Senior Life

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Menorahs, memories, magic: Hanukkah conjures up some startling senior moments
Deborah Fineblum25.10.2018
“We were allowed to eat many latkes and doughnuts with homemade preserves, spin dreidels my brother carved out of wood and play cards way past our bedtime . . . ”
Margery B. Sterns (right), 96, a a longtime resident of San Francisco, lights the menorah with her daughter Sandra. Margery recalls her Russian immigrant parents lighting the menorah as one of her top memories of Hanukkah. Credit: Courtesy.
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Israel Welfare ministry invites seniors, Holocaust survivors for free holiday hospitality
30.08.2018
Elderly citizens who would otherwise be alone will be treated to a multi-day stay in Israel, where they will be housed, fed and treated to social activities tied to the holiday celebrations.
Senior citizens enjoy a meal for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover, organized by the "Keren Leyedidut"(International Fellowship of Christians and Jews) organization, in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. April 10, 2014. Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90.
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When immigrating to Israel is a senior moment
Deborah Fineblum22.01.2018
For some retirees, it can come down to choosing to spend their golden years overlooking the Mediterranean instead of a golf course in Boca Raton. For others, it’s a matter of following the kids—or more to the point, the grandkids—to Israel, or the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to live in the Jewish state.
New immigrants arrive in Israel on July 4, 2017, on a flight chartered by the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah agency. Credit: Shahar Azran/Nefesh B’Nefesh.
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Jewish seniors learn that ‘love can happen at any age’
Deborah Fineblum31.05.2017
Harriet Vogel with her book, “Sad Is Not Bad: It’s How We Grieve After We’ve Loved.” Vogel met her current love online at age 73—after grieving sufficiently to be open to someone new following the death of her husband. Credit: Courtesy of Harriet Vogel.
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In the clinic and on the move, Yad Sarah fills Israel’s geriatric dentistry gap
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman19.04.2016
Click photo to download. Caption: One of Yad Sarah's vans, which provide mobile dental clinics in three cities in Israel. Credit: Yad Sarah.
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Jewish seniors stump for their 2016 candidates
Deborah Fineblum19.04.2016
Click photo to download. Caption: Seventy-year-old Norma Shulman (left) is pictured in New Hampshire with her presidential candidate of choice, Hillary Clinton. Credit: Courtesy Norma Shulman.
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Seniors increasingly surf the Web to expand their Jewish horizons
Deborah Fineblum19.04.2016
Click photo to download. Caption: Michael Vigdorchik, 69, learns through Chabad.org at his home in St. Louis. Credit: Courtesy Michael Vigdorchik.
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In the clinic and on the move, Yad Sarah fills Israel’s geriatric dentistry gap
JNS.org19.04.2016
Click photo to download. Caption: One of Yad Sarah's vans, which provide mobile dental clinics in three cities in Israel. Credit: Yad Sarah.
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Intergenerational bonds bloom when Jewish seniors, students share a campus
JNS.org19.04.2016
Click photo to download. Caption: Katz Hillel Day School's "Names, Not Numbers" project, a collaboration between students and Holocaust survivors in Boca Raton, Fla. Credit: Courtesy Katz Hillel Day School.
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Jewish seniors stump for their 2016 candidates
JNS.org19.04.2016
Click photo to download. Caption: Seventy-year-old Norma Shulman (left) is pictured in New Hampshire with her presidential candidate of choice, Hillary Clinton. Credit: Courtesy Norma Shulman.
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For some Jewish seniors, it’s never too late to find love
JNS.org08.06.2015
Click photo to download. Caption: Alan Poisner, 80, and Sharon Poisner, a few years his junior, were married last October. They met at the Village Shalom retirement community in Overland Park, Kansas. Credit: Maayan Jaffe.
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When homeland becomes home: Israel through the eyes of senior immigrants
JNS.org08.06.2015
Click photo to download. Caption: In April 2012, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits senior citizens living at a retirement home in Jerusalem, showing them a picture of David Ben-Gurion's announcement of Israeli independence at Tel Aviv's Independence Hall on May 14, 1948. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90.
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In Jerusalem, a ‘lifeline’ for senior citizens made of paper mâché
Deborah Fineblum Schabb08.06.2015
Click photo to download. Caption: Hana Kessler, 79, paints at the Lifeline for the Old facility in Jerusalem. Credit: Bonnie Geller/Lifeline for the Old.
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For some Jewish seniors, it’s never too late to find love
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman08.06.2015
Click photo to download. Caption: Alan Poisner, 80, and Sharon Poisner, a few years his junior, were married last October. They met at the Village Shalom retirement community in Overland Park, Kansas. Credit: Maayan Jaffe.
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Kosher Meals on Wheels programs empower seniors and volunteers alike
Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman08.06.2015
Click photo to download. Caption: A delivery by the kosher Meals on Wheels program in Minneapolis. Credit: Courtesy of JFCS of Minneapolis.
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