Family Matters
My grandmother was booted from her nursing home. What can I do?
Dear Rita: My 88-year-old grandmother, Francine, has been staying in a rehab center in Southern California since fracturing her pelvic bone in a fall.…
Music
At 66, her Ph.D. on Jewish music in Poland is dream come true
Many 50-somethings are counting the years to retirement, socking away as much as possible for the days when they can loll on the beach with a book, travel…
Books
How a ‘Red Diaper’ baby grew into a full-spectrum activist
When Laura Bock was a child growing up in a radical, secular Jewish household in San Francisco in the late ’40s and ’50s, the conversation was always…
Local Voice
We need Jewish spaces built for intergenerational interaction
California is like America, only more so. — Wallace Stegner When I moved to California, I wanted to see the future. I was overcome by what the West might…
Seniors
Litquake puts lives of elders on paper
For the physically active and financially solvent, the Bay Area is a wonderland of cultural and recreational opportunities. But what about those who are…
Film
In new doc, elders share secrets for living well
Photographer Sky Bergman adored her grandmother. Evelyn Ricciuti, nearing 100, was working out on a stationary bike at the gym when Bergman turned on her…
Seniors
In ‘Last Act’ web series, our elders dish out all manner of life advice
Imagine having a virtual panel of elders available to dispense advice on anything from everyday quandaries to major life decisions. That’s exactly what…
Seniors
Seniors’ club seder asked Four Questions in nine languages
The 40 members of the Shalom Club at Stoneridge Creek senior living community in Pleasanton hosted a Passover seder for fellow residents, with more than…
Books
Highlighting radical acts of ‘stealth’ kindness during Holocaust
In advocating for a new way to understand the Holocaust, Arthur B. Shostak, a retired Drexel University sociology professor, wants to be very clear: He is…