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Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Misadventure of a miscreant Broadway baby

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz June 21, 2023June 21, 2023
The author's Zumba instructor, Asya Deliahmedova, dancing at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Photo/Instagram @asinka82)
Posted inAct Two

True confessions of a lifelong klutz now hooked on Zumba

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 14, 2023June 14, 2023
Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inCulture

At 100 and 92, this couple lives in a floating art-filled home on the Berkeley Marina

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 2, 2023April 24, 2024
the hands of an elderly man
Posted inHealth

The healing power of gratitude

by Dr. Jerry Saliman April 25, 2023
The makings of greatness. (Photo/Janet Silver Ghent)
Posted inUncategorized

Don’t discard that poultry carcass! Send it my way — giblets, too

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 19, 2023
Marion Friedeberg in her sports car (left) and a 1947 article in the Examiner about her (right).
Posted inSeniors

This 90-year-old Holocaust survivor still zips around S.F. in her sports car

by Liz Harris April 17, 2023
Karen Galatz, 11, and her father Julius Galatz, taken by Karen's brother Malcolm Galatz, a professional photographer who had photos in Life magazine.
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

Sweet memories of a short-order cook, and my father

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 10, 2023
Janet Silver Ghent's very own Mr. Fix-It
Posted inAct Two

Home repair project? I never nix it now that I’ve got Mr. Fix-It

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 9, 2023
(From left) Josef Paldus-Farmwald with his Moldaw buddies, Manny and Bee Cherkas, Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo/Sarah Sherwood)
Posted inEducation

Buddy program between Hausner teens, Moldaw seniors is a ‘win-win’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 8, 2023February 15, 2023
a photo of a pair of calloused, dirty hands
Posted inColumns

Workaholics of the world, unite!

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 6, 2023

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