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Nir Berenzovsky, an Urban Adamah volunteer, drops off fresh produce at the home of Lorelai Kude. (LORELAI KUDE)
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Urban Adamah makes house call with produce for seniors

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 18, 2020
Reutlinger Community President and CEO Jay Zimmer (left) and Board President Jordan Rose at a Nov. 5, 2019 hearing about the management agreement between Reutlinger Community and Eskaton. (Dan Pine)
Posted inSeniors

State AG approves deal between Reutlinger and Eskaton

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 16, 2020March 19, 2020
(From left) Fredi, Frida, Zdenka and Filip Levy. (Photo/Courtesy Zdenka Ruchwarger Levy)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

Zdenka’s story of WWII survival in Croatia and Italy: ‘Others had it worse’

by Gabriel Greschler March 10, 2020March 10, 2020
A new wing under construction at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living. (Screenshot/Google Maps)
Posted inSeniors

Coronavirus: S.F. Jewish senior home bars visitors, others ramp up measures

by Gabriel Greschler March 9, 2020March 11, 2020
Tish Levee marching with Jewish groups at a 2014 climate march. (Courtesy Tish Levee)
Posted inSeniors

North Bay climate activist becomes a bat mitzvah at 80

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 3, 2020
The Reutlinger Community in Danville.
Posted inSeniors

Coronavirus updates: Jewish senior homes, others prep for possible outbreak

by Gabriel Greschler March 3, 2020March 6, 2020
The extended Trachtenberg family, plus friends, at the entry to Allen’s Garden during a work party day, a few years ago. Front and center, in white blouse, is Mitzi Trachtenberg, widow of Allen. She died Feb. 8, 2020. (Courtesy Julie Trachtenberg)
Posted inEducation

A learning garden grows in Richmond, in memory of ‘Grandpa Allen’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 28, 2020March 5, 2020
Holocaust survivor Leon Rajninger at his home in San Francisco. (Photo/Liz Harris)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

S.F. man, 88, recalls a ‘nightmare’ at every turn

by Liz Harris February 13, 2020February 21, 2020
Copies of Mosaic, the quarterly journal by seniors at the Moldaw Residences in Palo Alto. (Maya Mirsky)
Posted inSeniors

Read all about it! Why the residents of a Palo Alto retirement home started their own newspaper

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 12, 2020February 18, 2020
David Altman at a park in Pleasanton.
Posted inSeniors

‘I’m not ready to leave yet,’ says 100-year-old Manhattan Project scientist

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 12, 2020April 23, 2020

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