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Seniors

(Photo/Karen Galatz)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

At $3 a bagel, I might have to put myself in lox-down

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 20, 2021April 20, 2021
A note to Pandemic Panties wearers: "Put on one leg at a time."
Posted inNews

How these women turned a cheeky joke into ‘Pandemic Panties’

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 19, 2021April 19, 2021
Susan Aronovsky visits with her 94-year-old father, Albert Stark, at the S.F. Campus for Jewish Living on March 29, the first time they had seen each other in over a year. (Photo/Camille Cohen)
Posted inNews

‘The worst is over’: Senior homes reopen for visits after lonely year

by Gabriel Greschler April 13, 2021April 16, 2021
Rabbi Ari Cartun's family having Shabbat dinner together, March 2020.
Posted inAct Two

Pandemic Shabbats offer lessons to carry forward

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 8, 2021
Members of Karen Galatz’s family on her father’s side.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Am I a Galatz from Galați? Part 2

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 6, 2021
Edith Heine as a toddler in pre-war Holland.
Posted inYom HaShoah

East Bay Holocaust survivor, 83, shares history through a child’s eyes

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 5, 2021April 7, 2021
This Western Scrub Jay  visited during Janet Silver Ghent's outdoor Passover seder. (Photo/Phoenix Podell)
Posted inAct Two

Yellow-bellied fluffernutter and the bluebird of Passover

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 2, 2021
It's just too many remotes. (Photo/Janet Silver Ghent)
Posted inAct Two

For me, figuring out our TV is a remote possibility

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent March 24, 2021March 25, 2021
Eric Fomil with grandson Ilan Rosenbaum.
Posted inCommunity

Our Pandemic Year: Lives lost and families changed forever

by Liz Harris March 18, 2021March 20, 2021
Entrance to San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inSeniors

Layoffs at SF Jewish senior home, as Covid retreats

by Gabriel Greschler March 8, 2021March 22, 2021

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