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Seniors

Raleigh Zwerin, who found out in 2015 that she and her sister had the BRCA mutation, will speak on a panel about the gene that affects one in 40 Ashkenazi Jews. Seen here with her mother-in-law, Lonnie Zwerin.
Posted inHealth

At S.F. synagogue: BRCA, cancer and Ashkenazi genetics

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 17, 2018September 17, 2018
At the AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 15, 2018, (from left) Sandy Kovtun, Nita Juelich, Wilma Bass and Vivienne Leibowich (Photo/Courtesy Sandy Kovtun)
Posted inSeniors

Walking for a good cause in S.F. — at age 99

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 29, 2018
JFCS Palliative Care Volunteer Lisa Frankel Wade (right) with her client Sonia Korn-Grimani (left) (Photo/courtesy JFCS
Posted inSeniors

Palliative care program seeks volunteers

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 28, 2018
Sara LeMesh and her pianist Allegra Chapman perform a program of classical music at a recent AyudaCare event. (Photo/Courtesy Sara LeMesh)
Posted inSeniors

‘Ayuda’ for seniors can trace its roots to Mitzvah Days

by Liz Harris August 24, 2018
From the cover of "Health Economics and Policy" by Victor Fuchs
Posted inCulture

At 94, Stanford economist is still at the front of his class

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller July 18, 2018July 19, 2018
black and white image of two senior hands holding on to each other
Posted inFamily Matters

My grandmother was booted from her nursing home. What can I do?

Rita Clancy by Rita Clancy July 17, 2018July 17, 2018
Ellie Shapiro receiving her doctorate in Jewish studies and interdisciplinary studies from Graduate Theological Union.
Posted inSeniors

At 66, her Ph.D. on Jewish music in Poland is dream come true

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller June 27, 2018June 27, 2018
From the cover of "Red Diaper Daughter" by Laura Bock
Posted inCulture

How a ‘Red Diaper’ baby grew into a full-spectrum activist

Laura Pall by Laura Paull June 21, 2018June 21, 2018
Anni Berkman (left) chats with Maayan Stanton at a 2017 event for first and third generation Holocaust survivors. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inOpinion

What makes the Jewish Bay Area great, and how to make it greater

Rabbi Andrew Kastner by Rabbi Andrew Kastner May 27, 2018May 25, 2018
Vitaly Bantov writes poetry in both Russian and English (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inCulture

New Litquake project puts lives of our elders on paper

Laura Pall by Laura Paull May 4, 2018August 30, 2020

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