Garden of Palms

E NHANCING L I F E F O R F AMILIES 1025 N Fairfax Avenue • West Hollywood, CA 90046 • (323) 656-7900 LIC: 197603221

June 2019

Making Lasting Connections at Garden of Palms

A Letter From Our Executive Director! The month of June is famous for “June Gloom.” May and June together are usually the cloudiest months in coastal Southern California. It’s ironic that in this month we celebrate the holiday of Shavuot where it’s customary to Sharon and Rose decorate one’s house with beautiful flowers. While we have fresh flowers each week at Garden of Palms we look forward to taking our decorations to the next level for Shavuot and bringing you fantastic programming as well! The month of June also includes Father’s Day! You know I love a good joke, so here’s one for Father’s Day: “I gave my father $100 and said, “Buy yourself something that will make your life easier.” So he went out and bought a present for my mother.” On behalf of all our staff, we want to wish all the fathers at Garden of Palms the Happiest Father’s Day! Check our monthly calendar to see what exciting activities we have planned for June! Sarah and Abe Judah Cohen Dates to Remember Staff Spotlight - He’s member of SAG-AFTRA Carlos Arrechea and an alumnus of the Stella Carlos was Adler Academy of Acting. born in La Carlos’ favorite part of Havana, Cuba, working at GOP is getting to and immigrated connect, help, and share time to Miami when he with the residents. He feels that Outings was 12 years old with his this is an opportunity to pay 6/5 The 99 Cents Only Store mother and his grandfather, forward everything that his 6/12 Picnic in Griffith Park who’d taken over the role of grandfather did for him. It 6/19 Shalom Grill Carlos’ father figure, after his doesn’t feel like a job. He says 6/26 Beach Trip father passed away when he was that the amount of love that he only a few days old. Getting a gets from the residents makes Concerts visa to come to the US was a his heart and soul very happy. 6/2 @2PM Carlos Greco matter of sheer luck, and Carlos 6/9 @2PM Danial Pazmino feels grateful to have won that Resident Spotlight: 6/16 @2PM Jet Ricardo lottery, and extremely blessed to Helen Gruber 6/23 @2PM Yasha get to call America his home. Helen grew up 6/30 @2PM Ariel Louk He comes from a family of in Springfield, artists. His mother, Massachusetts, June Birthdays grandmother, and grandfather and became an 6/8 Rose Boren were actors in Cuba, and Carlos elementary school 6/9 Merrill Jonas is proud to follow in their teacher. She met 6/10 Abe Gindi footsteps. He began acting in her future husband, Max, at a 6/20 Sylvia Lepor Cuba, at the age of six. His party one night. He was career in the United States began bartending, and they started Resident Council Meeting dancing the Jitterbug. By the end Our Monthly Resident with acting roles in different telenovelas for both Telemundo of the evening, they were the Council Meeting will be held only people left out on the on June 24th at 11:00 AM. These and Univisión, as well as the successful Nickelodeon Latin dance floor. Their ensuing Meetings are for residents and marriage lasted for 67 years, invited guests only. All America series “Grachi” which was in for three seasons (155 until Max’s passing. In the non-resident guests must be meantime, they had 3 children, invited by the Resident Council. episodes). He’s also had leading roles in over ten theatrical 4 grandchildren, and Helen now Religious Observances presentations and starred in has a great-grandchild, and Regular Shabbat services are several television commercials, another one on the way! held every Friday at 3:30, and on short films, and movies such as Helen and Max lived in Saturdays at 10:30 AM. “La ReBúsqueda,” the highest Massachusetts until they retired Shavuot begins on the grossing Salvadoran film in the to Florida, where they lived for evening of Saturday, June 8th. country’s history. After his 15 years. They then moved to Please check in with us for more success in Latin America, he Los Angeles and Garden of details on how we’ll be came to Los Angeles to begin his Palms together to be closer to celebrating. crossover into the American their daughter. market. Over the years Helen picked Memorable Melody: Our Staff up many interests, which she ‘Dancing in the Street’ perused avidly. “Are you ready for a She loves studying the Torah; brand-new beat?” That was the she’s published 2 books of question the group Martha and poetry, and she took up the Vandellas was calling out in painting, getting lessons from a the summer of 1964, then prominent Russian painter she proclaiming it was time for met when he came to a Seder “Dancing in the Street.” The she hosted. See below for one of Motown classic was written by her lovely works! Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter and Judah Cohen - Executive Director William Stevenson, who got the [email protected] idea for the song after seeing children splashing in the spray of fire hydrants on a hot day in Detroit. The tune’s rousing beat was created by banging a crowbar on the studio floor, and the song danced to the No. 2 spot on the pop chart. Sweayen Tabayan - Health and Wellness [email protected]

Reuben’s Rule When a ball is hit into the stands at a baseball game, it can be kept as a souvenir. This wasn’t always the case. In 1921, Reuben Berman, a stockbroker Find Us on Social Media Want to see more Ari Radousky - Activity Director attending a NY Giants game, was [email protected] ejected from the stadium after Garden of Palms he caught a foul ball and tossed photos and events? it into the crowd instead of Find us on Facebook giving it to security guards, as and Instagram! was customary back then. Search for “Garden of Palms” Berman sued the Giants over the on Facebook and incident and won, resulting in @gardenofpalms Reuben’s Rule, which made it on Instagram! Be sure to tag us when you Moshe Winters - Dietary Director official that fans could keep [email protected] foul balls. post a photo of your own. Be sure to check out our website as well. www.gardenofpalms.com Word Search Solution: Word Search 10.

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