Faces

Doc's guide to keeping fit

Don Linker, who is a doctor and reportedly something of a "health nut," says he wrote "Keep It Up, Harry Potbelly!" (with writer Edwin Heaven) "because there were no humorous health and fitness books around." It's an easy read, full of information and interspersed with cartoons and — yes — humor. Joel Renbaum, Michael Luckoff, John McCosker, Will Weinstein and Max Shapiro, all of Marin, provide the back-cover tributes. Contact Linker at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) about the book.




Covering lifestyles

Businessman/philanthropist and Koret Foundation President Tad Taube is a cover boy — in a very good sense. His photo graces the cover of Lifestyles, a glossy, high-end magazine that features Jewish movers and shakers in the worlds of philanthropy, business, culture and entertainment. (Among his content mates are Sid Caesar and Jason Alexander — aka George in "Seinfeld.") Based on his own experience, Taube advises people not to "get overly focused on finding the perfect career by a certain age or time. We have no way of knowing what opportunity might lie ahead," he says. He recounts seven different careers beginning with a role in a movie, when he was 11 and a new immigrant from Poland, and a stint as owner of a football team.

In the same issue, there's a story by Oakland writer Debbie Cohen on another Oakland writer Joshua Braff, author of "The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green," plus the magazine's annual Global Philanthropy Register. Yep — there are a few local folks on the list.




Short shorts ...

The aforementioned Lifestyles magazine notes that Richard Goldman, who was profiled in a past issue, was awarded the Chairman's Medal of the Heinz Foundation to honor a lifetime of achievement. ... KNBR's Jeff Katz was chosen as an Abraham Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute and has been included in "Who's Who in America 2006."

Marci Dollinger, Michael Ralston and Nancy Kavrell are new members of Jewish Community Relations Council's Marin Committee. ... Lay and staff leadership from Bay Area federation women's divisions visited Tbilisi, Georgia and Israel on a summer study mission. They include Joni Block and Adean Golub of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation, Lisa Tabak and Betsy Pottruck of the Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay and Arielle Hendel from the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley. ... The East Bay federation's Sherry and Joe Felson participated in the Jewish Leadership Forum in Aspen, Colo., to learn about making a greater impact in the Jewish community.

Alison and Michael Feinberg and daughter Nora are moving to Phoenix. Alison was director of the S.F.-based JCF's Young Adults Division. ... Speaking of Arizona, George and Lisa Youngerman, who met at a YAD event, are settled happily in Tucson with Emily, 5, and Lulu, 3.




Suzan Berns, a freelance writer and publicist, welcomes your submissions of cute, poignant or informational anecdotes about you and your organizations at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).