? Part 2
Three years ago in this space I asked, “Am I a Galatz from Galați?” Well, since then, I’ve been taken on an unexpected joyride of genealogical learning…
Honoring the Survivors
The Holocaust through a child's eyes
Part of an ongoing series on Holocaust survivors and partisans in Northern California When Edith Heine first went to school at age 7, she was terrified of…
Act Two
Yellow-bellied fluffernutter and the bluebird of Passover
Once again, we have foiled the Angel of Death, and the pandemic. Since we’re fully vaccinated, we invited Allen’s family to share an afternoon Passover…
Act Two
For me, figuring out our TV is a remote possibility
Ten years ago, my husband wanted a large-screen TV for the living room, so he spent days checking websites in search of the best deal. “Enough already,” I…
Community
Our Pandemic Year: Lives lost and families changed forever
Final part of OUR PANDEMIC YEAR, a week-long series examining how the Covid pandemic has changed our local Jewish world. With more than a half-million…
Bay Area
Layoffs at SF Jewish senior home, as Covid retreats
The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the Bay Area, has laid off 1.5 percent of its workforce —…