(JTA) — Tamara Boronina, an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor living in Ukraine, can barely afford her small Odessa apartment on her monthly pension of $65.She is a widow whose only daughter died in 1999. Unable to visit the local Jewish community center...
By Renee Ghert-Zand, JTA
• Published June 18, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, 15-year-old Samantha Renzulli immediately thought about how it would affect her elderly friends at Jewish Senior Services, a long-term care facility in Bridgeport, Conn.Renzulli had met some of the residents through Better...
Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published May 22, 2020
Max Oppenheimer, marketing director of the Brentmoor Retirement Community, typically spends much of his time networking and providing tours of the University City residence, which has a significant Jewish population.These days, though, the Brentmoor,...
Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS) has been awarded $50,000 by the St. Louis City Seniors Fund during its inaugural year of grant funding. The Fund, which was established by passage of the Seniors Count Ballot Initiative, will help St....
A senior fair to encourage dynamic aging entitled “Living Life with Gusto and Purpose” will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 at the Guller Banquet Hall at Congregation B’nai Amoona. The fair is intended for seniors throughout the greater...
The Young Professionals Division (YPD) of Jewish Federation of St. Louis is sponsoring the fifth annual Covenant Place Senior Prom from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Milford & Lee Bohm Social Hall on the lower level of Covenant Place II, 8...
By Karen Berry Elbert
• Published October 26, 2016
Proposition S will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County. If passed, it would levy a tax of 5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for the purpose of providing services to people age 60 or older. Baby boomers...
Jewish Seniors on the MOVE, a new program for St. Louis Jewish seniors enjoy day trips, tours, food, and friends, will host a lunch at Cardinals Nation and Busch Stadium tour on Monday, June 20.The event, the second of four events planned, takes place...
By Margaret Gillerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 27, 2016
The Biddle Street neighborhood once bustled with Jewish merchants hawking everything from pickles and knishes to dry goods and shoes.Roxanne Weisman’s grandparents used to live in that colorful old Jewish neighborhood.Later, her family became part...
By Margaret Gillerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 13, 2016
The Cedars of Town and Country, a senior care center with deep Jewish roots, is changing ownership again with a sale to Lutheran Senior Services. The senior center also will have a new name — its third in about five years — to Mason Pointe, effective...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 28, 2010
As part of an agreement between its mortgage holder and its not-for-profit board, the century-old Cedars at the JCA is set to transition to new ownership at the beginning of the month. "Some people may not say it but I feel we've done the best we could...
