Cogent words from an elder who has lived long and well and triumphed over adversity always serve the young. But it has been a while since wise exemplars have been needed as much as they are today. The documentary “Irmi,” about a German Jewish refugee who survived heartbreak after heartbreak and managed to thrive into…
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Seniors
Seniors
Party on! How this 102-year-old keeps busy and stays optimistic
For her 100th birthday, Hilda Richards hosted a party for 72 friends and family members. “It was all we could seat,” she said. There was wine, hors…
Health
How curing loneliness can increase longevity and health
Zara Jaffe, president of the Senior Friendship Club of Peninsula Temple Beth El (which meets at the Peninsula JCC), does not mince words: “Loneliness is…
Art
After long, eclectic career, her creative drive is a ‘volcano’
“I didn’t know what was wrong with me when I was growing up,” says Carol Roseman, 71, of San Francisco. “It turned out that I was an artist.” Roseman…
Editorial
Honor thy parents, and the frontline workers helping them
There are some hopeful signs in our nation’s months-long battle with the coronavirus. Testing has ramped up, treatments for Covid-19 have improved,…
Bay Area
At least one Covid-linked death reported at SF Jewish senior residence
After a long period with no known positive cases of coronavirus, Rhoda Goldman Plaza informed its community this week that two more residents in its…
Bay Area
Steep rise in coronavirus cases at S.F.’s Rhoda Goldman Plaza
Rhoda Goldman Plaza in San Francisco is facing a surge in coronavirus cases in its memory care unit after another eight residents and six staff members…
Bay Area
New coronavirus cases reported at two S.F. Jewish senior homes
Updated Sept. 21, 1:30 p.m.: On Sept. 18 the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living reported two additional coronavirus cases among its staff, and on…
Seniors
Florence Metz, 105 and still going strong, to be celebrated
Florence Metz, a retired North Bay teacher who has been confined to her home these days, as most of us have, also lived through the Great Influenza…