$1 million gift will Resident “ambassadors” The wedding that brought augment a significant describe living at Moldaw tears of joy and sadness Jewish Home program Family Residences

2010/2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS 28 AIM FOR FAME The Jewish Home’s Functional and Maintenance 4 ON THE HOME FRONT Exercise program (FAME) provides a great workout – and Michael Adler and Daniel Ruth discuss the Jewish more – for Gloria Houtenbrink and other residents. Home’s excellent ratings and its enduring commitment to outstanding care. Arlene Krieger explains how 30 Tee for two … Hundred Thousand Dollars Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation and Jewish At the Jewish Home’s 16th annual fundraising golf Senior Living Group play a role in this commitment. event, supporters took a swing at the balls, supped at the banquet, bid at the auction, and raised the 7 UN-RETIREMENT RULES largest amount in the tournament’s history. Jan Rogoway, Paul Werner, and Marcia Edelstein learn how to un-retire at Moldaw Family Residences, 33 FATHERS AND SONS the new senior living community in Palo Alto. William Greenspan partnered his late father on the golfing green. Now his son, Drew, is joining him on the Jewish 12 ENHANCING END-OF-LIFE CARE Home’s annual golf tournament committee to raise funds. Recently established in her memory, The Barbara Shupin Fund for End of Life Care will augment what 34 TALE OF THE TORAH her family believes is a Jewish Home program that Smuggled out of the former Soviet Union, an historic already surpasses others in the community. Torah finds a home in the Jewish Home’s synagogue. 14 PARTNERING FOR PROFESSORSHIP 36 CHECKMATE The Jewish Home and UCSF collaborate to recruit for an The game of chess brings together a rather endowed chair for the new Harris Fishbon Distinguished unlikely pair: 16-year-old Issam Hamdallah and Professor for Clinical Translational Research in Aging. Russian-speaking resident Samuil Gavinoser. 11 18

16 ACUTELY RELEVANT 40 PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE Heading the Jewish Home’s acute geriatric psychiatry Three visionaries leave a legacy for senior hospital, Drs. Michael Geiser, Elliott Stein, and Mary care through the Carob Tree Circle. De May help fill the gap in Bay Area eldercare. 43 OUR DONORS 18 EAGER TO EDUCATE Annual Fund donors demonstrate acts of loving kindness. A variety of internships at the Jewish Home contribute to the education of future caregivers and the care of residents. 52 FRANKIE STRUTS HIS STUFF Patty Stanton and her fellow volunteer, four-legged 20 ACTS OF LOVE Frankie, make the rounds at the Jewish Home. Sara Levine and Graeme Boushey’s wedding at the Jewish Home was a love story on all fronts – for the 54 JEWISH HOME SERVICE VOLUNTEERS couple, their families, and the Jewish Home. The Home’s corps of active volunteers gives from the heart. 22 STARS IS HEAVEN-SENT 55 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS Mary Neumann is convinced the Jewish Home’s Community organizations and entities short-term and rehabilitation services unit (STARS) partner with the Jewish Home. offers the best place to recover and recuperate. 55 GIFTS IN KIND 24 CELEBRATION OF HEART, SOUL, AND INTELLECT Acknowledging in-kind gifts and the contribution of services. Images from the celebratory event that honored the Home’s Rabbi Sheldon Marder. The Fifth Commandment Initiative fundraising campaign will also enhance and extend Jewish life programming for residents and community. Jewish Home of san francisco Board Of Trustees Prior to 2010 Annual Meeting Officers Michael W. Adler, Chair Stephan Krieger, Chair-Elect Alan Silverman, Vice Chair David J. Arrick, Treasurer Eric B. Fastiff, Secretary Trustees Past Chairs Benjamin Anixter Leonard B. Berger Richard Baum James A. Davis, M.D. Benjamin Eisler David A. Friedman Susan Folkman Frances D. Green Mark L. Myers Douglas M. Heller Bill Pomeranz Arlene E. Krieger Carol S. Roberts William J. Lowenberg Joel I. Roos Mark L. Myers (Immediate Past Chair) Jewish Senior Living Magazine 2010/ 2011 Matthew Slepin Barbara C. Rosenberg, Ph.D. Jeffery Stein Richard M. Rosenberg Michael Strunsky Stuart W. Seiler A publication of the Jewish Home of San Francisco Jerry A. Levine, Executive Director Emeritus 302 Silver Avenue / San Francisco, CA 94112 / www.jhsf.org Senior Management Daniel R. Ruth, President & Chief Executive Officer 22 Edwin Cabigao, Chief Nursing Officer Sherie A. Koshover, Chief Advancement Officer Jay S. Luxenberg, M.D., Medical Director Kevin T. Potter, Chief Financial Officer Sandra C. Simon, Chief Administrative Officer

Jewish Home & SENIOR LIVING foundation Board Of Trustees Officers Arlene E. Krieger, Chair Larry Marks, Treasurer Richard M. Rosenberg, Secretary Trustees Adele Corvin Editor and publisher: Sherie Koshover Joan Davis Managing editor: Ilana Glaun David A. Friedman Writer: Suzan Berns Martin Stein Designer: Michael Wickler David Steirman Photographer: Alain McLaughlin Daniel R. Ruth, Board Liaison Contributors: Janet Garcia, Daniel Hoebeke Moldaw Family Residences at 899 Charleston Board of Trustees On the cover Stuart Klein, Co-Chair Edna Lachar, a resident of the Jewish Home, gets up close with Larry Marks, Co-Chair Frankie, pet volunteer. Read Frankie’s story on p. 52. Michael W. Adler Ellen Brown, M.D. Joel Goldman Shelley Hébert Dan Ogus Carol S. Roberts Loren Saxe The Jewish Home of San Francisco is a beneficiary David A. Friedman, Immediate Past Chair agency of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, Daniel R. Ruth, Executive Vice President and Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation. Marilyn Israel, Executive Director ON THE HOME FRONT

As Michael Adler, chair of the Jewish Home’s board of trustees, completes the first year of his two-year term, Jewish Senior Living sat down with him and Daniel Ruth, Jewish Home president and CEO, to chat about the Home’s outstanding healthcare ratings, financial viability, and plans for the future.

Jewish Senior Living: The word is out; the Jewish Home’s latest health survey results were its best ever! Would you tell us about this? Daniel Ruth: We’re also very proud that we were awarded a five-star rating by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Despite the difficult economic environment, the quality of care for our residents has never been higher. This has been, and always H will be, our primary focus. The results of our recent annual surveys by the Department of

UT Public Health, which are based on comments from the residents and their families, and our ratings, bear this out. L R We’re also gratified to have been awarded the Seal of Excellence by Independent Charities of America. It certifies that we’ve met the highest standards of public

ANIE accountability, program effectiveness, and cost effectiveness. I’ve recently learned that, D of a million charitable organizations operating in the United States today, fewer than 2,000 have received this seal.

“We need a diverse group of lay leadership talents to lead us into the future, with the [Jewish Home’s] site master plan and other initiatives that are on the table.” –Michael Adler, chair, Jewish Home’s board of trustees

Michael Adler: I think this speaks to the passion and energy of the staff, volunteers, and trustees of the Jewish Home. I’m in awe of all of them. ER

Daniel: We have an ongoing commitment to continue enhancing the quality of care and enriching the lives of our residents. We plan to conduct satisfaction surveys at the Home

L A DL L for the first time in 10 years, to hear from key stakeholders, including our staff, as they are there on the ground each day and have the greatest knowledge of our residents.

HAE JSL: How do you continue to provide outstanding care in C

I today’s economy?

M Michael: We try to minimize general and administrative expenses while maximizing the services we provide to residents. It’s a constant juggling process. Is there an opportunity to effect savings or does that impact our core values? David Arrick, who very ably heads the board’s Finance Committee, is also directly involved in this oversight. The primary burden, however, falls on the Home’s senior management and department directors.

Daniel: We recently completed an extremely smooth collective bargaining process with union officials and our unionized members of staff. It was really positive for all concerned. In an uncertain economic and reimbursement environment, having knowledge of wages and benefits for our contractual staff means we can be more effective and proactive in planning for our near-term future.

4 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 JSL: How has the Jewish Home’s strategic enhance and enrich the quality of life of older visioning process impacted what adults. Moldaw is for independent, active seniors, you’re doing? people who may even want to swim a few laps Daniel: The Jewish Home has two bottom lines. before breakfast. It’s a beautiful facility, and people One is the focus on quality of care and quality who move in love it. As part of a multigenerational of life for elders. The other is financial viability. campus and its juxtaposition to the Oshman Family Our Silver Avenue site master plan, which is an Jewish Community Center, it’s a model that will be outcome of the strategic visioning, speaks to copied around the country. both these issues. We’re looking at the changing landscape in providing services for seniors and Daniel: It’s an important part of our vision and determining how we can adapt to it. The economy, an example of how we can serve other Bay Area healthcare reform, what services seniors want and communities in the future. how they’re delivered – we must look at all these factors, and more. JSL: Michael, developing the board of the Jewish Home and planning for transition Michael: We know from what’s happened around after your two-year term is up was one of the country that stand-alone skilled nursing is not your goals. What have you done toward a sustainable business model. The gap between achieving it? quality of care and reimbursement widens each Michael: We’ve brought on five new board members year. Even if reimbursement was not an issue, some in the past year or so, and because there are a of our buildings on Silver Avenue date back to the number of longtime members who are terming 1920s and need to be replaced. They’re safe but out, we’ll bring on about six more. We need a they’re not efficient. diverse group of lay leadership talents to lead us

“We’re looking at the changing landscape in providing services for seniors and determining how we can adapt to it. The economy, healthcare reform, what services seniors want and how they’re delivered – we must look at all these factors, and more.” –Daniel Ruth, president & CEO, Jewish Home of San Francisco

In addition, the aging process has changed; we into the future, with the site master plan and other know we can keep people healthier longer. We’re initiatives that are on the table. I’ve also asked the looking at Silver Avenue as a more comprehensive board to approve the nomination of Steve Krieger campus that encompasses independent living to as the next chair of our board, which they did so end-of-life care. unanimously. I believe he’s the right person at the right time. Daniel: We have a strong, capable team of lay leaders working with staff and consultants on the JSL: Daniel, any final words? Silver Avenue site master plan. I’d like to thank them Daniel: Simply this: Our goal is to continue to serve publicly here for their dedication. They include Jim at the highest quality level and to be responsive to Davis, David Friedman, Mark Myers, Bill Pomeranz, the community we’re serving, even as the needs Nurit Robinson, Joel Roos, Alan Rothenberg, Matt change. Slepin, Michael Strunsky and, of course, our chair, Michael Adler. JSL: How does the new Moldaw Family Residences, located on the Peninsula in Palo Alto, fit into the picture? Michael: I’m very excited about Moldaw Family Residences, which was sponsored and developed by the Jewish Home. Our collective mission is to

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 5 One of the wonderful enrichments that the Jewish Home of San Francisco provides for its residents is the opportunity to connect spiritually. Besides conducting Shabbat and holiday services in our beautiful synagogue, the Home’s Rabbi Sheldon Marder offers compassionate counseling and a wide range of discussion groups and celebrations related to Jewish life. If you have been lucky enough to join us for a joyous Shabbat or been counseled by Rabbi Marder, you have experienced first-hand how meaningful this is to both our residents and their families. ene Krieger ene This past spring, Dr. James Davis As a result of our strategic visioning process

r l and I had the pleasure of co- we learned that there is an opportunity and an A chairing the Fifth Commandment expectation – even an obligation – for the Jewish Initiative, a fundraising campaign to enhance the community to better meet the needs of our older spiritual programming the Jewish Home provides adults. Our vision statement, which reflects this for its residents. Jim and I were thrilled at the responsibility, is “To become a regional resource as generosity of both individuals and community an integral part of a continuum of care throughout organizations, whose gifts will directly benefit the the Bay Area that provides senior adults with a residents of our Jewish Home. (Photographs from variety of life-enriching programs and services the launch of this initiative can be seen on page 24.) that are accessible, promote individual dignity,

“Through the generosity of our supporters, Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation will fund a variety of projects for the Jewish Home and provide additional resources for older adults in our community as they are created.”

I have been privileged to chair Jewish Home & encourage independence, connect them to their Senior Living Foundation since it was established community and reflect the social, cultural and six years ago as part of the Home’s new governance spiritual values of Jewish tradition.” structure. It is the key source of assistance and support in helping to grow a Jewish-sponsored Through the generosity of our supporters, Jewish network of community-based services to benefit Home & Senior Living Foundation will fund a older adults. The Foundation is proud to be a variety of projects for the Jewish Home and supporter of the beautiful new Moldaw Family provide additional resources for older adults in our Residences in Palo Alto, Calif., which, as a result of community as they are created. Jewish Senior Living the Jewish Home’s vision, opened in October 2009. Group will lead us in developing such projects. I look You can read more about Moldaw Family Residences forward to working with you to fulfill our mission of and the active older adults who have chosen this enriching the quality of life of older adults. lifestyle on the following page. Arlene Krieger Jewish Senior Living Group – an entity that will guide Chair, Board of Trustees our community in helping to address the changing Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation needs of older adults – has been launched. Currently chaired by David Friedman, JSLG is a result of our two-year strategic visioning process, a broad-based effort that included stakeholders and experts on eldercare to determine how we can best serve older adults today and for many years into the future.

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Moldaw Family Residences Residents of Moldaw Family Residences are automatically members of the campus’s Oshman Family Jewish Community Center and its state-of-the-art fitness facilities.

From the restaurant-style dining room, to the spacious hallways filled with fine art, to the multigenerational campus with a cultural arts center and state-of-the-art fitness facilities, everything about Moldaw is planned to encourage a lively, active lifestyle for today’s seniors.

“Our goal is to make this the most incredible time of their lives,” says Terry Sand, Moldaw’s activities director. Stretching classes, a special outing to the Asian Art Museum, and a private Take Marcia Edelstein, for instance. The energetic reception – exclusively for Moldaw residents – with

s 76-year-old can travel to see her children in Florida television entertainment reporter Jan Wahl, who

e or Sacramento without worrying about her was a featured speaker at the campus’s Albert & c husband, who lives happily and safely in a secure Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, are examples of a

en Moldaw memory support suite near Marcia’s well- recent lineup. appointed apartment.

sid “I listen to the residents and hear what they like to

e Paul Werner starts each day with a two-mile walk do,” Terry explains. “People come here at different before a stint in the fitness center at the Oshman stages in their lives. I plan a variety of activities, Family Jewish Community Center, which is just a both on campus and elsewhere in the community,

ily R ily short stroll across the Taube Koret campus. As a to address this range.”

m Moldaw resident, he is automatically a member of the OFJCC. One thing everyone likes to do is eat, and chef Jeff Hale is committed to making delicious and Jan Rogoway does something she never did before, nutritious meals. Trained at the Culinary Institute something that would make her late husband in Hyde Park, N.Y., Jeff says he is “a restauranteur smile: she inaugurated and leads a Friday afternoon at heart,” and runs his dining room as though it is ldaw Fa ldaw

o kiddush (blessing) for her new community. a restaurant. Waitpersons take orders from the

M guests from the available entrées and everything is Moldaw Family Residences, which opened in cooked to order. “There are no chafing dishes with October 2009, is located on the 8.5-acre Taube Koret boiled chicken here,” he smiles. Campus for Jewish Life. “It really is a community,” says Marilyn Israel, Moldaw’s executive director. Attuned to the needs of both an older and a Bay “It’s a senior living community, with the emphasis Area population, Jeff limits fats and salt, and on ‘living.’ Our focus is on wellness. A lot of planning provides vegetarian options for diners. There and thought went into creating this community, and are even some vegan offerings. Moldaw Family our residents have a wide array of opportunities Residences does not serve pork or shellfish, and to maintain and improve their dynamic lifestyles. for those requesting kosher food, there is a kosher All they have to do is step out their doors and the kitchen. “We try to accommodate everyone,” vibrant campus is at their fingertips.” he says.

8 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Moldaw Family Residences has been recognized by the residents’ health and the needs of individuals or spouses National Association of Home Builders for its innovative who have age-related memory impairment. Assistance design. It comprises eight buildings centered around a in living services is available in residents’ apartments midrachov, a central pedestrian walkway. In addition, it and 11 individual apartments in the secure memory care was recently awarded the internationally recognized suites offer expert, compassionate care for people with s

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. There are an additional 12 e

certification, reflecting verification that it was built to be units that will become dedicated assisted living apartments c environmentally conscious or green. in the future as the population ages. en

Unique paintings and art pieces have been installed in “Moldaw Family Residences is a wonderful addition to the the halls and public spaces of the complex. Some 30 are surrounding community and a new option for Bay Area sid e original artworks and 75 percent are creations of Northern seniors who want a warm, welcoming atmosphere and to Californian artists. “Phyllis Moldaw – the community live in a place where there’s a true sense of community,” is named for the $10 million gift from Moldaw Family says Daniel Ruth, president and CEO of the Jewish Home of ily R ily Supporting Foundation – and I reviewed the artwork to fit San Francisco, which was centrally involved in Moldaw’s m our criteria,” says Marilyn Israel. “We wanted color and life, development. “This is an exceptional living experience.” along with a feel that was positive and modern, that would accent the contemporary features of the interiors and For more information about Moldaw Family Residences, mirror the residents’ active lives.” please call 650.433.3629. Private tours of Moldaw Family Residences, located at East Charleston and San Antonio Although Moldaw Family Residences is geared toward Fa ldaw

roads in Palo Alto, are available by appointment. Community o active seniors, the planners also provided for changes in information is also available at www.moldaw.org. M

“A lot of planning and thought went into creating this community, and our residents have a wide array of opportunities to maintain and improve their dynamic lifestyles. All they have to do is step out their doors and the vibrant campus is at their fingertips.” –Marilyn Israel, executive director, Moldaw Family Residences

Lights come on at dusk in the Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall on the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life. For Moldaw residents, it is simply a short stroll to take in a range of musical and theatrical performances and social events. Reflecting back, looking ahead Leaders in the South Peninsula’s Jewish community had the vision of building a Jewish-sponsored senior community for close to 30 years. The vision has become a reality with Moldaw Family Residences part of the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life in Palo Alto. Partnering with the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center has created a unique and exciting community for our residents.

As we reach our first anniversary of operation, we are reminded of the seven years of planning and construction. It could not have been accomplished without the unconditional commitment of so many in our community, whose time, energy, and financial support made it happen. Today, almost 100 residents call Moldaw Family Residences home, enjoying a vibrant quality of life amidst a variety of cultural, recreational, and spiritual programs. They are served by 70 employees who are charged with the mission of making Moldaw a wonderful place to live and stay connected.

This project has faced its share of challenges. These included finding an appropriate site, raising money to acquire the site, construction hurdles, and then Moldaw Family Residences opening in one of the worst economies in recent history. We are aware that the ultimate success of Moldaw Family Residences is a work in progress. The fact that our current residents are so happy in their new home makes them our best sales team. We call them our resident ambassadors and they are indeed spreading the word, for which we are grateful.

As we reflect upon what has been accomplished over the past seven years, we feel very proud and fortunate to be part of this outstanding community. We know that there is still work to be done and we are committed to completing our work. Our goal is to be regarded as a remarkable example of what a dedicated community can accomplish.

Larry Marks Stuart Klein Co-chair, Board of Trustees Co-chair, Board of Trustees Moldaw Family Residences Moldaw Family Residences

10 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Paul Werner “I got a good feeling at the preview center,” says Paul Werner when he was considering Moldaw Family Residences. Not being Jewish had Paul a bit apprehensive about maybe being an outsider, but once he moved in, his concerns were assuaged. “Everyone is warm and friendly, and if there’s something I don’t understand about a holiday or special food, for instance, they take the time to explain it,” he remarks.

Paul lived in Sunnyvale for 55 years. When his wife died, Sunnyvale on Sundays. He also enjoys lectures and he began looking for a place to retire. “I didn’t want a cultural activities on the campus, and his children and place with people snoozing in wheelchairs,” he explains. grandchildren join him for meals in the Moldaw dining “I wanted to live where people are active.” room. “We had a fantastic brunch on Father’s Day,” he mentions. As he approaches 80, Paul could not be happier with his decision. “Everything’s wonderful here. The food is Noting that he is a planner, Paul spent time measuring good and the staff is unparalleled in thoughtfulness spaces in his new garden-facing apartment before and kindness.” moving in. “It was easier to leave my house than I thought it would be,” he recalls. “I was ready.” He is also happy to be living close to the area he spent so many years. His car is conveniently parked in the Moldaw garage, so it is easy to go to his church in

Moldaw Family Residences

Marcia Edelstein Moldaw Family Residences was not on Marcia Edelstein’s radar when she was looking for a place in Palo Alto where she and her husband, Jack, who has Alzheimer’s, could live. But as soon as she learned that Moldaw had memory care suites, “I made an appointment and within 24 hours I’d signed on the dotted line,” she says.

Formerly a child psychologist, Jack’s suite overlooks Marcia has lived in Palo Alto since the 1960s and has the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center's early many friends in the area; thus it was important to her to childhood education center where he can watch live near them and be able to continue her contacts. Her children play. Marcia has furnished it with fittings from initial concern about dining at Moldaw with people she their home so it looks familiar, and it is just a four- did not know has actually turned into “a big plus. I’ve minute walk between her apartment and the secure met lovely, interesting women who are looking for the area where her husband lives. “Jack is very safe; that’s same things I am,” she says. “We can sit together and a major reassurance,” she says. “He’s getting excellent laugh. That’s what I treasure. When we go back to our care from superb people. His medications are monitored own apartments, we feel good.” and staff walks with him to the library. They’re tuned into him and he’s content.”

And that makes Marcia happy. In fact, Marcia’s sons have told her they have not seen her so happy in many years. “I realize I’ve done them an enormous favor,” she comments.

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 11 Jan Rogoway ENHANCING Jan Rogoway is enjoying her morning coffee on the balcony of her END-OF-LIFE new apartment at Moldaw Family Residences. “I never imagined I could CARE be happy after Jerry was gone,” she says, “but I love it here. I’m busy and Barbara Shupin inherited an not isolated. Jerry was concerned interest in caring for Jewish seniors about my tendency to isolate myself. from her mother and transferred He kept insisting that he wanted me that interest to her daughter and to come here. He wanted me to be granddaughters. Adrienne Shupin surrounded by people so I could have Herman, Barbara’s daughter, learned immediate contacts.” from her mother how important the work of the Jewish Home is, and s

e knows that Barbara, who died at Jerry and Jan were married c the Home in March 2009, would have for 54 years. Their plan was approved wholeheartedly of the

en to move to Moldaw from newly endowed special fund named in Southern California, to her memory.

sid retire near their children e and grandchildren. But The Barbara Shupin Fund for End of Life Care sadly, before the complex was established with a generous $1 million gift was completed, Jerry from Barbara’s estate. Its goal is to enhance end- ily R ily succumbed to the cancer of-life care for Jewish Home residents and their m he had been fighting. families, a program at the Home that Barbara’s family is convinced already surpasses others in Jan was one of Moldaw’s the community. first residents. She downsized from a “At the Home, residents are cared for by doctors

ldaw Fa ldaw 2,200-square-foot home who, along with their expertise in other areas, know o to her one-bedroom how to manage pain, especially when the end of

M apartment that she has filled with art, books, and life is nearing,” says Adrienne. “Doctors and staff toys for her grandchild and great-grandchild who at the Home understand that there is a time when visit frequently. the best that can be done is to make the patient as comfortable as possible, rather than trying to Having Jan close by is “a huge relief to us,” says extend life and prolong discomfort. Everyone on daughter Cindy Rogoway. “It’s such a friendly, staff is so kind and loving to both patients and upbeat place, and my mom is more involved with families. They understand that part of treating activities now than when she lived in her own patients extends to their loved ones, the people home in L.A.” who are intertwined with them, experiencing this difficult time with them. Staff enables individuals to Sheri Robbins, Jan’s other daughter, agrees. “It’s die with dignity. This has been my family’s repeated wonderful to have her thriving as part of a experience with end-of-life care at the Home.” community.” The sisters are also grateful for the attention the Moldaw staff gives to their mother. According to Adrienne, her mother was an “They’re fantastic, they’re really on top of things,” independent, strong-minded woman who Sheri says. “It allows us to have our own lives, to placed giving back high on her list of priorities. travel without worrying, knowing there are people “Helping others was an intrinsic part of who at Moldaw who care about her.” my mother was,” notes Adrienne. Among the many organizations Barbara supported were her synagogue, Temple Sinai in Oakland, Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the

12 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 The Barbara Shupin Fund for End of Life Care plaque is prominently displayed on the donor-funded program wall, which is located on the Jewish Home’s Main Street.

Barbara Shupin was an independent, strong-minded woman very best and most competent medical care possible would who placed giving back high on her list of priorities. Photo courtesy of Adrienne Shupin Herman be provided to him.”

Barbara Shupin and her family were supporters of the Home American Cancer Society, and the Association for Retarded for Jewish Parents for many years before her death. While Citizens (ARC of San Francisco). living in Oakland, Barbara’s mother, Cecelia Bakar, donated to the Jewish Home there. Barbara volunteered there and “My mother was small in stature, but physically strong, very donated to the building of the new Home in Dublin, Calif. strong-willed and very determined,” Adrienne continues. Adrienne and her daughters also volunteered at the Oakland “She never complained. Twenty years ago she was a cancer Home. “Four generations … it’s a core Jewish and family survivor who, immediately after surgery, considered herself value,” Adrienne says. cured and acted accordingly. She was a serious walker as well as a cyclist. She was always interested in trying The family will let the Jewish Home determine how best something new. And her strong presence was evident even to utilize The Barbara Shupin Fund for End of Life Care. when she had Alzheimer’s. We could still ‘see’ my mother Rabbi Sheldon Marder, director of the Home’s department despite the progress of the disease. She was still there.” of Jewish Life, has begun sharing ideas with Barbara’s

The Barbara Shupin Fund for End of Life Care was established with a generous $1 million gift from Barbara’s estate. Its goal is to enhance end-of-life care for Jewish Home residents and their families, a program at the Home that Barbara’s family is convinced already surpasses others in the community.

Barbara devoted much of her life to caring for her son, family members. Rabbi Marder is the initiator of Kol Gary, who was developmentally challenged, had significant Haneshama: Jewish End-of-Life/Hospice Volunteer Program, hearing loss, and was epileptic. Sadly, Gary died of a collaboration of the Jewish Home, the Bay Area Jewish melanoma a few months before Barbara. He also spent Healing Center, and the Zen Hospice Project, which trains the end of his life at the Jewish Home. Adrienne recalls volunteers to spend time with Jewish Home residents in the that when it was apparent how ill Gary was, she began final months and days of their lives. to consider where he could get the care he needed. “I felt the Jewish Home was the only place for my brother. When As the programs are developed, Barbara’s family is confident I asked the doctors at UCSF, they not only agreed but that they will benefit the community. “We all agree that the enthusiastically supported this move, knowing there would Jewish Home is extraordinary,” Adrienne says. “There isn’t be no attempt to prolong life unnecessarily and that the any other place like it.”

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 13 PARTNERING FOR PROFESSORSHIP The Jewish Home is about to take a giant step into the future toward the improvement of health care for the elderly through an innovative research partnership with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

The Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor for Clinical Translational Research in Aging will lead the development of a research program at UCSF and the Jewish Home to improve the care and health of very old persons, by translating research findings into clinical benefits in people with diseases associated with very old age. Based at the Jewish Home, the professorship will be the first in a series of endowed chairs that serve as the core of a long-term care research Dr. Jay Luxenberg, medical director center at the Home. of the Jewish Home. “Our role is to bridge the gap between discovery in cells and animals in the laboratory and the translation of these discoveries to beneficial use in older people in their daily lives,” explains Dr. Janice Schwartz, Research director at the Home. “I’m of the firm opinion that the Jewish Home, with its approximately 400 elderly residents, is an ideal setting for this research.”

As Jewish Senior Living goes to press, a stellar committee, comprised of leaders from both UCSF and the Jewish Home, are moving toward the completion of an in-depth search for a candidate to fill the professorship, says Dr. Jay Luxenberg, the Home’s medical director. Dr. Janice Schwartz, Research director of the Jewish Home. Based at the Jewish Home, the Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor for Clinical Translational Research in Aging will be the first in a series of endowed chairs that serve as the core of a long-term care research center at the Home.

“We’re really excited about this partnership that will expand our level of knowledge of caring for the elderly at UCSF and at the Jewish Home,” says Dr. Seth Landefeld, UCSF professor of Medicine and chair of the search committee.

Dr. Landefeld, who is also chief, Division of Geriatrics, and director c h of UCSF-Mt. Zion Center on Aging, says the committee is “delighted with the level of interest in the position. It’s a testimonial to the level of resources of the Harris Fishbon Fund and the Jewish Home, Chair of the search committee, Dr. Seth and the level of the commitment that UCSF and the Jewish Home

R esear Landefeld, UCSF professor of Medicine provide together.” and chief, Division of Geriatrics.

14 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 According to Dr. Luxenberg, the search process encompassed forming a committee, drawing up c h necessary documents and then mounting a search, including advertising locally and nationally, in order to reach all potential candidates. Once candidates were identified and their formal applications

submitted, the process of narrowing down began. R esear Candidates will visit the university and the Jewish Home, and see the plan for the research facility. They may also be asked to give a lecture at UCSF. “Once our committee makes a choice, we must begin serious negotiations with the candidate,” Dr. Julian Davis practiced for more than 50 years at Mount Zion Hospital and served as Dr. Luxenberg adds. president of the Jewish Home from 1983 to 1985. “His first love philanthropically was the Jewish Home,” says his son, Dr. James Davis. The Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor will be a physician who is a national leader in geriatrics and gerontology, and a candidate for appointment as associate professor or professor in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine at UCSF. From a physical base at the Jewish Home, he or Julian S. Davis Memorial Lecture she will participate in all activities of the Division The Julian S. Davis Memorial Lecture was established at of Geriatrics. the Jewish Home in honor of the late physician by his son, Dr. James Davis. Both father and son served terms as The committee is considering candidates with a chair of the Home’s board of trustees. variety of backgrounds. The person selected will determine how the research program develops, “The lecture series fosters the memory of Jim’s father and Dr. Luxenberg explains. “In the best of all worlds, fosters something Julian cared greatly about – ensuring our candidate will be at an arc in his or her career that the elderly in our community receive the best care,” and well-established. We’d like someone who is a says Dr. Jay Luxenberg, the Home’s medical director. mentor, who will attract young colleagues to the Home and advance the research program.” The lecture provides a forum for enhancing knowledge related to improving the care and subsequently the lives “We’re casting a wide net,” says Dr. Schwartz. “Our of the elderly. In conjunction with the Jewish Home/ candidates’ activities can range from research University of California, San Francisco partnership, staff dealing with people, to research looking at data, to from both organizations will benefit from the expertise models of aging that include biologic models.” of visiting academics.

“He or she may want to see patients or take on a At the inaugural lecture in January 2010, for example, teaching role,” contributes Dr. Luxenberg. Dr. Terri Fried, professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, discussed Overcoming Obstacles to Planning In terms of developing the Jewish Home’s Research for End-of-Life Care. Noting that her research showed department, Dr. Luxenberg believes a partnership individuals alter their healthcare preferences over time, with a university makes sense. Other Jewish nursing Dr. Fried said that communication among the patient, homes, such as those in Los Angeles, Boston and caregiver, and physician is fundamental to the best Toronto, have this affiliation. “Universities bring in end-of-life care. the latest information, the smartest doctors and researchers, and notch up the expectation of care,” The Julian S. Davis Memorial Lecture will host leading Dr. Luxenberg says. candidates for the Jewish Home/UCSF Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor for Clinical Translational “It’s important for the Home to remain at the Research in Aging. Says Dr. Luxenberg: “We’re grateful forefront of excellent care for the elderly, and this is to Jim Davis for letting us use this money to bring out how you stay there,” he concludes. candidates for the lecture.”

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 15 ACUTELY RELEVANT The Jewish Home’s acute geriatric psychiatry hospital, the only such hospital in the city, is an essential addition to San Francisco’s ability to serve its elderly population. With thanks to a generous grant from the Koret Foundation, the newly remodeled egress-controlled 12-bed hospital reopened in April 2010 in the Home’s Koret Center. It is licensed to admit seniors on both a voluntary and involuntary basis.

Psychiatric disorders in the elderly are often the result of illnesses such as dementia and other issues not found in the general population. Thus, having a hospital staffed by doctors and nurses who have experience dealing with this population makes sense, says Dr. Jay Luxenberg, the Home’s medical director.

The Home’s geriatric psychiatry hospital fills a definite need, says Dr. Yelina Zalkina, a psychiatrist in private practice who also works with Russian-speaking patients at the Home. She has told her colleagues about it and notes that they are extremely pleased to have this Dr. Michael Geiser, chief of psychiatry and resource. “Seniors in need of psychiatric services are often frail and director of inpatient psychiatric services medically complicated. They need to be seen by a medical staff with the proper training,” she states.

Dr. Elliott Stein, the first recipient of the Clinician of the Year award by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, joined the Jewish Home in July 2010 as chief of geriatric psychiatry. Dr. Michael Geiser, the Home’s chief of psychiatry and director of inpatient psychiatric services, and Dr. Mary De May, who has completed a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry, are the other highly qualified psychiatrists at the hospital.

Care Dr. Elliott Stein, chief of geriatric psychiatry Dr. Geiser joined the Jewish Home in 1981, shortly after completing c his residency at Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital at the University

ri of California, San Francisco. He was interested in working with and t learning from the Home’s psychiatrist at the time, Dr. Leslie Fink, at what struck him as “a really good facility.” In the nearly 30 years Dr. Geiser has been associated with the Jewish Home, “I am challenged c hia every day,” he says. “The problems our residents have are complex and demanding. It keeps you humble.”

e Psy Dr. De May staffs the psychiatry hospital every other weekend. As the Hellman Master Clinician in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, she has worked exclusively

Acut Dr. Mary De May, geriatric psychiatrist with the elderly for the past 20 years. “I got good training,” she says.

16 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 The Jewish Home’s remodeled acute geriatric psychiatry hospital

fills a definite need in serving the city’s elderly population. Care c ri t c hia e Psy Acut

Psychiatric disorders in the elderly are often the result of illnesses such as dementia and other issues not found in the general population. Having an acute geriatric psychiatry hospital at the Jewish Home, staffed by doctors and nurses who have experience dealing with this population, makes sense.

“Working with seniors was taught in a way that was so people have lived to be older than 75, the median appealing, worthwhile and rewarding that I was drawn lifespan in the U.S., “they’re survivors. They’ve to it. I can’t imagine not doing it.” developed skills to reach that age. It may take relatively little to help them regain their equilibrium or coping Dr. Stein spent 33 years in Florida in private practice, mechanisms. providing outpatient and inpatient services to elderly patients. He decided to make a change because “I had “I welcome the opportunity to work with the Home’s heard glowing reports about the Jewish Home of San staff and residents, and with the evolution and Francisco and the work it was doing,” he says. expansion of an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I want to be involved with helping bring it to the next level.” The past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and the winner of a number of awards for his work, Dr. Stein says he finds that when

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 17 Edwin Cabigao, the Jewish Home’s chief nursing officer, takes San Francisco State University students (left to right) Nancy Dudley, Nancy Weed and Kyle Fredrickson through a teaching session on survey management.

Eager to Educate

Earlier in 2010, 17 students seeking a master’s degree in gerontology from San Francisco State University (SFSU) were given a whirlwind tour through every facet of the Jewish Home. From patient care and meeting spiritual needs, to fundraising and dealing with state and federal surveys – and everything in between – it was all covered.

The day-long intern program was the brainchild of the The partnership between SFSU and the Jewish Home is Home’s chief nursing officer, Edwin Cabigao. His goal was just one of many that brings students to departments to introduce the students to the joys of working in a skilled throughout the Home for internships and community nursing facility and encourage them to make it their career service each year. Whether they are high school students choice. volunteering for credits or interns specializing in geriatric work, the experience broadens their understanding “We succeeded. They’re interested in training here,” says a of serving the elderly – a population that is growing pleased Edwin, who received responses from the students faster than any other – and develops valuable hands-on such as “Now we know why people in the industry refer expertise. to the Home as ‘the gold standard’”; “The Home is my first choice for internship”; “People always talk about how good Edwin is passionate about his job and is eager to share the care is and how wonderful the place. The environment, that passion. He is a graduate of the SFSU program and the staff, and the residents make the place unique and just now teaches survey management to the university’s magnificent. It was amazing to see everything connect gerontology students. Survey management, he explains right in front of my eyes.” to the group at one of his sessions, is government-speak

18 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Learning Partners Both the Jewish Home and

partner institutions and ION

organizations benefit from T the variety of internship A and community service opportunities at the Home. Here are five from a long list: DUC E ʑʑFourth-year pharmacy students at the University of California, San Francisco, spend a day a week for three months in the Home’s Pharmacy department.

ʑʑStudents from the San Francisco-based College of Traditional Chinese Medicine hold weekly on-site clinics, providing acupuncture treatments for Jewish Home residents. The Jewish Home was one of one of the first skilled nursing facilities in the country to adopt a comprehensive system of electronic medical records. Edwin Cabigao shows his students the advantages of touchscreens, which include ʑʑRabbinic interns specializing in geriatric enhanced continuity of care, greater efficiency, and better workflow for staff. work learn about illnesses associated with old age, how a large institution such as the Jewish Home operates, and how to for the Department of Public Health’s annual inspections, collaborate among departments. from which, he notes proudly, the Jewish Home achieves excellent results. ʑʑParticipants in the Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program, a According to Edwin, gerontology students often have a city-wide program providing after-school negative impression about nursing homes in general, and thus and summer employment to teens, get choose other jobs. He wants to show off the Jewish Home and work experience and discover career the high standards it sets so that more students will opt to possibilities. work with seniors in skilled nursing facilities. ʑʑRecreation therapy interns from various Joan Accarino, director of Education, spoke to the students schools work under the supervision of about pain management, her area of specialization. Noting nationally and state-certified recreation that both under-medication and over-medication are therapists at the Home to gain clinical detrimental to the health of the patient, “It was an excellent experience. time to share our vision and philosophy with people who have the potential to make changes in nursing homes,” she says.

The partnership between SFSU and the Jewish Home is just one of many that brings students to departments throughout the Home for internships and community service each year. The experience broadens their understanding of serving the elderly – a population that is growing faster than any other – and develops valuable hands-on expertise.

“How our staff works with the residents is something that students should see,” concludes Edwin. “It’s such a beautiful act to observe. That’s my purpose in bringing them here.”

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 19 ACTS OF LOVE Sara Levine’s wedding to Graeme Boushey at the Jewish Home in January 2010 was everything she ever wanted – although the bride is the first to admit that a few days before the wedding took place she would have been stumped if asked to describe what she wished for.

One thing she was sure of, however: she wanted her Sara and Graeme met with Rabbi Sheldon Marder, the mother to be there. Home’s director of Jewish Life, to plan their ceremony. The Maintenance department built the chuppah When Graeme proposed to Sara, her mother, Sharon (wedding canopy), Nutritional Services organized the Levine, was in the Jewish Home’s STARS unit (short- food for the reception, and the Activities department term and rehabilitation services), in the late stages was instrumental in many aspects, with the result of melanoma. “Mom was clearly declining,” Sara that a beautiful bouquet was arranged for the bride, a relates, “but she really wanted to see me married. It photographer was signed, and a pro-bono klezmer band was important to her.” was engaged.

Jerry Levine, Sara’s father and former longtime “Everything just popped up around us,” Graeme says. executive director of the Jewish Home, concurs. “Sara is the youngest of our three kids. The other two are Just two days thereafter, Sara walked down the aisle in married. Sharon really wanted to see Sara headed in the the Jewish Home’s synagogue, escorted by her father, right direction and for her, that was married.” who pushed his wife in her wheelchair. There was not a dry eye in the house. So the staff of the Jewish Home, the place where Sara had spent thousands of hours and most holidays During the ceremony, Sara recalls turning around and as a child, went to work without delay. “Every single seeing a crowd of Jewish Home staff standing at the department helped us,” Sara says. synagogue’s door. “They were my family when I was growing up. It was so heartwarming,” she says.

20 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Opposite page, left: Sharon Levine, of blessed memory, with her daughter, the beautiful bride Sara; Right: Jerry Levine and his daughter, Sara, share a dance. This page, left: Guests celebrate the marriage of Sara Levine and Graeme Boushey by dancing the hora. Right: Graeme and Sara stand under the chuppah (wedding canopy) in the Jewish Home’s synagogue. Photography by Jeffery Stein

Sara dressed for her wedding on the STARS unit, with her mother nearby. Then, with the whole floor watching, Graeme first saw his bride-to-be. “She was so incredibly beautiful, it took my breath away.”

Having their wedding at the Home was also a chance “I think it made her life as good as it could be at the end,” for Sara to introduce her husband to her “extended Jerry summarizes. family,” and the place that was such an integral part of her young years. She has vivid memories of asking the Sara dressed for her wedding on the STARS unit, with four questions at Passover seders held at the Home, her mother nearby. Then, with the whole floor watching, searching – with a little surreptitious direction from Graeme first saw his bride-to-be. “She was so incredibly residents – for the afikomen (the piece of matzah that is beautiful, it took my breath away,” he tells. traditionally hidden during the seder), and just walking the halls, chatting with people when her father was the “The Jewish Home is always a happy place, even during administrator on call during a weekend. such a difficult time,” Sara says. “It was uplifting. It gave us strength.” Both Jerry and Sara rave about the superior care Sharon received in the Home’s STARS unit. “There was so much “We had the sadness and we had the happiness,” Jerry love shown for my mother,” Sara says. “Her care was reasons. “And that’s life.” personalized, and the physicians and nursing staff were wonderful. Her nursing assistants helped her be at her best for my wedding day.”

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 21 STARS IS HEAVEN-SENT “No one wants to worry their children,” says Mary Neumann.

That is one reason Mary was so comfortable recovering from hip replacement surgery at the Jewish Home’s short-term and rehabilitation services unit, STARS.

“My daughter thinks it’s wonderful and so does my son,” Mary asserts. “They know I’m getting excellent care, which definitely gives them peace of mind. And it gives me peace of mind knowing they’re not worrying about me.”

STARS was established to provide care for seniors who need specialized medical services to recover from surgery or an acute illness, with the goal of returning to the community. Stays may range from one to eight weeks. Short-term patients enjoy the same high quality of interdisciplinary care and services available to residents of the Jewish Home.

Mary has suffered from a number of physical problems since she was diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis in 1965, when she was just 31 years old. The debilitating condition kept her from being able to work or live a normal life. In the past decade, her mobility became even more compromised. “My daughter, Wendy, put her career completely on hold to care for me so that I could live something resembling an independent life,” Mary says. Recently, knee replacement surgery, two fractured hips, and side effects from years of medication, among other concerns, made her less able to get around.

When Mary entered the Home’s STARS unit to recover from an infection following her hip replacement surgery, life began to look far more positive for her. “If you have to be in a nursing facility, this is the one to be at,” she says. “It’s so clean and they take such good care of you. Everyone is so nice. I can’t say enough positive things about it.”

Once she recovered from the infection, Mary was scheduled for another surgery, and was hopeful she

Physical therapist Tye Warner suggests a goal for Mary Neumann as she works on her recovery from hip replacement surgery. ion t a t i l ehabi R d an m er t - t hor S

STARS unit manager and RN Florence Hufana takes Mary’s vitals, but also takes time to find out how she is faring on the personal front. When Mary Neumann entered the Jewish Home’s STARS unit to recover from an infection following hip replacement surgery, life began to look far more positive for her. “If you have to be in a nursing facility, this is the one to be at,” she says. “They take such good care of you. Everyone is so nice. I can’t say enough positive things about it.”

As STARS admissions coordinator, Pat Rykbos played a large role in ensuring that Mary’s entry into the program was as seamless as possible. could return to the STARS unit for rehabilitation. “I was so glad I found the Jewish Home to begin with, and knowing that I would be able to return to its STARS unit after this surgery was reassuring,” she reports.

Mary keeps busy at the Jewish Home. Besides daily physical therapy, she is involved in fitness and meditation classes and is learning computer skills. She is also exercising her artistic abilities at the Home’s creative arts center.

Mary’s goal is to live in a safe, comfortable environment where her dignity is preserved. She is convinced that being cared for in the Home’s STARS unit will help her recover so that she can achieve this objective.

She is sold on the Jewish Home. “I want people to know what a great place this is.”

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 23 CELEBRATION OF HEART, SOUL, AND INTELLECT Community and colleagues, rabbis and residents, families and friends came together on May 1, 2010 to honor the Jewish Home’s Rabbi Sheldon Marder’s work at the Home, to mark his 10th anniversary, and to acknowledge the significance of the Home’s department of Jewish Life programs. Generous supporters contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in tribute to this special occasion, which included many stand-out examples of the Fifth Commandment, the sacred obligation to honor our elders.

Happily honoring the honoree are (left to right) Mike Friedman; daughter Betsy Marder; Rabbis Janet and Sheldon Marder; Rabbi Janet Marder’s sisters, Cathy Ross-Perry and Nancy Madnick, Nancy’s husband, Seth, and Linda Jones.

Fifth Commandment Initiative Honorary Committee and Donors

PILLAR LEADER $10,000 TO $17,999 $1,000 TO $2,499 *Arlene and Steve Krieger *Galina and Alexander Capelson *Joan Libman and Jim Coughlin PACESETTER *Susan and David Folkman *Janie and Donald Friend $3,600 TO $9,999 *Rochelle Alpert and *Ellen S. Berger Steven Greenwald *Julian Davis Lectureship Fund *Daryl Messinger and James Heeger of Mount Zion Health Fund *Linda and Thomas Kalinowski – Dr. Claire T. Davis *Sherie Koshover and Dr. James A. Davis *Jan and Jay Luxenberg *Paulette J. Meyer and *Rabbis Janet and Sheldon Marder David A. Friedman *Siegfried F. Neustadter *Fern and William Lowenberg *Carol S. Roberts *Gladys Monroy and Larry Marks *Lisa and Peter Rosenberg *Dorothy and George Saxe *Fern and Daniel Ruth *Wells Fargo Community *Nancy Kwan and Alan B. Schwartz Support Campaign *Sunny Kaplan – Jamie and Mark Myers and S. Jerral Schwartzman *Gaye and Stuart Seiler Pictured in the Jewish Home’s synagogue are (left to right) Steve VISIONARY *Sandra and Edward Stein Krieger, chair-elect, Jewish Home’s board of trustees; Arlene Krieger, *Marlene and Martin Stein Fifth Commandment Planning Committee co-chair; Sheldon Marder, $2,500 TO $3,599 rabbi of the Home and director of Jewish Life; Dr. James Davis, Fifth *Judy and Robert Aptekar *Andi and David Arrick *Special thanks to our Honorary Commandment Planning Committee co-chair; Frances Green, Fifth *Frances and William Green Committee members for their Commandment Planning Committee member. *Barbara and Ronald Kaufman $1,000+ contributions.

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The celebration included an afternoon of creative and spiritual activities. With Gary Tanner, Creative Arts director, providing some advice, Jewish Home resident Edna Lachar works on an original silk wall panel. The beautiful result of this artistic endeavor, which involved both residents and guests, was hung with pride in the Home’s synagogue.

Planning Committee James A. Davis, M.D., Co-chair Arlene E. Krieger, Co-chair David A. Friedman, Chair, Honorary Leadership Committee Sandra Epstein Frances Green Linda Kalinowski Peter Neubauer Stuart Seiler Nina Weil

Michael Adler (left), chair of the Jewish Home’s For good measure, David Friedman (right), chair of Fifth Commandment board of trustees, congratulates Rabbi Marder on the Fifth Commandment’s Honorary Leadership Initiative Donors his 10-year anniversary with the Home. Committee, proffers his mazel tov to Rabbi Marder.

PARTNER SUPPORTER $500 TO $999 $180 TO $499 Martha and Michael Adler Donna and Arthur Anderson Louise A. Stirpe-Gill and James Gill Zhila and William Ross Allan Berenstein Lucy Olivari and Leonard D. Anspach Rosabelle Gold Susan and Charles Rothschild Congregation Beth Am Program Team Barbara and Timothy Arnstein Kay and Leland Greenwald Shelley and Loren Saxe – Cantor Lauren Bandman Lynn and Kenneth Baron Diana F. Guthaner, M.D. Jerome Shapiro Adele K. Corvin Rosyland and Robert Bauer Paul J. Cohen and Robert Gutterman Alberta Siegel Mary De May, M.D. Ina and Steven Bauman Cherie and Frederick Half LaVerne and Alan Silverman Sandra and Edwin Epstein Frances and Leonard Berger Susie Coliver and Robert Herman Marga Dusedau and David Sklar Charlotte and Paul Fish Sally L. Berger Pama Huntley Diane Olmstead and Matthew Slepin Howard Lader Jacqueline Berman Naomi and Carl Levinson Susan R. Katz Snyder Laura and Gary Lauder Diane and Jeffry Bernstein Helen Luey Alice Erber and Robert Steinberg Marlene Levenson John Bielenberg Lorraine and Harold Luft Leah Swiler Siesel and Howard Maibach Helen and Arthur Bobrove Diane and Hubert Marcus Rachel and Ted Tasch Margaret and Ronald Marinoff Geri and Martin Brownstein Melanie R. Marks Carol Carter and David Unterman Alice and Bruce Newman Lottie and Henry Burger Sherrie Matza Nina Weil Robert W. Samuel Congregation Bet Haverim Bryna Milkow Lora F. Weiner Marilyn R. Taubman – Rabbi Greg Wolfe Micki U. Miller Stephen E. Weiner Tamara and Andrei Vassiliev Congregation Sherith Israel Susan and Kenneth Moses Bernadette and James Weslow Ruth J. Veprin – Rabbi Larry Raphael Catherine and Andrew Newman Dr. and Mrs. Bennett G. Zier Mary and Harold Zlot Philip E. Damner Jr. Rabbi David Novak Denise and Joseph Ziony Diane and William Ehrlich Kevin Potter Susan and Gary Zweig Elaine and Don Ehrman The Reicher Alouf Family Anonymous (2) Irina Rogova and Aleksandr Epelman Ruth Roberts Leonore and Carl Foorman Diane and Joe Rolfe Muriel and Clyde Fox Laurie Isenberg and Joel I. Roos Harriet Friedman Susan and Edwin Rosenberg Leah and Jerome Garchik Irene and Alan Ross

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 25 FIFTH COMMANDMENT INITIATIVE

At the Oneg Shabbat are (left to right) Jewish Home’s Council of Rabbi Eric Weiss (seated), executive director, Bay Area Jewish Residents’ president Edie Sadewitz; Council of Residents’ treasurer Healing Center, listens to Rabbi Lawrence Raphael, senior rabbi, Claire Shor; Rabbi Martin Weiner, rabbi emeritus, Congregation Congregation Sherith Israel, at the rabbinical panel that discussed Sherith Israel; and Rabbi Janet Marder, senior rabbi, Congregation the relationship with parents and the significances surrounding the Beth Am. Fifth Commandment.

Seated: Fran and Leonard Berger, a past chair of the Jewish LaVerne and Alan Silverman, vice chair, Jewish Home’s board of Home. Standing: Gaye and Stuart Seiler, member of the Fifth trustees, await the Oneg Shabbat. Commandment’s Planning Committee and a past chair of the Home.

26 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Jewish Home resident Ahuva Gershater (left) participates in the songwriting workshop led by Judith-Kate Friedman, director of Songwriting Works and co-founder (with Rabbi Sheldon Marder) of the Home’s Psalms, Songs & Stories program. Using Psalm 84 as the springboard, participants were inspired to create an original song, which ended with the lines, “How radiant the place,/ Happy is the community.”

“This is a place where the extraordinary is normal – a place where people touch the lives of others in deep, profound ways. … Every day I am terribly aware of what a rare and precious place this is, and not to be taken for granted. Like a beautiful garden, this special culture of ours is tough and resilient, but it’s also fragile, and it requires tending, nurturing, and cultivating. This gathering today represents our commitment to tending and caring for this beautiful garden of ours – this Home that we cherish.” – Rabbi Sheldon Marder, Jewish Home of San Francisco

Sandra Epstein, Fifth Commandment Planning Committee member and past administrator of Rabbi Marder with the event’s keynote presenter, the Home, and Edwin Epstein. Rabbi William Cutter, Steinberg Emeritus Professor of Human Relations at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion.

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 27 Jim Weslow, director of Rehabilitation Services, provides resistance as Gloria Houtenbrink tackles strength training in the Herbst Fitness Center.

AIM FOR FAME

If you are looking for Gloria Houtenbrink weekdays at 2:00 p.m., she is probably keeping her standing appointment with the doctor. That would be Dr. Oz, host of the television talk show The Dr. Oz Show, not a Jewish Home physician. And Gloria is meeting with him from her special place – the treadmill in the Herbst Fitness Center at the Jewish Home.

“I get good tips about diabetes from the show,” says and hopefully improve their quality of life,” says the spunky almost 90-year-old Brooklyn-born Jewish Jim. “A by-product of the sessions is socialization. Home resident. The residents see others who are working to improve their quality of life, and thus they receive Mounted on the wall in the state-of-the-art encouragement both visually and verbally.” equipped fitness center, the television set is an additional bonus for Jewish Home residents who Tony Yu, manager of the fitness center, applauds participate in the Rehabilitation department’s Gloria’s dedication. She was one of the first Functional and Maintenance Exercise program, residents to work out in the center when it opened better known as FAME. According to Jim Weslow, in 2006, and the two enjoy a spirited relationship. director of Rehabilitation Services, FAME is a “After Gloria was interviewed for this article, I asked therapist-designed program that provides exercise her if she said good things about me,” Tony reports. and/or pain management to meet the current Her tongue-in-cheek response: ‘Why would I do physical condition of the patient. More than one- that?’” he laughs. third of the Home’s residents participate in the FAME program. In her younger days, Gloria was an avid walker and physically active at her job as a nanny. “When “Our goal is to keep people as independent and as you take care of babies, you’re active,” she says. mobile as possible, to decrease their risk of falling, Her visits with Dr. Oz are the second of her daily

28 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Fitness center manager Tony Yu keeps an eye on Gloria while she goes through her paces on the treadmill.

Gloria’s visits with Dr. Oz are the second of her daily stints on the treadmill; the first is at 9 o’clock each morning. “It’s good, I’m building muscle.”

stints on the treadmill; the first is at 9 o’clock each The fitness center is part of what Jim calls “a triad morning. “It’s good, I’m building muscle. And if I of rehab services,” beginning with one-to-one/ don’t do it, I get depressed,” she adds. resident-to-therapist work, moving to supervised exercise in the rehab center, and graduating to Tony used to work in a gym that was open to the exercising independently in the FAME program. public and he contends that the Jewish Home’s fitness center is “no different than the gym you and Since moving into the Home eight years ago, Gloria I would go to. We structure our FAME program so has had a few health issues to contend with, it’s not therapy but a regimen to maintain fitness.” including a stroke and some broken bones. She has While some residents need his assistance to mount worked through the stages of the triad each time, the machines safely, Gloria does not, he says. “She so that today, she never misses her appointment comes in and does her own thing, without help with Dr. Oz. from me.”

Gloria agrees. “If I need Tony, he’s there for me. He’s careful that I don’t do things I shouldn’t do.”

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 29 GOLF TOURNAMENT, DINNER AND AUCTION 2010 Tee for Two … Hundred Thousand Dollars At the Jewish Home’s 16th annual golf tournament, held at the scenic Peninsula Golf & Country Club on May 10, 2010, supporters teed off for golf, later savored an elegant banquet, and then took part in the exciting, lively auction. When the score sheet was totted up, this fundraising event had grossed over $220,000 (beating 2009’s historic gross total of over $190,000) to help the Home continue to fulfill its mission of enriching the lives of older adults.

How to score a hole in one Using golfing parlance, it could be said I went from par, taking up a spot on the golf tournament’s committee in 2003 – to a birdie, when I chaired the tournament with two others – to an eagle, co-chairing with one other – to hitting holes in one from 2008 onward, when I have had the honor and pleasure of chairing the event solo.

As golfers know, holes in one require certain “conditions” (luck being one of them!). With the right equipment, partnership, encouragement and suggestions from team members, it all comes together, with the ball taking flight from the tee and landing directly in the cup. My invaluable partner and team member this year was Shirley Eisler, our tournament’s first-ever banquet chair, who ensured that everything was beautifully and elegantly arranged, and that the food was delicious, too.

I have been fortunate to have enjoyed the right conditions throughout, from dedicated and supportive committee partners, to generous participants, contributors and sponsors, who help make the tournament a huge success year after year.

This annual fundraiser brings together board members, corporate leaders, and donors for lunch and a spectacular day of scramble- format play on a premier course, followed by a cocktail reception, dinner and auction. At the end of the day, I am sure we all feel we have scored a hole in one, knowing that with our support, older adults requiring skilled care in our community have a comfortable, dignified place to call home.

I look forward to seeing you on the green in 2011.

Peter A. Pollat, M.D. Tournament Chair

30 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 2010 Tournament Committee Peter A. Pollat, M.D., Tournament Chair Shirley Eisler, Banquet Chair Tom Adams Michael Adler Benjamin Anixter Joanne Bernstein Marian and Allan Byer Benjamin Eisler Hal Epstein Benjamin Friend Donald A. Friend Milt Greenfield Drew Greenspan William Greenspan Steve Mittel Scott Montgomery Bonnie and Don Pearlman Jason Sills Time to tee off. Fore!

A fabulous foursome. L. to R. Don Pearlman, patron sponsor, golf Proving that he is not only a talented golfer, winning the hole in one contest tournament committee member and once again auctioneer, who this year and a year’s lease on a Lexus, underwritten by Lexus of Serramonte, but Jason raised nearly $45,000 in support of the Jewish Home; Bonnie Pearlman, Sills also served on the golf tournament committee, brought in thousands of patron sponsor and golf tournament committee member; Shirley Eisler, dollars in sponsorships, and networked to increase attendance at the event. banquet chair; and Ben Eisler, golf tournament committee member.

Jewish Home resident Ben Lubitz tinkled the ivories at the dinner. Enjoying the cocktail reception they generously underwrote are Allan and Marian Byer. Scott Montgomery, golf tournament committee member, shares a smile with Lynne Frank Page. The delicious banquet was sponsored by The Roy & Lynne Frank Family Philanthropic Fund.

The weather may have been a bit wet, but spirits were high as (left to right) Steve Silver, Jim Koshland, Alan Schneider, and David Friedman (benefactor sponsor) made their way around the course. Save The Date

17th Annual Golf Tournament Dinner & Auction Monday, May 9, 2011

Benefiting Jewish Home of San Francisco

Painting by resident artist Edie Sadewitz.

32 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 FATHERS AND SONS Drew Greenspan cherishes the memories of playing golf with his grandfather, Henry Greenspan. “We played three Saturdays a month, until he passed away three years ago,” he says. “I enjoyed it as much as going out with my friends.”

That is one of several reasons Drew agreed to join the committee for the Jewish Home’s annual golf Drew and William “Willie” Greenspan make a great team – on the golf course, on the tournament, dinner and auction, a fundraising event golf tournament’s committee, and in their enthusiastic support for the Jewish Home. that his grandfather fully supported.

When Drew’s father, William “Willie” Greenspan, invited him to get involved, Drew thought it was a great idea. “It was an opportunity to continue the legacy that’s really important to me, and I could help bring in some fresh blood, some new, young people to play and support the Jewish Home.”

When Drew’s father, William “Willie” Greenspan, William “Willie” Greenspan thinks golf is great game. invited him to get involved, Drew thought it was a Yet every time he plays – which is often – he plans to quit. “It’s frustrating!” he laughs. But when that great idea. “It was an opportunity to continue the round is over, he finds himself making a date for the legacy that’s really important to me, and I could next one. help bring in some fresh blood, some new, young people to play and support the Jewish Home.” One of the things he likes most about golf is that, unlike tennis, there is time to talk between shots. “I’ve played many courses and I’ve yet to meet Then there is the simple fact that he likes to play golf someone who isn’t nice.” with his father and others, such as tournament chair Peter Pollat and tournament committee member Watching his late father, Henry, and his son, Drew, play golf together Milt Greenfield, who he has known all his life. was extremely rewarding to Willie. “They had a special relationship,” he says. He is looking forward to repeating the experience with the next Drew remembers visiting his uncle’s family at the generation, by teaching Drew’s son, Noah, now just three, to play when he Jewish Home when he was growing up. “It’s a place is old enough. where people can get the medical care they need and participate in programs to help keep them Willie began competing in the Jewish Home’s annual golf tournament sharp, mentally and physically,” he states. about six or seven years ago when his father, who had purchased a ticket for the fundraiser, was on vacation and suggested that Willie join the Drew and his wife, Audra, are active volunteers at foursome in his stead. “He paid and I played. It worked out pretty well for Wornick Jewish Day School where their children are me,” Willie quips. When he was asked to join the tournament’s committee, enrolled. It is part of his passion for Jewish life in the he agreed to get more involved. He is thrilled that Drew has also joined to Bay Area – a passion he is determined to share with bring in the next generation. more people of his generation. “Judaism teaches us to take care of people, especially our own,” Willie says. “What the Jewish Home does speaks for itself, and golf is a great way to raise money to support it.”

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 33 TALE OF THE TORAH Dedicated supporters of the Jewish Home, Pavel Berkhin and his wife, Rimma Vainstein, gave the Home a special gift when they donated a treasured Torah from the former Soviet Union.

Pavel Berkhin immigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union with secret papers concealed in his suitcase. If discovered, it could have resulted in his incarceration or, at least, major problems.

But these were not the usual objects of intrigue, The story of how Pavel became the caretaker for the such as the kind found in spy stories. In fact, they Torah takes place during a time when the practice were not even papers. What Pavel smuggled out of of religion was against the law in Russia. The Torah the country was a small Torah, handwritten on thin was placed in his care when he was 13 years old and leather. By removing the poles and the cover from living in the Ural Mountains. “I was told it was a very the scroll, he was able to bury it amidst the personal precious Torah because it was the property of one documents he took with him when he exited the of the members of the elite forces of the Russian country in 1989. military,” Pavel explains. “I can’t support this with evidence, but the elders told me it was common The precious Torah, quite unique in its small size for guards in Moscow and St. Petersburg to own and history, has found a new and permanent sacred holy books and that this Torah belonged to a guard home in the Jewish Home’s synagogue. Pavel and regiment.” It was Pavel’s job to keep it safe. his wife, Rimma Vainstein, who both have mothers living at the Home, donated it. “When I thought The Jewish Home’s Rabbi Sheldon Marder shared about it,” Pavel says, “the Jewish Home seemed the the story of the little Torah with Rabbi Yoel Kahn natural place for it.” of Berkeley’s Congregation Beth El. Rabbi Kahn’s

34 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Jewish Home resident Tybil Smith Kahn and the Home’s Rabbi Sheldon Marder are pictured with the Torah that, thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Smith Kahn’s son, Rabbi Yoel Kahn, once again has etzay chayim, the poles on which the scrolls are rolled.

What Pavel smuggled out of the country was a small Torah, handwritten on thin leather. By removing the poles and the cover from the scroll, he was able to bury it amidst his personal documents.

mother, Tybil Smith Kahn, has been a resident of Rabbi Kahn and his husband, Dan Bellm, decided to the Jewish Home for four years. “Although she’s make the Torah whole. They arranged for the poles lost many skills because of Alzheimer’s,” says to be replaced as a gift in honor of Rabbi Marder, Rabbi Kahn, “my mother still identifies the Home’s and are looking forward to also providing a mantle synagogue as one of the places she belongs, and her and perhaps a small traveling ark for it. presence is always welcomed and celebrated.” “We felt that this Torah should be treated with the After seeing the scroll, “It immediately occurred same respect and honor as any other Torah,” Rabbi to me that this was a perfect Torah to take on Kahn says. “Surely this is what the values of Jewish ‘friendly visits’ to the different residential floors tradition and the Jewish Home teach.” and to residents who can’t attend services in the synagogue,” he continues.

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 35 CHECKMATE Can chess be the language of love? For Issam Hamdallah, a 16-year-old student at San Francisco’s Archbishop Reardon High School, and Samuil Gavinoser, a 96-year-old resident at the Jewish Home, it certainly seems to be.

Issam and Sam have been playing chess together During some of Issam’s visits, the pair goes for for a year, and even though Sam speaks Russian walks and picks flowers from the Home’s gardens and not a word of English, and Issam speaks English and landscaped areas. “I go to Sam’s room, help and not a word of Russian, the two have connected him put on his jacket, and we head out,” Issam says. beautifully. He has also been surprised on occasion. “When I arrived one day, Sam had a banana peel on his head. Issam is a community service volunteer at the I thought he was losing it!” Then a nurse explained Home as part of Project ACHIEVE, an innovative Sam had a headache and a banana peel was a tried- program that provides scholarships for youth living and-tested Russian cure. in underprivileged neighborhoods to go to private schools. In turn, the participants must give back to the community with 40 hours of community service each year.

Founded by Barbara Bakar in 1997, ACHIEVE also provides supplemental funds for books, uniforms, cultural events, summer internships, college counseling, and even college tours. “The students are receiving a lot and they need to learn from a young age that giving back is part of life,” says program coordinator Linda Nastari-Perez.

When Issam Hamdallah first met Samuil Gavinoser, “I couldn’t understand a word he said, but we connected through the game of chess,” Issam says. “He’s good! He beats me.” Another day Issam was showing Sam maps on the computer. Sam saw Ukraine and pointed to it, then he pointed to Odessa. Bit by bit, with the help of The Jewish Home has been a partner to ACHIEVE Google maps, Sam and Issam discovered the very since 2006, reports Jennifer Vellutini, the Home’s street where Sam had grown up. director of Volunteer Services. The relationship has grown, so that by 2010, 30 students were Linda Nastari-Perez believes the Project ACHIEVE/ volunteering at the Home, helping in the garden Jewish Home partnership results in much more than café, involved with evening programs, transporting giving back. “The Jewish Home takes the students residents to on-site clinic appointments or events out of their comfort zone. They’re learning about around the campus, and visiting with them. life and a different culture. Most of them don’t know people of the Jewish faith. They’ve probably never Issam was paired with Sam during his second year dealt with people that old – their grandparents are volunteering at the Home. “Jennifer asked me what likely to be in their 50s. It may be daunting for them I like to do and I said, play chess,” Issam recounts. at first, but this is how you grow.” When he first met Sam, “I couldn’t understand a word he said, but we connected through the game Issam would be the first to agree; his relationship of chess. He’s good! He beats me.” with Sam has enhanced his life. “We’re cool. We’re happy,” he says. “It’s great! I love him!”

36 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 1,500 For For and and 16 96 -year-old game provides the connection. the provides game -year-old -year-old Issam Hamdallah -year-old Samuil Gavinoser, a a Gavinoser, Samuil -year-old 37 Community A BIG HAND FOR BRAVO! Dana Corvin is passionate about both business and philanthropy. She and her husband, Harris Weinberg, have combined these two passions to underwrite a program that benefits the Jewish Home and its employees. And, Dana asserts, “I’d like to inspire others to do the same.”

Dana notes that contributions that provide incentives to employees, such as the Bravo! award, are rare. “Donors to social service agencies are usually focused on helping clients who are in need. We forget about recognizing the staff,” she says. Dana and Harris hope to encourage others to follow their lead and consider staff recognition when they plan their giving.

Dana and Harris chose to support the Jewish Home because of the extraordinary service the Home has provided to elders in the Bay Area Jewish community for so many years. “The Jewish Home has always been in my consciousness,” says Dana, a San Francisco native, Recognizing dedicated staff fits perfectly with the philanthropic goals of Dana Corvin and her husband, Harris Weinberg. who remembers visiting her grandfather at the Home Photo courtesy of Dana Corvin and Harris Weinberg when she was young. “We’ve also had many friends in residence there, and have always been incredibly Having owned two businesses, Dana knows how impressed with the respect and caring of the staff important employees are to the success of an toward the residents and their families.” organization. She is firm in her belief that employers should give their staff as many tools to succeed as they Harris grew up in Louisville, Ky., and recalls spending a can. She regards recognizing and thanking dedicated, great number of hours at the Louisville Four Courts, that hardworking staff members as one of the essential area’s facility for Jewish elderly. “From the time I was items in the toolkit. little, I always participated,” he says. For several years, he and his father set up a hotdog booth at the annual Thus, directing their philanthropy to Bravo!, an award carnival to raise money for Four Courts. “I can’t imagine program for Jewish Home employees for their excellent a Jewish community that doesn’t provide for its elderly,” work, fit perfectly with their goals. he comments.

“Donors to social service agencies are usually focused on helping clients who are in need. We forget about recognizing the staff,” says Dana Corvin.

With this form of support from Dana and Harris, two In fact, Harris adds, a home for the elderly, along with a outstanding Jewish Home employees are recognized synagogue and a Jewish community center, are the three every month. In addition to being acknowledged key institutions that define a Jewish community. publicly, each awardee (one from nursing staff and another non-nursing staff member) receives a gift “To me, the Jewish Home of San Francisco has always certificate for $100 and a day off – with pay. At the end of meant providing the best care to people who need 12 months, two individuals from this group are named help in their later years,” Dana concludes. “It’s always Employees of the Year, and each receives a $500 gift had the best reputation and I believe it’s important to certificate plus three paid days off. acknowledge the people who help maintain it.”

38 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Bravo! Employees of the Year

2008/2009: Margarita Modilevsky, RN 2007/2008: Frieda Saenz, beautician, and Melody Celedio, certified nursing assistant

2005/2006: Ricky Capil, certified nursing assistant

2009/2010: Edwin Lagapa, certified nursing assistant 2009/2010: Jose Dominguez, 2008/2009: Gary Tanner, resident services coordinator Creative Arts director

2006/2007: Puring Gonzales and Edna Diaz, Nutritional Services supervisors

2006/2007: Marilou Espanol, RN

2005/2006: Clifton Grigsby, driver

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 39 Planned Giving Planting for the future

We thank the following members of the According to the Talmudic tale, Honi the Carob Tree Circle for their goodheartedness circle maker came across an elderly man and foresight. planting a carob tree. “Why are you planting this tree?” he asked. “You will not live long Bernard Aarons Belle and Jeffrey Cohen enough to enjoy it.” Katherine and Nathaniel Abel Milton Cohn Goldie and Jacob Abers Muriel R. Cohn The man replied, “I’m doing it for my Harriet Abrams Rena T. Colombo Helen M. Adler Leah Colton children, and their children, so that they Maureen E. Adler Harold Combs will enjoy the fruit of the carob tree.” Lelo Crawford Alberts Fannie A. Cooper Emmy Altman Esther Wollner Daniel Lucille Appel Helaine and Richard Darling This perfect example of how one visionary planted for the Millie and Aron Aronovsky Joan and Charles Davis Jakob A. Atlas Roslyn R. Dienstein future forms the basis for the way in which the Jewish Home Marion Marx Baer Linda Diller honors its most forward-thinking supporters. The Carob Tree Judy and Bret Bantz Selma Dykhuis Worth W. Barton Diane and William Ehrlich Circle recognizes those who have left legacies through wills, Benjamin J. Baum Sara and Harold Epstein trusts, and other estate planning vehicles that will provide Patricia and Ernest Belden Irene K. Epstein Randi and Robert Belot Marge Falk care for our elders for generations to come. Jeanne and Daniel Benatar Miriam C. Faverman Curtis F. Bergen Laurel and Elliott Feigenbaum Helle and David Berger Rhoda Feldman The Jewish Home is extremely grateful to Carob Tree Circle Bellah Berkner Barbara and George Finck members for their generous gifts and their commitment to the Janice and Dennis Berkowitz Abrea and Lloyd Firestone Charlotte Bernhard Alfred P. Fisher Jewish Home. We are pleased to honor them by including their Joan and Burton Berry Rosetta P. Fisher names on the Home’s recognition wall and in this publication. Ann Best Doris Flamm Cecilia Bieber Helene Fleck Bernice Biederman Ana C. Florez The write-ups that follow are about three visionaries, each Khanuma Blake Sol Fractenberg Sheila Audrey Blecher Max Frank who has left a legacy through her estate. To learn more May L. Bloom Leah Fred about the Carob Tree Circle, please contact Daniel Hoebeke, Harry Blumenthal Emanuel Friedman Leonore Blumenthal Captain Julius Friedman J.D., gift planning officer, at 415.406.1434 or via e-mail to Samuel S. Borman Pauline Friedman Margot E. Braun Kathryn and Richard Friedman [email protected]. Joseph Bright Walter Fuchs Charlie and Herbert Brown Lya Galperin Iris Bulasky Mary Gamburg Ann Burger Rowena and Simon "Bud" Gansel Maurice Burnham Ann Ginsburg Galina and Alexander Capelson Emalie and Robert Glassman Rita Horn and Dennis Cassan Gay O. Glikman Edith I. Cassmir Devorah I. Goldberg Shari Chamitoff Judy Golding Albert Cohen Jeannette Goldner

40 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 At Saks Fifth Avenue in San Francisco, where she was one of In 2004, when Emmy Altman the store’s most productive saleswomen, Jeannette Goldner moved into the Jewish Home was known simply as “Miss Jeannette.” She utilized her at age 93 to recover from a extraordinary sales skills for the Jewish community as well, broken leg, she told Jewish volunteering for many years to sell Israel bonds. Senior Living, “I’m definitely a tough critic, and this is an Jeannette was born in 1914 unbelievably good place.” in Dortmund, Germany, the oldest of three Before her accident, Emmy was children. She immigrated living independently in the to New York City in 1937 family home in San Francisco, with her mother, Augusta which she had shared with Sobel, and sister, Henny. her husband of 50 years. “It She and her husband, Eric, had an awful lot of steps,” she were married for more said. Her plan was to enter the than 50 years. Jeannette Jewish Home for a short-term passed away in December stay while she healed. However, when it became clear that 2009, at age 94. her house stairs would be a challenge, Emmy changed her mind and her room in the Home’s Friedman Pavilion became Before moving to San Francisco – which she called “the her new permanent home. “I have a gorgeous room with a greatest city in the world” – Jeannette spent 20 years in New gorgeous view,” she praised. York City and Los Angeles, where she had a successful career in fashion. Emmy was born and raised in Schweinfurt, Bavaria. She left Germany in 1938 and settled in San Francisco, where she met Jeannette bequeathed to the Home a two-flat apartment in and married Ludwig Altman in 1940. They were together until San Francisco, which had been her home until her death. The his death in 1990. Emmy attained her teaching credentials proceeds from its sale are a lasting legacy to her and her from Germany’s University of Wurtzburg and taught middle husband, as well as to their parents, Ysidor and Augusta Sobel, school in San Francisco for 40 years. and Leo and Sophie Goldner. Emmy was so pleased with the care she received at the Home that she named it as a beneficiary of her estate. She passed Claude A. Goldsmith Roselynn and Steve Itelson away in January 2010, at age 99. Her legacy gift will support the Eva M. Goldsmith Relda R. Johnson Florence Goldsmith Thomas Lovell Johnson Home she cherished in her final years. Marie H. Goldsmith Ahuva and Emanuel Jolish Annette Goodman Ruth J. Jonah Deborah and Ronald Gordon Stephanie A. Jonas Svetlana Polishchuk Susie Julius and Arkady Gozberg Svetlana and Bob Kaff Robert L. Greenberg Richard Kahan Alfred P. Krieger Fred Liebscher Phyllis and Jerry Greenblatt Evelyn R. Kahn Arlene and Steve Krieger Carol Eisenberg Patricia P. Greenhood Ronald Kahn Beatrice and Henry Krivetsky and Raymond Linkerman Richard P. Gross Barbara and Donald Kamler Isabelle and Emerich Kun Sharon Litsky Gail S. Grossman Rima Kantorov Valentina Kuznetsova Sidney Loeb Louisa Grunwald Walter Kaplan and Viktor Kuznetsov Margaret and Ernest Lovinger Hyman Gurman Yuri Kaplun Susan Lambert Sarah L. Magid Betty Guttmann Ellen L. Katske Margit Landesmann Paula and Wayne Magliozzi Liane M. Ofenham-Hall and John Hall Freda Katz Hedi Langfelder George H. Maisels Irene and Stephen Halpern Linda Katz Rose Leah Langsam Rosario and Sydney Malkoo Mae J. Hartman Golda Kaufman Matilda Lasus Lisa and Robert Maloff Craig Headman Joan (Inge) Kaufman Ann and James Lazarus Irving Manis Lotte B. and Kurt H. Heckscher Nancy and Kenneth Kaye Manya Leibner Victor L. Marcus Mary and Douglas Heller Ida and Oleg Kipnis Larry M. Letofsky Anita Markham Edith P. Hersch Helen Landsman and Robert Kirby Julian B. Levin Lillian Markinson Helene Hochheimer Mikhail Kliorin Dorothy and Lewis Levin Gladys and Larry Marks Sheila Hochman Eve Valerie Koch Barbara and Morton Levinson Melanie R. Marks Stephen R. Holman Ruth and Heinz Kochman Shanna Levinson Albert Martin Margo Horn Sidney S. Konigsberg Rosanne and Alvin Levitt Andrea Wright and David Marzane Felicia Hyman Elena and Alexander Korot Phyllis and Harold Levy Eleanor and Jerome Mednick Charlotte and Jerome Hyman Esther and Isadore Korz Jacquelyn Levy Diane and Jeremy Merrill Evelyn Hymans Miriam Koschmieder Helen and Herman Lewin Carol Michaelis Leona Inger Nadine and Roy Koss Eugenia Liberman Galina and Michael Milgran >>>

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 41 Planned Giving

Carob Tree Circle members continued Khanuma Blake came to the United States at the invitation Gusti and Walter Moellerich Pauline E. Forman of then General Eisenhower. Prior to that she had been the Letitia and Gary Morris and Albert E. Silverstein personal nurse to the shah of Iran. Once in the United States, Roslyn and Mervin Morris Bette A. Simon Irving Mutnick Laurie H. Sizemore she pursued her passion for giving the best of nursing care Anne and Joseph Nadel Leo S. Sloss in both official and non-official capacities. In preparing Esther and Henri Nahoum Roberta Agre and Allan Sluizer Lillie L. and Sidney Navon Ernest Smetana her estate plan, Khanuma's desire was for her assets to Peter Neubauer Florine M. Smith Jan and Robert Newman Roselyn Catz Sommer support the education of nurses and other professionals. The Jeremiah (Jerry) Nissim Daisy Hansi Sommers discretion for the ultimate distribution of her estate was given Beverly Norman Paul Spitz Kent D. Owen Susan and John Stapp to attorney Raymond Levy. Doris and Sidney Pearlman Beverly and Roman Starno Sallie Ann and Robert Perliss Anne M. Stein Julius Phillips Paul May and Frank Stein When Attorney Levy contacted the Jewish Home, they talked Leighton G. Phillips Marlene and Martin Stein at length about the attention the Home gives to providing Melvin S. Pincus Margot Stern Samuel M. Pincus Nelson Stone outstanding care to residents, as well as its leadership in Helen M. Pollack Marianne Strassman researching emerging best practices within the geriatric Bernice Polonsky Gladys F. Straus Roza Polovinchik Lila Stridiron community. The Home's research partnership with the Minna C. Popkins Greta S. Stuehler University of California, San Francisco, epitomizes the best of Vera Kostiouk and Sergey Pushnof Cora and Samuel Susselman Mary and David Rabb Selma and Sanford Tandowsky both worlds. UCSF’s involvement ensures academic rigor, while Stella Rakonitz Mikhail A. Tayts the Home provides practical, day-to-day measurement of the Shirley and Mitchell Raskin Richard Toker Shirley Reich Lawrence Tomsky research program's success. Joyce and William Remak Betty A. Toole Jean Resnick Margo Ucko Hilda Richards Alla and Igor Ushomirsky The probate court agreed with Mr. Levy's recommendation, Janis Riney David Varshavsky and one-third of Ms. Blake's estate was distributed to Walter Riney Gertrude G. Vederoff Barbara and Saul Rockman Edward Veen the Home. Samuel Rodetsky Eva Vida Rochelle and Jeff Rondinone Alla Kaper and Filip Vinengauz Blanche and Charles Rosen Avram Volfovsky Khanuma's gift exemplifies the opportunity to not only make Sydney Henrietta Rosen Dorothy and Paul Wachter Ilse and Herbert Rosenbaum Max O. Wahl a difference in the current lives of older adults, but to also Gersen Rosenberg Miriam Wain encourage new processes and innovations that make their Sylvia and Louis Rosenberg Barbara L. Wallerstein Barbara and Richard Rosenberg Liselotte N. Weber lives safer and healthier. Gertrude A. Rosenstein Yuko Kuraki and Eric Weichardt Betty Rosenthal Clark Weisman Marjorie Rosenthal Betty J. Weiss Barbara and Jack Ross Lyllian Wendroff Morris A. Rothman Linda and George Wertheim Niki Rothman Diana Whiteman Lottie Lise Rothschild Thelma and Irving Wiener Jules L. Routbort Hazel L. Wise Betty Rowney Michael B. Wise Janet and Zev Rubenstein Antoinette and Morris Wisefield Esther Rubin Geraldine J. Yorkis Leon Rudee Hanna Zanger Joan Sachs Alice J. Zemen John Henry Samter Joan L. Zentner Dorothy and George Saxe Alice and Arthur B. Zimmerman Lillian R. Schachter Norma S. Zimmerman Adrienne and Norman Schlossberg Guenther Zimmermann Rose S. Schmelzer Samuel C. Zipkin Henrietta Schneider Yetta Schneider Ruth Schoenberg Annette and Harry Schriebman Agnes Berenstein Schwartz Myrtle and Joel Schwartz Katherine Lautz and Sol Schwartz Ada E. Schwarz Sylvia Selim Leah Selix Lynne Semi-Ueligitone Larry J. Shaw Rita Sheidgant Lois Shenker Marina and Danil Shnaydman Margaret Munzika and Henry Shweid Jordan R. Sills

42 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 OUR DONORS TO THE ANNUAL FUND

As a nonprofit organization, the Jewish Home of San Francisco relies on community generosity to maintain the high standard of its care and services. Contributions to the Jewish Home’s Annual Fund fuel the heart and soul of our community’s promise to honor our mothers, fathers and elders, and responds to one of the basic tenets of Judaism, tzedakah or righteous giving.

Your contribution to the Annual Fund helps us provide our residents with the highest quality medical care through our on-site clinics; nurtures their spiritual needs; and supports our creative arts, music concerts, nutritional services, and lifestyle-enhancing programs.

We are home to approximately 400 deserving individuals, each with their own significant life stories. But they all have one thing in common: they have reached a time when they need care, which our remarkable staff provides consistently and compassionately, whenever and wherever it is needed.

With your meaningful support, the Jewish Home will remain that special place our community has known and trusted for almost a century and a half. A home that provides each and every one of our residents with what they so richly deserve – the best in loving care and the utmost in human dignity.

Your tax-deductible gift to the Jewish Home shows how much you care. It is also truly g’milut chasadim – an act of loving kindness.

No gift is too small and every contribution is greatly appreciated.

For information about supporting the Jewish Home, please contact Organizational Advancement at 415.406.1107.

Jewish Home resident Rakhil Landsman loves to dance. The monthly luncheon celebrating residents’ birthdays gives her the opportunity to do just that. 2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 43 Annual Fund donors July 2009 – June 2010

The following names reflect gifts received from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. Donors who have an asterisk following their name have given to Presidents Circle the Jewish Home’s Annual Fund for five years or more. $5,000 TO $9,999 Patty and Benjamin Anixter * Andi and David Arrick * Rickie Ann and Richard Baum * Susanne C. Baum Builders Circle Elaine and Neil Blumenthal * $10,000 TO $24,999 Alice Gardner-Boreta and John Boreta Marian and Allan Byer * Martha and Michael Adler * Galina and Alexander Capelson * Giving Circles: Linda and A.J. Batt * Adele K. Corvin * Joan and Charles Davis * Dr. Claire T. Davis Paulette J. Meyer and Dr. James A. Davis * Guardians Circle $1,000,000 + and David A. Friedman * Julian Davis Lectureship Fund of Platinum Circle $100,000 – $999,999 Debra Reynolds Mount Zion Health Fund and Steven Hammerschlag * Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Hope Circle $25,000 – $99,999 Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, Roy and Lynne Frank Family Builders Circle $10,000 – $24,999 The Shenson Foundation Foundation In memory of Ben and A. Jess Heinz Frankenstein * Presidents Circle $5,000 – $9,999 Shenson * Gaia Fund Gold Circle $2,500 – $4,999 Maisels Family Trust M. Damien Gall Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Gerald I. Ganz * Silver Circle $1,000 – $2,499 Foundation of the JCEF * Eve M. Bernstein Honor Circle $500 – $999 Gladys Monroy and Larry Marks * and Alex Gersznowicz * Eleanor Myers * Ronald A. Grossblatt Mitzvah Circle $100 – $499 Jamie and Mark Myers * Jeanne and David Himy Chai Circle $1 – $99 Lynne Frank Page * Frances and William Isackson * Bonnie and Donald Pearlman * Jewish Community Endowment Fund * Ruth Ann Rosenberg * Susie Julius *

Guardians Circle Hope Circle $1,000,000+ $25,000 TO $99,999 Eugene and Faye Barrett Khanuma Blake Trust Goldberg Fund * The David and Mary Cohn Charitable Jeannette Goldner Estate Trust The Barbara Shupin Fund for Shirley and Ben Eisler * End of Life Care Fifth Age of Man Foundation – Mina Vitlin, Annag Chandler and Victor Vitlin * Platinum Circle The Edgar and Helene Fleck Trust $100,000 TO $999,999 Friend Family Foundation * – Donald and Janie Friend Estate of Walter Fuchs Michelle and Robert Friend Jewish Community Endowment Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund Newhouse Fund * – Richard N. Goldman * Fern and Daniel Ruth * Evelyn R. Kahn Trust Jewish Community Federation Nancy and Stephen Grand Carol and Harry Saal Freda Katz 1991 Trust Annual Campaign * Philanthropic Fund * Dorothy and George Saxe * Linda Katz 1999 Revocable Trust Koret Foundation * Jewish Community Endowment Jennifer and Jason Sills * Barbara and Ronald Kaufman * Victor L. Marcus Estate Maimonides Fund * Barbara Hilp Smith * Kurland Family Foundation – Carol Mount Zion Health Fund of the JCEF * Arlene and Steve Krieger * Marlene and Martin Stein * Nusinow-Kurland and Duff Kurland Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Estate of Irving Manis Wallis Foundation * Hedi Langfelder * Foundation of the JCEF * Louise and Claude Rosenberg Jr. Lawrence Weissberg Foundation Lipton Family Trust The Rosenberg Family * Family Foundation Wells Fargo Community Support Local Independent Charities * – Barbara and Richard The Theodore Rosenberg Campaign * Fern and William Lowenberg * – Lisa and Peter Charitable Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Peter A. Pollat, M.D. * – Ellen and Michael In honor of Joyce Anonymous (1) Carol S. Roberts * Rosenberg Ratner * Laurie Isenberg and Joel I. Roos Joan Sachs Estate Susan and Alan Rothenberg * Jean G. Zemel * Morris A. Rothman * Eleanor Sade * Ida E. Schwartz * Seiler & Company, LLP * Shoreline Center, Ltd. * Carole and S. Richard Shostak * LaVerne and Alan Silverman * Diane Olmstead and Matthew Slepin * Anne and David Steirman * Lonna A. Wais Henry Weil * Dana Corvin and Harris Weinberg * Nathan D. Wolfe Anonymous (1)

44 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Tillie and David Leibel * Sandra and Edward Stein Gold Circle Silver Circle Lorraine Lerman and Clyde Leland Leonard J. Stern $2,500 TO $4,999 $1,000 TO $2,499 The Levin Family Charitable Fund Alexa A. Suslow The Richard and Emily Levin Beverly R. Buller-Tannen Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory Liki and Joseph Abrams * Foundation and Eugene Tannen * & Natsis, LLP Ann and Irwin Bear * Deborah and Elliot Levy Marilyn R. Taubman * Angelica Corporation Gerry Belling * Marilyn and Michael Levy * Sam H. Thal * Judy and Robert Aptekar Joan C. Benjamin * Lucille and Henry Libicki * Stephen Tigerman Bank of America Merrill Lynch Martha A. Fagan Littler Mendelson Foundation, Inc. * United California Glass & Door * Allan Berenstein * and Donald H. Benovitz Joel P. Litvin * Ruth J. Veprin Ellen S. Berger Frances and Leonard Berger * Greta Livingston * Stephanie and Elliott Warshauer * Karen and Melvyn Bert Doris Blum * Eva T. Lokey * Liselotte N. Weber * BiRite Foodservice Distributors * Ann and Gordon Blumenfeld * Jan and Jay Luxenberg * Nina Weil * Eva and Robert Bloch * Virginia and Homer Boushey Melanie and Peter Maier * Lydia Selim-Wempe Katherine Browning * Anne Cahn * Henne Fredkin and Abe Malaster * and James Wempe * Jane T. Burrows * Cannon Constructors, Inc. Susan and Jay Mall Mila and Larry Wichter Deborah A. and Joseph W. Chait Melody and Richard Chasen Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Kathy and Donald Williams * Citivision Commercial Real Estate, Inc. Jean and William Coblentz * Rabbis Janet and Sheldon Marder * Beverly and Bernard Wolfe City Building, Inc. Edna and Edwin Colloff * Steven J. Masover * Philanthropic Fund of the JCEF The Design Partnership, LLP Joan Libman and Jim Coughlin Marilyn and Charles Meier * Dr. and Mrs. Bennett G. Zier * Eco Sound Medical Services Suzan L. Hahn and David Donnenfield * Pamela and Stephen Mittel * Denise and Joseph Ziony * Paul Epp * Dorsey, Hazeltine & Wynne Moldaw Family Residences Jean and Richard Zukin * Harry Erlich * Sandra and Edwin Epstein * Judy and Jay Nadel * Anonymous (4) Joan and Fredrick Falender * Debra L. Estrin * Joseph Nadel * Muriel and Clyde Fox * Leslie A. Gordon and Craig B. Etlin NCP College of Nursing Miriam and Arthur Gauss * Joyce Mishel and Stanley Ettinger * Peter Neubauer * Honor Circle GeoSyntec Consultants Norma and Harold Feinberg * Siegfried F. Neustadter * $500 TO $999 Lisa Erdberg and Dennis Gibbons Susan and David Folkman Catherine and Andrew Newman * Frances and William Green * Mimi and Moshe Fried North Peninsula Jewish Community Patricia and Ronald Adler * Constance and Milton Greenfield * Suzanne M. Stassevitch Teen Foundation Earl Annecston * Rochelle Alpert and James W. Friedman * Mignon and Armand Offel * AT&T Employee Giving Campaign * and Steven Greenwald * Jennifer Friedman Florence Pais Edward Ausiello Evelyn & Walter Haas Jr. Fund Family of Daniel M. Geller * Pinnacle Contracting Corp. Patricia H. Axelrod *

Tree of Life

The Tree of Life is a beautiful wooden sculpture that hangs prominently in the Jewish Home. Each leaf on the tree bears an inscription as a tribute or memorial to a loved one. Leaves may be purchased for a $1,200 gift to the Home. WAYS OF GIVING OF WAYS

Liane M. Ofenham-Hall and John Hall * Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Estate of Helen M. Pollack Adelaida Bantov Hanson Bridgett, LLP * GlynnDevins Advertising & Marketing Mary A. and Patric T. Powell * Joyce and Joseph Behar * HFS Consultants Lynn and Gary Goodman * Rab-Com, Ltd. * Vivian and Bernard Benn IBM Matching Grants Program * Joanne and Stanford Green * Rob Reicher Evelyn and Ralph Black * Inside Source Joanne and William Greenspan * Eva Yarmo and David Rosenthal * Lenore and Charles Bleadon * Judith Kletter Leslie R. Guggenheim * Janet and Zev Rubenstein * Gayle and Michael Blum * Sherie Koshover * Barbara and Gary Haber * Sharon L. Litsky and John F. Sampson * Nancy and Michael Borah * Fred Liebscher Trust Daryl Messinger and James Heeger Santa Clara Systems Charlie and Herbert Brown * Life Care Services Stephanie and Howard Hellen Sares Regis Group of Northern Amy S. Rutman and Reed L. Brown * Max Specialty Insurance Company Jules M. Heumann * California Karen and Steven Busch * Erin and Scott Montgomery * Stephanie and Rudy Hoffman * Adrienne and Norman Schlossberg * Congregation Beth Am Program Joy and Zachary Pearlman Ann and Michael Horenstein * Nancy Kwan and Alan B. Schwartz * Team – Cantor Lauren Bandman Edward M. Reiner * Jewish Family and Children's Services Sonya Kaplan Philip E. Damner Jr. * Anne and Martin Roher * Danielle Jones and S. Jerral Schwartzman * Ruth and Joe Danoff Alfred V. Sanguinetti * Lenke Kaldor * Security Public Storage Victoria J. De Goff * Jo and Henry Shain * Linda and Thomas Kalinowski * Alane and Jeffrey Seife * Mary De May, M.D. Silicon Valley Community Foundation * Ruth and Arnold Kaufman Susan and Richard Seiler * Benjamin Dorfman * Sinai Memorial Chapel * Bonnie Levinson and Dr. Donald Kay * Gaye and Stuart Seiler * Eber Charitable Trust II Pauline and David Soffa * Susan and Stephen Kellerman Shames Construction Elyssa and Frazer Edwards * Toole Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. John Kerner * Jerome Shapiro * Diane and Bill Ehrlich * Turner Construction Company * Vicki and Paul Klapper * Judith and Leonard Shaw * Dianne Estrin * Wells Fargo Bank Morris A. Kohn * Luda B. Shuster * Stephanie and Steven Farsht * Bobbi and Herb Wiltsek * Susan Koret * Fred Silberman * Charlotte and Paul Fish The Wolfe Foundation Kosher Mart Foods * Marga Dusedau and David Sklar * Mariana and Semen Flyash * Evelyn Kramar * Sandra and Lawrence Small Leonore and Carl Foorman Howard Lader * Vivian R. Solomon * Barbara and John Friedman * The Warren G. Lefort Supporting Estate of Roselyn Catz Sommer Emily and Dr. Gerald Gardner Foundation Jeffrey R. Spirn * Barbara Gelleri * >>>

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 45 Annual Fund donors July 2009 – June 2010

Ruth and James Glick Irina Borshchevskaya * Marguerite and Maurice Edelstein * Dr. Linna and Mr. Alex Golodriga Mitzvah Circle Gary Bortolotto Lillian S. Edwards * Marshall A. Greene * $100 TO $499 Jeremy Bower * Elaine and Don Ehrman Harvey Haber Jacqueline Boyette Audrey G. Eichorn Henry O. Haertel * Sy Aal * Margot E. Braun * Maria Eisman * Cherie and Frederick Half * Abco Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Mimi and Roman Braunfeld * Zhanna and Anatoly Elkinbard * Margaret L. Hardy * Elana Lieberman Ruth Braunstein Irina Rogova Dorothy Harkavy * and Lorne Abramson * Ann Fay and Dr.William S. Breall * and Aleksandr Epelman Judy and Robert Huret * Pamela and Scott Abramson Dorothy and Arnold Breit * Ruth and Harold Epstein * Ellen and Robert Jasper and Family Maria and Mark Breitman Dana and Jerry Evans * Regina Karson Amanda and Cory Ackerman Ruth Brodie Jocelyne and Joe Falk * Sharon and Irwin Kasser * Corrine and Harvey Ackerman Tatyana and Mikhail Brodsky Far Eastern Society Kendra and Thomas Kasten * Doi and Thomas Adams * Jeff Brown of San Francisco, Inc. Lillian and Sidney Kevich * Lowell Adelson Family Estate Phyllis S. Brown * Rebecca Arons and Eric B. Fastiff * Krishna and Bert Kopell * Sharon R. Adelson * Geri and Martin Brownstein * Francine and Allen Feder * Laura and Gary Lauder Irina and Alexander Aerov * Larisa Kleyman and Vladi Bruk Lynne F. Feldsher * Nina Lawit Aircraft Technical Publishers Iris Bulasky * Suzanne and Elliott Felson * Gail and Stephen Lazarus * Julius Aires Lottie and Henry Burger * Sherry and Joseph Felson * Barbara and Kenneth Lebovitz * Ruth J. Allen * Selma and Arthur Cader * Lynn B. Bunim and Sandy Fetter * Barbara and Elliot Lefferts * Donna and Arthur Anderson Rochelle Campana Judith and Fred Fiedler * Arlene and Paul Leiber * Rochelle and Harrison Anixter * Louise Cantrell-Kehoe Sofiya Figlina and Mikhail Figlin * Marlene Levenson Lucy Olivari and Leonard D. Anspach * Mark Cardinale Barbara and George Finck Sharon and Jerry A. Levine * Barbara and Timothy Arnstein Rita Horn and Dennis Cassan Sheila R. Fine Naomi and Carl Levinson * Susan Aronovsky Sandi Cates Susan and Allen Fischer * Marlene and Fred Levinson * Elissa and Daniel Arons * Sheri Champeau Jane and Glenn Fisher Lexus of Serramonte * Mary Ann and Samuel Aronson Harry Chapman Bella and Ilya Fishman Siesel and Howard Maibach * Jill D. Kaplan and Jeffrey D. Axelrod Karen and Micah Citrin * Doris Flamm * Peggy and Ron Marinoff * Olga Kashlinskaya Gale Mondry and Bruce Cohen Ana C. Florez * Melanie R. Marks * and Yevgeniy Babichev * Carole A. Cohen * Fluor United Way Campaign Martinelli Environmental Graphics Janet R. Bacheler Belle and Jeffrey Cohen Sharon and Aaron Fomil * Judith and Walter Miller * Pamela and Laurence Baer * Rachel Cohen Sharon and Timothy Foster * Moldaw Family Foundation * Elaine and Robert Baer Shera Cohen Max Frank * Arnold Mozar * Albina Balanov * June K. Neuhaus * Stella Balbi * Alice and Bruce Newman Ballesteros Landscape Eileen I. Oliver * Management Co. Howard Partisky Barclays Global Investor Perkins Eastman Estelle Bardoff * Linda S. Podolsky * Robert Barnett * Inna and Yuri Polissky The Kenneth S. Baron Family * Kevin Potter Judith and Ron Barr * Monica Lee and Jonathan Rapp Darla and Richard Bastoni * Susan and Edwin Rosenberg * Louis Batmale Robert W. Samuel Rosyland and Robert Bauer * Scher & Bassett * Alvin H. Baum Jr. Lorin and Barry Schneider * Ina and Steven Bauman Mark Schulman Joseph Becker * Ruth and Donald Seiler * Robin Beers Robyn and Mark Setzen Patricia and Ernest Belden * Ann and Henry Shain Randi and Robert Belot * May Shain Inna and Vadim Belyaev Megan H. Shapiro Deborah Ben-Eliezer Richard Sherman Hagar Ben-Eliezer Mildred Cohn * Eva Angress and Walter Frank * Eileen and Stephen Silver Donna and Gerald Benovitz Congregation Bet Haverim Ann and Lewis Freedman * Roberta Agre and Allan Sluizer * Dorothy G. Berelson * – Rabbi Greg Wolfe Eva and Stephen Freeman * Suzanne and Jack Socher Rosalie and Arthur Beren * Congregation Rodef Sholom Dina and Isaak Freylikhman * Audrey and Bob Sockolov * Sally L. Berger * – Rabbi Stacy Friedman Lois Fried * Margaret and Joel Steinberg Polly Bergtraun * Congregation Sherith Israel Harriet Friedman * Ruth S. Steiner * Susan Berkey – Rabbi Larry Raphael Cynthia Krieger and Stuart Friedman * Dolores Stone Marsha Lee and Norman Berkman Barbara and John Cooper Virginia H. Friedman * Marion Strauss Aline M. Berl * Debby and Brian Courtney Alberta and Roy Fross * Marilyn and William Sugar * Jacqueline Berman Sandra and Brian Cruz * G & G Investments, LLC Roselyne C. Swig * Raquel Berman Eleanor and Robert Cutler * Jolene and Steve Gabbay The Toole Fund at the Community Suzan Berns * Milt Danoff * Leah and Jerome Garchik Foundation of Santa Cruz County Diane and Jeffry Bernstein * Tawny and Craig Darling Dena J. Goldberg Gardi * United Way of the Bay Area * Arlene and Philip Bernstein * Amy and Scott Darling * Marian P. Gelfand Urban Pacific Properties, Inc. Alexsandra and Yuriy Beygman * Gwen Davis * Vlada Gelfond * Tamara and Andrei Vassiliev John Bielenberg Lenore Davis General Inspection Services Barbara and Robert Voss * Robert Binder Sharon and Alex Delly Elsie I. George Dorothy and Paul Wachter * Gordon C. Blackstock Rita and Robert DeLue * Amber and Andrew Getz Jayne and Isidore Warman * Susan Bloch * Joseph DelValle Anna and Walter Gewing * Heidi Stewart and John Weinstein * Annabelle Block Helene L. Denebeim * Marion and Irwin Gibbs * William K. Weinstein Catherine and Bernard Blumberg * Cathy and Peter Deutsch Arthur N. Gilbert * Marianne and Bernard Werth * Sylvia D. Blumenfeld * Lisa and Daniel Deveau Elaine and Barry Gilbert * Pamela S. Kaufman Madalyn and Frank Blumenthal * David L. Diller * Louise A. Stirpe-Gill and James Gill * and Eric M. Zankman Pola Burk and Bernard Blutman * Paul M. Diller * Marsha and Stanton Glantz * Joan L. Zentner * Virginia J. Blywise Helen and Jeffrey DuBowy Bella and Erast Gliner * Lydia and David Zinn Helen and Arthur Bobrove Carol and Robert Dutton Yvonne and Gary Goddard * Mary and Harold Zlot Leatrice and Monroe Bohne E2M Partners Genrikh Gofman * Anonymous (3) Thomas Bookwalter Judith Edelson * Sandy and Marvin Gold

46 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Rosabelle Gold * Sheila Hochman * Alyson Rae Kuhn * Albert Martin * Helen Goldberg Kenneth E. Hollingsworth, M.D. Liliya and Samuil Kur * Sherrie Matza * Jane B. Goldberg * Ruth and Julius Honig * Sarah and Daniel Kushner * Karen and Chris Mead * Milton Goldberg * Arlene and Jonathan Horowitz * Ladar Family Marcia Meister * Gerda and Roger Goldberg * Valerie Howard Cecilia and Parviz Lalezari * Rozalia and Peter Melamed Marina Goldenberg * Pama Huntley Yelena and Boris Landa Mrs. Michael G. Melvin Bonnie and Melvin Goldman Gabriella Isaacson Judy and Mark Langberg * Esther H. Menes Judith Goldstein Marilyn Israel Naomi and Robert Lauter Cynthia and Robert Mercer * Arlene S. Goldstine The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation Marcia Lazer Diane and Jeremy Merrill * Joyce S. Gollober * Matching Gift Program Sherry and Thomas Lazore * Sara and Richard Mesirow * Mark A. Goodman Marsha M. Jacobs * Mollie LeBoit Roberta and Spencer Michels * Enid and Ronald Goodman * Nina and Robert Jacobs Jack B. LeClair Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Elaine and Kieve Goodstein * Debra Jaron Claire Leibowitz * Denise and Erik Migdail * Doris B. Gorelick Rosalind and Donald Jarvis * Muriel Leland * Bryna Milkow Ludmila and Vladimir Gornitsky Sylvia and Louis Jennis * Margie and Philip Lerner Eleanor and Howard Miller * Galina and Ilya Gorodetsky * Priscilla and Gerardo Joffe * Debby and Doug Lesser Micki U. Miller Eletta Graceffa * Eloise Johnson Regina and Boris Letuchy Ann Millhauser * Nancy Graham Adrienne H. Jonas * Levi Strauss Foundation Matching Marilyn Milovich Vladimir Granik Joanne Jonas Gift Program * Michael L. Milstein Sally and Ron Grassi The Jones Family Max A. Levin * Inna Mink * Mignon S. Gravitch Robert A. Kahn Samuel Levin * Harriet Mitchell * Karen Green * Vicki and Scott Kahn * Stuart M. Levin Janis Mitchell Naomi and Richard Green Stephanie L. Kane Irene and Dan Levine * Sofia Mitina Svetlana and James Greenberg Yudolf Kantor * Donn S. Levine Beate Mohr * Nancy Greenberg Mark E. Kaptzan * Shanna Levinson * Sandra and David Monasch III * Phyllis and Jerry Greenblatt * Feliks S. Karchemskiy Rosanne and Alvin Levitt * Nadine and Bernard Monetta * Mel Greenhood * Carol A. Kare Charlotte M. Levy * Charlotte Knabel and Larry Morace Dolores Gould and David Greenseid Adela and Joel Karliner * Mildred Levy-Albert * Sylvia I. Morden * Kay and Leland Greenwald Audrey S. Karnal * Frederica L. Lewis * Susan and Mark Morris * Mimi and Leonard Greenwold * Elizabeth and Brian Katcher * Hildegard Lewis * Barbara and Robert Morrison * Gail S. Grossman * Dora and Khary Kats * Lauren and Kenneth Lewis Susan and Kenneth Moses * Erika and Rick Pardo Grotch Tatyana Rotenberg Ellen Leznik Terre Moshe Sandra and Philip Grubstick and Larry Katsanovich * Greta Liebman * Josie Mosk *

Sponsoring birthday celebrations

With a contribution of $613, you can support this joyous event and ensure that our residents – the people who are very dear to all of us – celebrate their special days in style. As the birthday host, you are honored as well, receiving eight invitations so that your family and friends may attend to celebrate with the residents. There is live music, a raffle, even some dancing and, of course, an opportunity to join in the singing of “Happy Birthday.” WAYS OF GIVING OF WAYS

Marsha and Ralph Guggenheim * Sara J. Liss-Katz and Jeremy W. Katz Alice and Elliot Liff * Pearl and Melvin Mosk * Diana F. Guthaner, M.D. Bernard Katzmann * Carol Eisenberg William Mulcahy Lois and Michael Gutman Susan and Gene Kaufman * and Raymond Linkerman * Ellen and Michael Mundell * Lottie Gutterman * Olga and Isai Kaufman * John Lipscomb Dena P. Myers Paul J. Cohen and Robert Gutterman Tobye and Ron Kaye * Judith Lipsett Alla Makievsky Mildred I. Haas * Yelena and Vladimir Kazantseva Ellen R. and James Liston and Michael Myslovaty * Frieda and Sterling Haidt Andrea Keller * Diane Loeb * Bernice Chorney and Ernie Nairn Marlene and Samuel Halperin * Alina Kerson * David Long Hilda Namm * Minnette Hamerslag Mark Kesel * Marcus Loorya * Hillel Narin * Ilene Harding Helen Landsman and Robert Kirby * Michael Lorincz * NetApp, Inc. Jeffrey S. Harlowe Carol A. Koenig Martin Lu Constance and Daniel Neustein * Caryn and Ian Harris Jeanette Bemis and Jacob Koff * Dennis A. Lubitz Eva and Ernest Newbrun * Judith and Jerrol Harris Jerome Koff Paul J. Lubitz * Darren Post and Jeff Nguyen Marcia and William Hastings * Marilyn Koff Deborah and Fred Ludtke Yemil R. Niemi Alfred E. Heller * Sheila Kogan Helen Luey Daphna and Samuel Noily Mary and Douglas Heller * Ernest Kohn * Lorraine and Harold Luft Zel Bauer and Leonard Norack * Susan and William Heller Vivian and Sidney S. Konigsberg * Rosario and Sydney Malkoo * Harriet Norris Donna and William Hendrix Edward A. Koplowitz * Sylvia E. Malnikow * Gayle and Allen Notowitz * Joan Henricks Frida Koppl * Gregory S. Mand * Rabbi David Novak Abraham Henselyn * Leonid Korman Marga and Eugene Mandel * Sandy and Barry Oberstein * Susie Coliver and Robert Herman Sara Koshover * Adriana Manousakis Miriam Ofer * Douglas Herst Jenny and Gideon Kramer Trisha and David Maoz Morris W. Offit Ellie and John Hessl * Mark Kramer Eileen and Mike Marchasin * Carol and Jerry Okeson Eve and Vernon Heyman * Stephanie and Morris Krantz * Florence and Steven Marchick * Brenda Oliver Carol B. Hicks * Rosalia Veksler Esther Marcus * Anita and Ingram Olkin * Christa M. Basch and Robert L. Hill * and Eugene Krayzbukh Marietta and Frank Marcus * Ruth and Jerry Opper * Elaine A. Hilp * Natalya Krivoshchapova Diane and Hubert Marcus * Shari and Donald Ornstein * A. Arthur Hirschhorn * Anna Seletsky and Vladimir Krutenev * Minnie Marguleas * Gerald A. Ornstein * >>>

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 47 Annual Fund donors July 2009 – June 2010

Barney Orovitz Wanda P. Ross * Rolly L. Slatt * Caryn and Kevin Wasserstein * Myrna and Archie Ossin Zhila and William Ross Robert L. Slesnick * Esther R. Waterman * Fira and Arkady Ostrovksy * The Ross-Perry Family Henry H. Small * Lewis Weil * Joseph M. Ostrow * Lois and Arthur Roth * Susan R. Katz Snyder * Heidi M. Linsmayer Jody E. Patraka * William E. G. Rothmann Valery D. Sokolovskii * and Bernard Weiner * Elizabeth and Stuart Patt Susan and Charles Rothschild Allan E. Sommer * Lora F. Weiner * Lois and Fred Pavlow * Jane Rothschild Marcia D. Sosnick * Stephen E. Weiner * Loren Pearlman Leatrice Bohne Lois Southard Betty J. Weiss * Pearson's Evaluation Systems and Monroe C. Rothschild * Eldon and Joseph Sozzi * Pamela and David Weiss Judith and Gerald Pelzner * Bonnie and Paul Rowsey Roberta J. Silverstein Debbie and Keith Weiss Peninsula Temple Beth El Esther Rubin * and Stephen M. Sperber * Lydia and Neil Weiss * – Mandy and Rabbi Dennis Eisner Nancy Rubin Michael I. Spiegel * Betty and Stanley Weiss Joan and Allen Perris * H. Marcia Smolens and Richard Rubin Bonnie and Louis Spiesberger * Katherine Steeves and Stephen Weiss Olga and Alex Persits Victor Rubstein Brian H. Spigelman * Jan Herr and Elihu Welber * John Petrini Melinda and Eric Ruchames Ella and Luke Spitkovsky * Margaret Rasmussen PG&E Corporation Campaign for the Renee Rushnawitz * Doris and Bill Spitzig * and Jacqueline Weltman Community * Eugenia Romanovsky Anne M. Stein * Linda and George Wertheim Lynne and Russell Pierce and Sergei Rutenberg Vera and Harold Stein * Bernadette and James Weslow * Gerry R. Podolsky * Sofya Tsitrin and Victor Safyan Judith A. Stein Mary Wezelman * Pollack Family Samuel J. Salkin Helene Solomon and William Stein Wharf Plaza, Mission Plaza, Ellinwood Wendy Sue and Jeffrey Polonsky Sue and Chris Saso Anita Steinacher * and San Rafael Commons Yefim Polsky * Robert M. Savasky * Alice Erber and Robert Steinberg Lynne and Peter Williams * Harriet Prensky Shelley and Loren Saxe * Gayle and Tobiah Steinberg Marcia Epstein-Wilson and William Pomeranz SC Properties Management, Inc. Jacqueline and Norman Steiner * and Donald Wilson * Roselyn and Alan Posin Marjorie and Larry Schlenoff Joyce Steinfeld Barbara and Norman Winnerman * Jack Posnick * Renee and Howard Schlesinger * Charlotte Stern * Marya and Bruce Wintroub Mary and David Rabb Priscilla B. Schlesinger * June E. Rubin and David Stern * Wolfe Philanthropic Fund N. Davida and Michael Rabbino * Andrea and Harvey Schloss Joan C. Stern * – Susan and Robert Wolfe Shulamit and Boris Rabinovich * Marilyn P. Schneider Svetlana and Ralph Stern Rhoda and Sheldon Wolfe * Maria Rabinovich Claire and David Schoenfeld * Nelson Stone * Penny L. Wolfsohn * Dina Kostovetskaya Sara and John Schram * Dr. and Mrs. Sherman H. Strauss * Francine and Phillip Woolfe * and Vadim Rabinovich Annette and Harry Schriebman * Dinah and Noah Stroe Lester Yagoda

Rainy Day Quilting Martha and David Schurman Berta and Donald Sugarman * Marina Yushina Lara and Steven Rajninger Ada E. Schwarz * Shelly Swanson Hanna Zanger * Lyudmila and Roman Rechevsky Paula and John Schwerin * Marc J. Swartz * Debby and Michael Ziegler * Rehabilitation department of the Reva and John Segall * Leah Swiler * Janet L. Zimmerman * Jewish Home Marcyl and Seymour Seidscher Joyce Talal * Vivian and Marvin Zukor Valerie and Theodore Reich * Randee and Joseph Seiger Rachel and Ted Tasch Lyudmila Zverhovsky The Reicher Alouf Family Rita and Elizabeth Semel * Abigail Teisch * Susan and Gary Zweig Bernadette Reiss Lynne Semi-Ueligitone * Martha and Peter Tenenbaum * Anonymous (13) Joan Karlin and Paul Resnick * Perla Bruna Sevini Travelers Insurance Patricia Mitau Rhein * Madeline and Steven Shakin * Truist, Inc. Lois and Julian Rhine * Daniel Shapiro Isik Tsifrin Chai Circle Lila and Neville Rich * Cynthia and Irving Shapiro * Susan Romer and Donald L. Ungar * $1 TO $99 Joyce and Gary Rifkind * Florence Shaw * United Airlines Employee Morton Rivo Nancy D. Shaw * Giving Campaign * Janet and Mark Abelson Ruth Roberts Bella Oxman and Eugene Shender * United Way of Metropolitan Tina and Michael Abrams and Family Karen S. Robson * Lillian Sher Dallas, Inc. Dave Adair Diane and Joe Rolfe Sari and Franklin Shifrin * Carol Carter and David Unterman Dianne Adler * Rochelle and Joseph Rondinone * Marianne and Herman Shine * Maria Ury * Helen M. Adler * Antoinette and Dey Rose * Raisa and Alex Shkurovich Alla and Igor Ushomirsky * Betty and Jacques Adler * Carol Roseman Leyvi S. Shnayder * Priyanka and Tony Varni * Libby Adler Ruth H. Rosenbaum * Rhoda and Frederick Shulman Frederika and Burton Vaupen * Maureen E. Adler * Beverly Rosenberg Lia and Arkady Shusterman * Sharon Vinick Mr. M. T. Rosenthal Ah Marcia Cooper and Jeffrey Rosenberg Alberta Siegel * Simona and Alex Vinokurov Andrea Alban Ellen and W. Michael Rosenberg * Dawn and Clay Sigmen Visa Matching Gifts Program Barbara and William Alexander Gerald B. Rosenstein * Jordan Sills Vision Service Plan Marcia and James Allegretti Dorothy Rosenthal * Lois and Irving Siminoff Eugene Vodkin Susan and Donald Allen Lisa and Mark Rosenthal * Joan and Jack Simon Yelena and Vladimir Volchenok Eleanor Allen Irene and Alan Ross Marilee Morris and David Skolnick * Rose Warshauer * Charlene and Paul Alper

48 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Amherst College Selma Braverman * Frances and Joseph Damico Heidi and Harry Freitas Ruth Andersen * Arthur M. Bree * Susan and Richard Deets * Barbara and Ron Friedenthal Margery D. Anson * Ardis and Alfred Breslauer * Defilippo Family Sylvia Friedland * Lee M. Appel * Karen and Theodore Bresler Myrna and Donald DeFriese * Betsy Marder and Michael J. Friedman Marcia and Eugene Applebaum Lisa and William Brinner * Yetta and Thomas Dehart * Sylvia Friedman Cheryl and Robert Arenson * Mae Briskin Ann and Ross Dehovitz Bernice S. Frucht * Joanne and Bernard Arfin * David Brody * Jobyna and John Dellar * Anna and Joseph Galanter * Argo Group US Nancy Brody Josepth DeLucchi John F. Gallagher Millie and Aron Aronovsky * Jeanette E. Bronstein * Edith Deutsch * Darlene and Bill Gall-Austin Eleanor Aronovsky * Ann Z. Brown * Betty F. Dial Rita and Mikhail Gambarin Edith K. Arrick * Ruth M. Brown * Elaine and Michael Diamond Sarra Ganelina and Aleksandr Ganelin Fae R. Asher * Roman Bruk * Sandra and David Dolins Hereen Claudio-Garcia Joan Asheroff Carol and Frank Buonagurio * Martha Donner * and Peter Garcia * Jakob A. Atlas * Ann Burger * Anne D. Dorrington Ramon F. Garcia Roma M. Auerback * Nancy and Lester Burger Suzanne Dougan Penny and William Gelb Sandra Auerback Eirwen M. Calden Sharon Dragul Ephraim M. Gershater Barbara and Gerald August * Judith Capellino Jack M. Drimmer Amy Gerstein Ferne and Stephen Avery Evelyn Carlin Max Drimmer * Louise H. Gersten Therese and Allan Baer Shari and John Carruthers Joanne and Donald Druyanoff * Vadim Gertsvolf * Eavlyn and Jerome Baer Joyce and Ari Cartun * Jane and James Dubuque Sue Getreuer Marjorie Baer Sharon and Albert Chame Sheila G. Duerden Rosalie and Harold Gevertz * Tatyana and Alexander Bagerman * Judith and Steven Chamow Evanna and Douglas Dunlop * Carlean and Chandragupta Gharpurey Judy and Ramon Balagot * Jadine S. Wong and Curtis Chan Martin Dvorin * Phyllis Glackman Leona and Arthur Ball Charles Schwab Foundation Eva Dyson * Diane and Bob Glas Dale Rabinov and Bert Banks Matching Gift Program Shannon and Grant Edelstone * Ilana Glaun Roberta and Robert Barkoff * Joyce Margolin and Steve Chelski Robin Edwards Frida and Leonid Gluzman Annette Barnett * Victoria Chen Adasa and Yakov Eliashberg Zina and Valery Gluzman Ludmilla and Zalaman Baron Helen and Donald Cherry * Bernice and Ellis Ellison * Frederica and Frank Gold * Ruth Basin * Katie and David Christie * Tibor Engel Ellen and Harvey Gold Eileen and Ralph Battat * Sandra and Harve Citrin Tsilya and Yuriy Epshteyn Tanette and Daniel Goldberg * Rabbi Pamela F. Baugh Maxeen and William Claymon Irene K. Epstein * Irina Estrina and Steve Goldberg Dorothy and Bertrand Baylin * Leona and Stanley Cleaner * Barbara C. Erickson * Nanette T. Goldman Jane and Hugo Beckerman * Hanna and Leo Cohan * Esther and Lee Erman Tatyana and Naum Goldman *

Tribute Cards to friends and family

Those who wish to honor an important occasion or the memory of a loved one are invited to use the Jewish Home’s tribute card service. With a gift of $18 or more, the Home sends a beautiful card, created from art produced by our residents, to the individual who should know of your generosity and caring. With a $100 donation or more, the loved one’s and the donor’s names are inscribed in Home’s Tribute Book. WAYS OF GIVING OF WAYS

Linda and Jay Begler Dexter Cohen Susan Euphrat * Adele and Samuel Goldman Joanne and Warren Bender Gail B. Cohen * Desi R. Evan Deborah and Eyal Goldmann Jackie and Ed Ben-Eliezer Elaine and George Cohen Gershon Evan Mary and Paul Goldrath * Fritzi L. Benesch Jean Cohen * Joan Fauvre Eva M. Goldsmith * Lyubov Serebryanaya Claire and Larry Cohen Julie and Eliot Feibush Suzanne and Lawrence Goldsmith * and Vladimir Berdichevskiy * Rose and Melvin Cohen * Marsha and Jack Feldstein Priscilla and Arthur Goldstein Anna Pevzner and Michael Berenstein Janice and Morton Cohen * Trude and Don Fineman * Amy Sukhov and Charles Goldstein Esther Berger Suzanne Ducat and Stanley Cohen * Vonda and Warren Fineman * Beatrice Goodman * Nancy Berger-Granet Steven D. Cohen Rebekah L. Finer Judy and Matt Goodman Joyce Berger-Miller * Sandra Cohen-Wynn * Sara G. Fingerman * Fay and Mervyn Goodman * Kenneth Bergman * Marsha and Fred Cohn * Daniel Fink Goodman-Gable-Gould/Adjusters Janice and Dennis Berkowitz * Velma and Howard Cohn * Diane and Solon Finkelstein * International Amy Wollman and Gerald Berkowitz Roberta and Leonard Cohn * Nancy and Roland Finken Faina Kantor and Sergey Gorbunov * Gayla Berry Carolyne and Michael Cohn Sandra and Sanford Fish Ida and Leonid Grach Larisa Bershader * Lorry T. Cole * Herbert Fisher Sally and Gilbert Gradinger * Janet and Nilo Bertoloni Rebecca and Andrew Coleman Leon H. Fisher * Phyllis and David Green Rose and Gary Bigus * Eunice Coleman * Mary Fisher Gail N. Green * Walter Biondi Suzanne and Andrew Colvin Mary Fogarty Isabel Green * Judith Blankman Thelma and Kenneth Colvin * Catherine and George Fomin * Frances and Aaron Greenberg * Faye E. Blatt Congregation Beth Israel Judea Leatrice and John Ford * Marilyn Adamson Sheila Audrey Blecher * – Rabbi Rosalind Glazer Pauline Forman * and Andrew Greenberg Sharon Helinick and Alice Bloch Council of Residents of the Cathy and Frederick Fox * Frank Greenberg Marsha Block Jewish Home * Joan and Marvin Fox Eileen and Gary Greenberg Marion and Robert Blumberg Marlene and Jon Curwen Nanci Fox Joanah and Robb Greenspan Sheryl L. Blumenthal Doris and Larry Cutler * Elaine and Bill Frank Sharon and Bernard Greer Alla Bondarenko Marian H. Sagan Miriam Frank Pendeline and Nathan Grief Nancy Bott and Donato A. D'Esopo Sherri Frank Linda Gerard and Daniel Grossman Judith and David Boyer Bella and Abram Dagovich Sheila and Cyril Freedman Relda Grossman * >>>

2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 49 Annual Fund donors July 2009 – June 2010

Lyudmila and Moisey Gruzman * Margarita and Mikhail Khavul Joane Litvak * Anita and Stephen Morse Karina Gurevich Naum Khaykin Edward Litvin Milton Moskowitz * Jill Hacker Dimitry Khmelnitsky Harriet D. Lloyd * Fortune and Joseph Moussa * Ellen Gershun and William H. Half Lynne and Stephen Kinsey Elena Lobatsevich Agnes Nagaya Nancy Hall Irina Kirikova Robin and Kurt Lorenzi Shelley and Michael Nagel * Stephanie Hannaford Susan Garfield and Joe Kirkup Eleanor G. Lorton Penny and Samuel Nagel Barbara Harpell * Judith and Oskar Klausentock Kristine B. Lutes Michael A. Nakhimovsky Adele R. Harris * Diane and Edward Klein Caryn and William Lyons * Diana H. Naparst * Clive D. Harris Marilyn Kline Caroline and David Macy Ilya Nasilevich Esther and Norman Harris * Mikhail Kliorin * Nancy and Seth Madnick Marina Nasilevich Suzanne Hassid * Lawrence E. Kobrin Terry Magnin * Mavis Nathan * Estella Hayden Galina and Valery Kofman Lee Maise Lynetta and David Neft Lynn Heilman Marat Kogan * Clarice and Hyman Manber * Diane and Robert Neuhaus Daniel B. Heller Klara and Leonid Kolker Lore Mandell Rebecca and Bill Newlin Gayle and Josef Helwani Deborah and Ivy Kolvan Donna and David Manning Connie and Sam Newman * Anne Hershman Etya Komarovskaya Rabbi Deborah Marcus Marlen Neymark Lianne Herzberg Sandy and Norman Koo Marcia and Barry Margolin Elka and Karl Niclas * Leonard Herzstein * Oscar B. Koolpe * Marim and Samuil Marmer * Barbara and Robert Nieburg Patricia and Milo Hewitt Corinne and Walter Kopatz Regina Marsh * Galina and Henry Nigulas Anita R. Heyman * Nyna and Martin Koppich * Irene and Curtis Marshall Karen and Vaso Novakovich Mary Maron Hines * Gabriele Korn Maria D. Martinez Minna and David Novick Daniel Hoebeke Rhonda and Leonard Koss Joyce and Jay Maskell Traci O'Hagan Ina and Fred Hoffman * Nadine and Roy Koss * Gale and Edgar Mason Nancy M. Oliva Carol F. Holdengraber Abby Kovalsky * Liliya and Vladimir Matt * Joanne Donsky and Stuart Oremland * Lorri and Irving Holzberg Merle and Sandy Kovtun Susan Matyszczyk Ellen and Scott Page * Catherine and Louis Honig * Scott Kramer Margery and Kenneth Maurer Norma M. Panina * Debbie and Eugene Horwitz Zhanna and Anatoliy Krasilovskaya * Betty Hersch and John E. May * Adele and Robley Passalacqua * Alyssa Howell June and Charles Krieger * Jacqueline and Frederick Mayer Joe Pearlman Diane and Stephen Hoying * Beatrice and Henry Krivetsky * Lynne Mayer Andrea and Stephen Pearlman Suzan Huberman June S. Kronberg * Marsha and Robert Mayer Sophie Pearlstein Yvonne and Leonard Hurwitt * Kruit Painting Inna and Vitaly Maze Eleanor and Fred Perez * James S. Hurwitz * Roza Krupetskaya * Barbara and Tom McCarthy * Betty and Edward Perry * Danya Hyams Sybil and Emanuel Kuby * Sheila and Zev Hymowitz Caryl and Kenneth Kurtzman * Barbara and Daniel Illowsky Millie Kushman Trude Ingram * Robin Kvietys Raya Ionis * Bradley Lagomarsino iProspect Sarra Lakhmane Laura Dansky and David Isenman Evelyn Langer * Elizabeth MacDonald Julie and Cary Latimer * and Allan B. Jacobs * Libby Lawrence and Family * Mary Jacobs Marina and Sergey Lazarevsky * Lois Jamart * Mae Lazarus David Joffe Barbara Hafter and Allan Leader Marilyn Kallins and Timothy Johnson Jeff Leeds Elizabeth and Robert Jordan Nina and Mark Lees Robert M. Kagan Doreen and Stuart Lefort * Marilyn and Isadore Kamins Wendy and Johnathan Lehman Brian Kaminski Esther Lerman Edythe Kamler * Adeline Lerner * Margret Kanner * Clarice B. Lerner Svetlana and Leonid Kantorov Shirley F. Lerner * Rima Kantorov * Larry M. 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2010/2011 Jewish Senior Living 51 Frankie Struts his Stuff Frankie walks the halls of the Jewish Home with his head held high and a certain bounce in his step. In fact, some might say, with attitude. But no one is complaining. Frankie is an adorable Shih Tzu mix – a 10-year-old dog who loves to visit Jewish Home residents.

“We hang out,” says Patty Stanton of Mill Valley, Animal visitors play an important role for other Frankie’s adoptive mom. residents too, adds Jessica Brodie, one of the Home’s recreation coordinators. “Pet visits with residents Patty and her 12-year-old son, Sam, adopted the who have dementia are truly amazing. Some of friendly canine two years ago from Muttville, an these residents may not talk much, but when they agency that finds new homes for senior dogs. And at see the animals, they feel comfortable and begin to 10, or possibly older, Frankie falls into that category. talk and interact with them.” Residents who have Patty had been to the Jewish Home in the past, and totally or partially lost the ability to use words, or she was also aware of how friendly dogs can bring those who are withdrawn because of depression forth positive responses from stroke victims or also respond well to the furry visitors, she says. And individuals with dementia, not to mention elderly there is no language barrier when it comes to loving animal lovers. She contacted Jennifer Vellutini, the animals, thus the Russian-language residents can Home’s director of Volunteer Services, to find out enjoy the pet visits, too.

“I often walk into a common area announcing Frankie, or Frankie Sinatra, is here, and the residents get a kick out of that. … Frankie sparks their memories. Their faces light up.” – Patty Stanton, Jewish Home volunteer and Frankie's adoptive mom.

if there were any residents who might enjoy a visit Resident Anna Robins is Frankie’s special friend and from Frankie. The answer was an enthusiastic “Yes!” someone he cannot wait to see when he visits the Home. The feeling is mutual. “When we come to see “Besides the Home’s animals in residence, such her, Anna will say, ‘Frankie, how’s my little friend?’” as rabbits, birds, a cat, we’re an animal-friendly Patty remarks. community, so it’s great having dogs and other pets visit,” says Jennifer. “A number of our residents Patty is impressed with the professionalism of the had dogs in the past, so these visits really brighten volunteer program and the number of volunteers. their day.” “When I mention I volunteer at the Jewish Home, it’s surprising how many people tell me they also After confirming that Frankie’s shots were in order, volunteer there.” followed by a training and orientation, Frankie (who sports his own volunteer name tag) and Patty began Volunteering at the Home is a positive experience their biweekly visits in October 2009. Frankie feels for Patty as well. “I always have a good time and quite at home at the Jewish Home, says Patty. “I when I leave, I feel rejuvenated,” she says. As far as often walk into a common area announcing Frankie, Frankie is concerned, she adds, “I think he knows he or Frankie Sinatra, is here, and the residents get a brings joy to the dog-friendly residents.” kick out of that. Sometimes people look at him and their eyes get big. I pick him up and ask them if they Discover how you can make a difference in the like dogs.” If they do, Patty and Frankie spend time lives of others by volunteering at the Jewish Home. with them. “Frankie sparks their memories. Their Contact our Volunteer Services department at faces light up.” 415.469.2229 to discuss the range of opportunities.

52 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Jewish Home Service Volunteers

With his pet volunteer tag in place, and accompanied by his adoptive mom, fellow volunteer Patty Stanton, Frankie is ready for his round of visits with residents. Jewish Home Service Volunteers July 2009 – June 2010

We gratefully recognize the following individuals and the generous donation of their time, talents, and abilities to enriching the lives of our older adults.

Jerry Abrams Meng Fang Madison Kaviyakone Hector Navarro Yin Min Thu Pamela Abramson Narimon Farhangi Lilinoe Kekoa Jorge Navarro Pheona Tippens Linda Ackerman Sharon Fee Charles Kelly Danielle Nebalasca Rebecca Tokarchuk Helen M. Adler Sam Ferguson Ha Jin Kim Peter Neubauer Antony Tolstunov Maureen E. Adler Lynn Figueroa Joseph Klein Bela Newman Karen Tom Ruben Aguayo Rebekah Finer Arnold Kleinerman Susan Newman Kevin Tom Tessie Aguila Arturo Flores Marilyn Kline Tiffany Nguyen Stephanie Torres Aaron Alcantara Jean Flores Zena Knight Megan Nobert Cheryl Trepagnier Theresa Allison Karlee Fomalont Jake Kopperman Kristine Nodalo Charlie Tsang Adi Alouf Jane Fox Sylvia Korn Marleen Norman Elaine Tsang Jan Aminoff Jessica Frausto Arlene Krieger Diane Olmstead Wing Tsui Barbara Anderson Judy Freespirit Sophia Kumin Jack Orovitz Esti Uziel Julia Angeles Lauren Freise Edna Lachar Christian Ovando Yelena Vaksman George Angelopoulos Lois Fried Joan Laguatan Jane Padol Jacob Valdiviezo Earl Annecston Kathleen Friedlander Lucas Lam Young Mi Pak Leticia Valencia Lee Appel Zoe Fuchs April Lapidus Fortunata Perez Mediatrix Valera Adrian Arenas Christian Galindo Sandy Larsen Betty Perry Samadhi Valle Jakob Atlas Abigail Garcia Melissa Lau Andres Quesada-Galvan Arkady Vayntrub Marcia Bach Rudy Garcia Allan Leader Diana Ramirez Katarina Velardez Dick Bailey Charmaine Garzon Sheila Lederer Rob Reicher Maya Velardez Rose Balderian Bryan Gayaban Hazel Lee Edith Reiner Larisa Vinnitskaya Estelle Bardoff Gayle Geary Jeannie Lee Rasma Rekshans Liza Volansky Paula Barish Frances Gensberg Barbara Leff Jade Ritterbusch Izabella Vurgaft Joan Barnes Eden Gines Victoria Legg Thomas Roberts Sierra Walton Merle Becker Mitchell Goldenberg Helene Levy Nathan Robinson Elliott Warshauer Hagar Ben-Eliezer David Goldstein Christina Li Elana Robinson-Lynch Alan Warshaw Ellen Benjamin Dan Gonzales Eva Li Paisha Rochlin-Lehrman Nina Weil Allan Berenstein Doug Goodkin Tiffany Li Daniel Rohrer Lora Weiner Michele Bernhardt Patricia Gordon India Lissak Diana Roman Anita Wen Denise Bernstein Irina Grigorian Berenice Lopez Rachel Rosenberg Oliver Wijayapala Peter Bernstein Fidan Guliyeva Mary Lotti Ruth Ann Rosenberg Joseph Williams Jacob Bilyak Sara Haber Sirena Louie Susan Rosenberg Cecile E. Winton Sharon Blevis Daniel Halford Vincent Louie Sheldon Rosenthal Lindy Wolf Rachel Blumenthal Ann Halton Ben Lubitz Edith Sadewitz Lester Wong Yuliya Blyakherova Issam Hamdallah Dennis Lubitz Myint Saing Shirley Wong Clark Bonafe Francine Hament Paul Lubitz Vivian San Kimberly Woolley Yvette Borja Debra Reynolds Gloria Lucas Justin San Andres Andrea Wright David Bornstein and Steven Hammerschlag Helen Luey Manny San Andres Cindy Wu Deborah Bouck Julie Hanh Louis Lurati Jane San Jose Janet Wu Itai Brand-Thomas Judy Hanson Leonid Lurye Ivan Sanchez Ying Xiao Hilda Brunwasser Thea Harvey-Brown Alex Lushtak Ytzya Sanchez Sofiya Yakhnin Ann Burger Marcia Hastings Melissa Ma Rafael Santiago Nina Yee Sidney Burger Samia Hatem Evie Macalino Rachel Santos Anthony Ynami Pola Burk Gayle and Josef Helwani Van Macasaet Lisa Saxe Louisa Yu Lorraine Cainia Betty Hersch Dino Manalang Malka Schleyer Jennifer and Nancy Yu Elena Calderon Maddy Hess Greg Mand Jackie Schlifke Judith Zemel Anthony Cardenas Carol Hicks Mila Manuilova Mark Schulman Sylvia Zhang Miranda Carlsen Marjorie Hilsenrad Vanah Marcaida Ida E. Schwartz Lydia Zinn David Carmine Jonathan Hoang Esther Marcus Yakov Schwartz Jonathan Chan Cara Hoffer Victor L. Marcus Damien Scobie Sydney Chiong Josephine Holsher Gerry Mariano Maggie Scott Alex Cholokyan Christina Hom Monica Marquez Janis Seeman Derek Chu Rudy Hooremans Maria Dulcenea Martinez Chloe Sherman Eric Chu Bobbie Horowitz Liliya Matt Paul Shkuratov Abby Cohen Gloria Houtenbrink Virginia Matthews Claire Shor Gail Cohen Amelia Howard Jordan Medina Shira Shore Gaby Colmenares Jessica Huang Amerina Mendoza Jordan Sills Stephanie Cortes Andrew Huey Joy Mendoza Nicky Silver Jason Cura Alissa Huntington Anna Mercado Roger Sinasohn Anastasiya Daragan Pama Huntley Jane Merschen Matthew Smith Rochelle Datangel Analis Ibarra Yevgeniya Mikheyeva Audrey Soffa Ian David Adrienne Jonas Peter Milinazzo DJ Soviero Kim Davidson Susie Julius Chris Mingau Stephen Sperber Timothy Delacruz Jeanette Junio Susan Moldaw Taje Springfield Diana Delgado Mariya Kaganskaya Anne Montgomery Andrew Sprinkles Luana Deng Linda Kalinowski Candace Moore Sandra Stamps Shannon Devlin Pamela Kane Simonne Moreno Patty Stanton Jennifer Doan Hiroto Kaneda Rae Morgenstein Jeffery Stein Karen Donor Robin Karp Julian Morrisette Marilyn Sugar Elaine Ehrman Sam Karp Nekea Mozeke Stephen Tam Audrey Eichorn Sandy Karp Joy Mun William Tampol Dane Eifling Regina Karson Gayna Nakajo Faye Tan Matthew Espanol Marty Kassman Ira Navarra Felise Tan Erica Evans Stephen Katten Christie Navarro Alexandra Tananbaum

54 Jewish Senior Living 2010/2011 Community Partners

We gratefully acknowledge the following community organizations, agencies, and facilities whose active involvement and collaboration during the past year have greatly enhanced the care, programs, and services offered by the Jewish Home of San Francisco. Gifts in Kind

Aging Services of California Kaiser Permanente Aim High Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health Alzheimer’s Association of the Kung Pao Kosher Comedy The following individuals, Greater San Francisco Bay Area Lambda Chi Mu of San Francisco State businesses, and organizations American Association of Homes & University have contributed goods Services for the Aging League of Women Voters and services to the Jewish American College of Traditional Lick-Wilmerding Alumni Choir Chinese Medicine Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy Home of San Francisco American Jewish Committee of the Local Independent Charities of America from July 1, 2009 through San Francisco Bay Area Marin Country Day School June 30, 2010. We sincerely American Society on Aging Mayer-Kalsman Fellows appreciate their support. Archbishop Riordan High School Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Association of Geriatric Care Managers Program Association of Jewish Aging Services Menorah Park Bay Area Cluster Group of Professional Mercy High School Geriatric Care Managers Montefiore Senior Center B.R. Cohn Winery Bay Area Jewish Healing Center National Association for Visually Handicapped Bay Cities Produce Bay Area Mitzvah Corps National Federation of Temple Youth Bighorn Cellars Bay Area Social Workers In Health Care NCP College of Nursing Marian and Allan Byer Belvedere Montessori School Ocean Beach Veterinary Clinic Classic Kids Photography Brandeis Hillel Day School On Lok, inc. Contemporary Jewish Museum Bread & Roses Oshman Family Jewish Community Center of Drs. Claire T. and James A. Davis California Pacific Medical Center Palo Alto Edna Valley Winery California State University East Bay Pacifica Psychology Rebecca Arons and Eric B. Fastiff Case Management Society of America PBS-TV Vera Ginzbourg City College of San Francisco Peninsula Jewish Community Center Diane and Bob Glas Concentra Medical Centers Peninsula Temple Sholom Greystone Hotels Congregation B’Nai Emunah Phillip & Sala Burton Academic High School Janice Schwartz and Jerry Griffin Congregation Beth Am Private Industry Council of San Francisco Honig Vineyard & Winery Congregation Beth David Professional Grief Caregivers Network JC Cellars Congregation Beth El Project ACHIEVE JCCSF Gentle Arts Club Congregation Beth Israel-Judea Retired Seniors Volunteer Program Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Congregation Beth Sholom Rhoda Goldman Plaza Ethel and Jack Kertzman Congregation Emanu-El Russian Veterans Organization Lake Merced Golf Club Congregation Kol Shofar Saint Ignatius College Preparatory Terye and Jacob Levy Congregation Ner Tamid Samuel Merritt College Lexus Champions for Charity/Octagon Congregation Rodef Sholom San Francisco Bioethics Committee Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Congregation Sha’ar Zahav San Francisco Conservatory of Music Max’s Restaurants Congregation Sherith Israel San Francisco Department of Public Health Peju Province Winery Contemporary Jewish Museum San Francisco Fire Department Station 32 Peninsula Golf & Country Club David Jacobson School of Music San Francisco Hillel Perry’s Restaurants Dominican University San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Pivot Interiors Employment Plus San Francisco Senior Roundtable Peter A. Pollat, M.D. Excelsior Action Group San Francisco SPCA Mary Powell Family Service Agency of San Francisco – Senior San Francisco State University Pratesi Companion Program San Francisco State University Theatre Arts Ruth Roberts Galileo Health Academy San Jose State University San Francisco Giants Hebrew Care-a-Van SEIU United Healthcare Workers West San Francisco Opera Hebrew Free Loan Teen Fellowship Program Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Israel-Judea See’s Candies Hebrew School of San Francisco Sonoma Valley Hospital Jennifer and Jason Sills Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Tatami Mats Ellie and Alvin Silver Religion Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life Marlene and Martin Stein Heroics 4Kids The Volunteer Center Judith Szpiro Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees U.S. Healthworks Tarantula Tequila Union Local 2 Union for Reform Judaism The Jewish Theater Hung Sing Martial Arts Group United Synagogue Youth Town’s End Restaurant & Bakery Ingleside Police Station University Mound Ladies Home World Arts West In-Home Supportive Services of San Francisco University of California at Berkeley Institute on Aging University of California at Davis IUOE Stationary Engineers Local 39 University of California at San Francisco j. (formerly the Jewish Bulletin) University of San Francisco Jewish Community Center of San Francisco United Way of the Bay Area Jewish Community Center Social Action Urban High School Leadership ViBO Music School Jewish Community Endowment Fund Volunteer Match Jewish Community Federation Young Adults Division of the Jewish Community Jewish Family and Children’s Services Federation Jewish High School of the Bay Zen Hospice Project Jewish National Fund Jewish Vocational Service Jewish War Veterans

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STARS The same high standards of interdisciplinary care and services available to residents of the Jewish Home are offered to those requiring short-term specialized medical and rehabilitation services, usually following their stay in an acute hospital, with the goal of returning to the general community. Learn more about STARS, a Jewish Home center of excellence, at www.jhsf.org/stars.

Acute geriatric psychiatry hospital With the only psychiatric hospital in San Francisco dedicated to serving older adults, the Jewish Home is filling a huge gap in medical care for elders. We are licensed to admit both voluntary and involuntary patients for acute, short-stay needs. See how we can Coming Up: Annual Chanukah show. Join us! help by going to www.jhsf.org/psych. Community Show Performance: Sunday, December 5, 2010, 2:00 p.m. in the Lynne & Roy Frank Family Lounge, Jewish Home of San Francisco. Jewish Home Take a visual tour through our nine-acre campus. Read about The Jewish Home gleefully presents Simchat, our take on the our comprehensive services for seniors. Learn how you can give popular television show Glee, a musical comedy-drama that a helping hand by joining our corps of volunteers, or how you focuses on a high school’s glee club members and their nemeses can plan for your legacy, and that of the Jewish Home’s, through in the cheerleading and football squads. Come to our Jewish “chai” planned giving. Discover what is new in our Research department. school, hear our talented performers, raise your spirits with our www.jhsf.org cheerleaders’ pom-poms, and rock with our jocks. It promises to be Simchatastic! Moldaw Family Residences Additional information is available at www.jhsf.org/chanukah and by calling 415.469.2248. Located on the South Peninsula in Palo Alto, Calif., this new senior living community on the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life is a progressive concept that goes beyond whatever you imagined a Coming back in Fall 2011 retirement lifestyle could be. Explore the range of living options, Something’s stirring in the kitchen. Why, it must be Someone’s in the services, and opportunities at www.moldaw.org. Kitchen, where top chefs from the Bay Area and beyond will delight diners with delectable multicourse offerings at their own tables. Watch for a save the date for this signature fundraising event that Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation benefits the Jewish Home. Established in 2004, this charitable foundation promotes and supports the mission and activities associated with the Jewish Home of San Francisco and network affiliates. Primarily by making E-communications – Jewish Home grants to the Jewish Home, the Foundation assists the Home Join our e-mail list to get our latest news, happenings, and in fulfilling its commitment to serving seniors as they age. Visit developments. www.jhsf.org/e-news. Follow us on Facebook the Foundation’s website, where you can take advantage of the and Twitter. opportunity to donate online. www.jhslf.org