2011 /2012 Groupthink: Leaders A fitting lifestyle for Soon, space to stretch and discuss developments and Moldaw Family Residences’ strengthen, thanks to plans for the future first couple $1 million challenge grant TABLE OF CONTENTS 25 NOW-AND-LATER GIFTS Consider making a gift to the Jewish Home that 4 ON THE HOME FRONT – AND BEYOND benefits you both now and in the long-term. With dramatic changes in health care, reductions in government subsidies, and a growing population 26 OPPORTUNITY COULD BE KNOCKING of older adults on the horizon, leaders Daniel Ruth, ON YOUR HOME’S FRONT DOOR Michael Adler, David Friedman, Arlene Krieger, and Securing his own home was important to Guenther Larry Marks discuss future plans and the development Zimmermann. He willed half of his estate to the of new entities, and explain how the Jewish Home Jewish Home so that our elders may continue of San Francisco will continue to thrive. to also have a place to call their own. 6 PASSING THE GAVEL 27 PLANNED GIVING Michael Adler, immediate past chair of the Jewish Home’s Visionary planners look to assuring the board of trustees, looks back on his two-year term, while future of the Jewish Home. new chair Steve Krieger anticipates his time in this role. They are followed by photographs from the 2011 annual meeting. 29 OUR DONORS Annual Fund donors demonstrate acts of loving kindness. 9 REBUILDING FOR REHAB The Koret Foundation’s $1 million challenge grant 36 SHOWCASING TALENT WITH SHOW TUNES has paved the way for expansion and enhancement When volunteer Stephen Katten sits down at the of the Jewish Home’s rehabilitation center. piano, his music resonates in the halls of the Jewish Home and in the hearts and minds of the residents. 11 SILVER AND GOLD, NEW FRIENDS AND OLD Echoing the lyrics of the summer camp song, Nancy and 38 JEWISH HOME SERVICE VOLUNTEERS Norman Rossen are making new friends and keeping The Home’s corps of active volunteers gives from the heart. old ones at Moldaw Family Residences. They were the first couple to move into the retirement community 39 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS when it opened in 2009, and they are delighted Community organizations and entities that it is everything they expected, and more. partner with the Jewish Home. 14 FÊTE ACCOMPLI 39 GIFTS IN KIND Each year Mary and Patric Powell host a festive outing at Acknowledging in-kind gifts and the contribution of services. Lake Merced Golf Club for Jewish Home residents, continuing a tradition established by their dear friend Victor Marcus. 16 PAINTING PARADISE After moving into the Jewish Home, George Ruimy discovered he is a gifted painter. He is thrilled to share the rewards of his artistry. Jewish Senior Living Magazine 2011 / 2012 18 SKY(PE)’S THE LIMIT A publication of Jewish Senior Living Group Ahuva Gershater never knew her nephew until 302 Silver Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112 Helen Luey, a dedicated and technologically www.jewishseniorlivinggroup.org savvy volunteer, arranged a virtual meeting. 20 GREAT APPRECIATION FROM GREAT BRITAIN Editor and publishEr: Sherie Koshover Although Zena Clive, 93, could not leave her home Managing Editor: Ilana Glaun in England to be with her daughter, Suzie Simmons, WritEr: Suzan Berns when she had extensive back surgery, she was dEsignEr: Michael Wickler grateful for the compassionate care Suzie received photographEr: Alain McLaughlin as she recovered in the Jewish Home’s STARS unit. Contributors: Janet Garcia, Daniel Hoebeke 21 TIPPING OUR GOLFING CAPS AT TOPPING THE TWO-THIRTY-TWO MARK on thE CovEr The power of playing for par – and better. The 17th Norman Rossen goes through his workout routine at the Oshman annual fundraising golf tournament, dinner and auction, Family JCC, located on the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life in benefiting the Jewish Home, raised a remarkable $232,000. Palo Alto. Turn to page 11 to read about the life and lifestyle he and his wife, Nancy, enjoy at the campus’s Moldaw Family Residences. 24 GOING ONCE – AND AGAIN Lexus of Serramonte has supported the Jewish Home’s golf tournament auction for more than a dozen years because “It’s the right thing to do.” The Jewish Home of San Francisco is a beneficiary 25 FROM ISRAEL TO SILVER AVENUE agency of the Jewish Community Federation and A plot of land near the Sea of Galilee is part Endowment Fund of San Francisco, the Peninsula, of an estate left to the Jewish Home. Marin and Sonoma Counties, and Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation. PUBLISHER’S NOTE JEWISH SENIOR LiVING GroUP Board of trUstees David Friedman, Chair David Steirman, Treasurer Welcome to the first issue. Michael Adler, Secretary Martin Stein If you have enjoyed reading our previous seniOr Leadership eight issues of Jewish Senior Living, you Daniel R. Ruth, President & Chief Executive Officer may be wondering at the accuracy of my Sherie A. Koshover, Chief Advancement Officer opening sentence. Allow me to explain. Vic Meinke, Vice President, Planning, Operations and New Ventures Kevin T. Potter, Chief Financial Officer This is the first issue that Jewish Senior Living is coming out as a publication of Jewish Senior Living Group (JSLG). And what exactly does that mean, you may ask. The full story of the import and Jewish home of san francisco impact of JSLG’s launch appears on page 4, but for the purposes Board of trUstees of this column, suffice to say that JSLG operates like a parent Officers pasT chairs organization, providing management services to the various Steve Krieger, Chair Michael W. Adler, Immediate Past Chair entities currently in our network – such as the Jewish Home of Richard Baum, Vice Chair Leonard B. Berger San Francisco, Moldaw Family Residences in Palo Alto, and Jewish Alan Silverman, Vice Chair James A. Davis, M.D. David J. Arrick, Treasurer David A. Friedman Home & Senior Living Foundation. JSLG will also help create new Joel I. Roos, Secretary Frances D. Green business opportunities in the Bay Area, and provide the same Douglas M. Heller TrusTees support services to these concerns as they come on board. Arlene E. Krieger Susan Folkman Mark L. Myers Jordan Sills Barbara C. Rosenberg, Ph.D. This is a first for me as well. For those of you who have been Matthew Slepin Richard M. Rosenberg associated with the Jewish Home for a number of years (or even Jeffery Stein Stuart W. Seiler Michael S. Strunsky decades), you may know I have been a part of the Home for over 37 years. In that time I have proudly held eight different positions. Jerry A. Levine, Executive Director Emeritus Then why is this also “a first” for me? Well, it is the first time I am formally welcoming you to Jewish Senior Living magazine and seniOr Leadership the first time I am literally putting my face to my role as publisher. Daniel R. Ruth, President & Chief Executive Officer Edwin Cabigao, Chief Nursing Officer But this is not the only hat I wear. My major headwear is that Sandra C. Simon, Chief Administrative Officer of chief advancement officer and, as such, I am responsible for leading our fundraising and communications efforts. To make our case for support, we turn to you, our valued community of moLdaw famiLy residences donors and philanthropists. You know there is value in giving. Board of trUstees Thank you for your commitment to helping us serve the body and soul of our community’s elderly, ranging from our provision of Larry Marks, Chair Stuart Klein, Immediate Past Chair David Steirman, Vice Chair Marilyn Israel, Executive Director charitable care to our quality-of-life programs. Joel Goldman, Secretary Pam Ferris So now that you have an idea of the “what” – Jewish Senior Living Dan Ogus George Pillari Group, the “who” – putting my face to my name, I hope you will Daniel R. Ruth enjoy the “where” – this issue of Jewish Senior Living, in which you will find a range of informative, interesting, heartwarming articles and a gallery of images. Happy reading! Jewish home & senior LiVinG foUndation Sherie Koshover Board of trUstees Publisher Officers TrusTees Arlene E. Krieger, Chair Adele Corvin Larry Marks, Treasurer Joan Davis Richard M. Rosenberg, Secretary David A. Friedman Martin Stein David Steirman Daniel R. Ruth, Board Liaison ON THE HOME FRONT – AND BEYOND Jewish Senior Living Group (JSLG) has been established to help in the development of new entities that will address how our community provides services for seniors – particularly in light of the growing population of older adults, their changing needs, and the anticipated ongoing reduction of government subsidies. Offering insight into JSLG’s role and future plans are David Friedman, chair, Jewish Senior Living Group; Daniel Ruth, Jewish Senior Living Group’s president and chief executive officer; Michael Adler, immediate past chair, Jewish Home of San Francisco’s board of trustees; Arlene Krieger, chair, Jewish Home & Senior Living Foundation; and Larry Marks, chair, Moldaw Family Residences. Jewish Senior Living: What exactly is Jewish Senior Living Group? What is its role and function? David Friedman: Jewish Senior Living Group will Michael Adler: Part of our strategic visioning process oversee and manage the various entities under its was the recognition that, while the Jewish Home is umbrella, and think in entrepreneurial terms about the the epicenter, the heart and soul of our initiatives, our roup g future of other enterprises that’ll fit under that umbrella. concept for the future goes well beyond our Silver JSLG will be diversified in its offerings and regional Avenue campus. From that was born Jewish Senior in outreach, with the same values, based on Jewish Living Group. Our model of compassionate care for tradition, that have informed and directed the Jewish seniors has evolved in the 140 years since the founding Home’s 140-history of care and services.