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Raggedy Ann filled Janet Silver Ghent with joy when she was a girl. But by the time she was a mom, it was tough to stave off Barbie. (Photo/wallpaperflare.com CC0)
Posted inSeniors

I couldn’t keep Barbie out of the house, but my son had a solution

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 25, 2023July 26, 2023
Executive Director Rabbi Matt Rosenberg in the dinning room at the Albert Einstein Residence Center in Sacramento, July 12, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Sacramento Jewish community selling its low-income senior housing as Jewish population dwindles

by Emma Goss July 20, 2023January 7, 2026
Dr. Ilana Yurkiewicz poses holding a copy of "Fragmented"
Posted inHealth

Stanford doc’s new book sounds alarm about ‘fragmented’ medical care

by Dr. Jerry Saliman June 27, 2023June 27, 2023
(Photo/Pixabay-HolgersFotografie CC0)
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

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