Family Matters
My mom has dementia. How can I keep her engaged?
My mom is in her early 70s and has been diagnosed with advancing Alzheimer’s disease. She is very fit and lives at home with caregivers helping her. She…
Seniors
This survivor has 31 descendants — and counting
In the famous epilogue of the Steven Spielberg film “Schindler’s List,” descendants of the Jews rescued by German industrialist Oskar Schindler line up to…
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Seniors
Project at Marin shul gets seniors to tell their stories
When it dawned on a few enterprising people at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael that some members were in their late 80s and older, they knew the…
Music
Oboist plays ‘sounds that lift our spirits’
Brenda Schuman-Post, a veteran oboist, was setting up for a free concert that she and her band were to perform at a shelter for some of San Francisco’s…
Upcoming events highlight breast cancer awareness
Cancer is scary, but knowledge helps make it a little less so. That’s why two organizations are stepping up to make sure people in the Jewish community…
Art
Ceramics and mosaics show at Reutlinger
Renée Powell, an art appreciation instructor at the Reutlinger Community in Danville, is the featured artist in an exhibit of ceramic and mosaic art…
First Person
In time of reflection, gratitude to my survivor grandparents
Every day, a new tech innovation born in the Bay Area revolutionizes the way we work, live and connect with one another, in San Francisco and throughout…
Health
Panel: BRCA, cancer and Ashkenazi genetics
One in 40 Ashkenazi Jews has a gene mutation that drastically increases the chance of certain cancers — and Gail Fisher thinks people need to know about…