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Seniors

(Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inSeniors

It’s never too late: Get off your tush and start exercising

by Dr. Jerry Saliman May 20, 2024May 20, 2024
Janet Silver Ghent and husband Allen Podell. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inAct Two

I was part of the Silent Generation but never learned to keep my mouth shut

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 14, 2024May 19, 2024
At 81, Janet Silver Ghent has published her memoir. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inBooks

Longtime J. staffer peppers memoir of ‘late-life love’ with humor, brutal honesty

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein March 25, 2024May 2, 2024
a wooden sculpture of clasped hands
Posted inSeniors

Forgiveness can act as a miracle cure for your emotional, physical health

by Dr. Jerry Saliman February 13, 2024February 13, 2024
Can one really "live long AND prosper," as Spock said? He lived to be 161! (Photo/CBS)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

On a good day, living to 100 sounds wonderful. On a bad day — don’t ask

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
The author checking the personal ads in the Jewish Bulletin in 1995. (Photo/Cathleen Maclearie)
Posted inAct Two

And just like that, I’m an author faced with the sweet stress of potential success

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 2, 2024May 14, 2024
John B. Hickam, 1914-1970 (Photo/Smithsonian Institution Archives)
Posted inSeniors

Medical decisions can come down to Occam’s razor vs. Hickam’s dictum

by Dr. Jerry Saliman January 3, 2024January 3, 2024
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman's "Harmony" is now on Broadway. (Photo/JTA-Julieta Cervantes)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Broadway’s ‘Harmony’ includes origin story of singer who became S.F. cantor

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz December 26, 2023December 28, 2023
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Posted inColumns

I packed away Christmas 35 years ago, but I still bring holiday joy to others

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
(Photo/Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 via Alpha Stock Images)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

I’ll use Diamond Crystal in a pinch — but Morton is the kosher salt for me

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 13, 2023

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