
News and Updates
Celebrating Jewish Cuisine and Matzah BreiDo you love a good matzah brei? Do you have a great recipe to share? Then you'll want to join us in a special celebration of Passover cuisine by entering the Jewish Home's First Annual Matzah Brei Contest!
New Senior News Source for the CommunityThe Jewish Home debuts the Newsroom on our website this month. The Newsroom is a regularly-updated source of the Jewish Home's wisdom and advice on senior health and lifestyle issues.
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Rabbi Glenn Ettman, bereavement coordinator of the Jewish Home's Skirball Hospice, brings strength and support to families who have lost a loved one. He focuses on ways for individuals to move from darkness and sadness to healing and wholeness on their own.
Our Beautiful Tradition: the Community SederOn the first night of Passover nearly 100 years ago, five homeless immigrant men were taken in by a humble grocer in Boyle Heights, who read the Haggadah with them and served them dinner.
Jewish Home to Offer Short-Term CareTo meet the growing demand for specialized acute care, the Home has created a new service for our community of independent seniors and full-time residents of other homes, beginning in February.
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It's time to start planning your Purim menu. To help you out, the kitchen wisdom of the Home's remarkable residents is now posted on the Recipe Corner of our website, www.jha.org/recipes.
Reflections 2010 Honorees NamedCelebration of Life: Reflections 2010, the Jewish Home's annual awards dinner and gala, will be held on Monday, May 24, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The evening begins with cocktails at 6:30 and dinner at 7:15 p.m.
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In an effort to conserve resources and direct more funding to the care of residents and independent seniors, the Home is "Going Green." Along with successful recycling efforts, we have created a new Go Green page on the website, where you can sign up to receive any or all of your Jewish Home publications in a resource-saving digital format.
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A new era for the Jewish Home begins January 31 with the dedication of Fountainview at Eisenberg Village, California's newest and fastest–selling Continuing Care Retirement Community. For the first time in its near 100–year history, the Home now offers upscale residential options for independent seniors seeking an active, healthy lifestyle, with full access to the Home's world–renowned healthcare services.
Alzheimer's Caregiver Support GroupCaregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease or dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing our maturing families, but it doesn't have to be a lonely one.
Residents are Sweethearts for 67 YearsMillie and Seymour Sy Gordon, who make their home at Eisenberg Village, met at a Passover seder in 1942. After a year of dating, the couple was married. Sixty–seven years later, they are still enchanted by one another.
Molly Forrest Named to State Board Molly Forrest has been named to the Board of Directors of the Aging Services of California and will also serve as its Delegate to the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA).
From Soup to Nuts: Jewish Cooking at its BestJust in time for Chanukah, the Home is debuting its new Recipe Page at www.jha.org/recipes. Featuring traditional and modern recipes, including Dorothy Creager's potato latkes and Fay Rosenbruch's homemade applesauce, the Recipe Page is a delightful journey into the collected kitchen wisdom of a generation of Jewish Home residents and friends.
Fountainview Open House and DedicationTen years in planning and construction, the Home's visionary new residential complex for independent seniors will be complete next month and on view for the public in a much-anticipated Open House and Dedication on January 31st.
Grancell Campus Buildings Make Way for the FutureThe final closure of Buildings One through Four on the Grancell Village (GV) Campus is expected by April 2010. In accordance with a Home decision, late in 2008 the Home stopped new resident admissions to these out-dated buildings. The Home has been closing the buildings through attrition and slowly relocating its residents to residential buildings on the Eisenberg Village (EV) campus.
The Jewish Home Goes Mobile on Facebook and TwitterThe Jewish Home is now on the popular social media sites Facebook and Twitter. Our Facebook page offers photo albums, videos, and event updates, while our Twitter posts, called "tweets," supply real-time bulletins and on-the-spot reporting from the Jewish Home.
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The Art of Healing After Loss
Website Debuts Purim Recipes
We're Going Green
Fountainview Date Set