Imagine the scene. It’s Friday night in Palm Desert, California, and you’ve got nothing to do, so why not head down to Wendy’s, the fast-food chain with 6,500-plus locations (none of them kosher)? At least that’s what this group of Jewish senior citizens thought. At Wendy’s, these seniors enjoy a weekly Shabbat dinner where they…
Tikkun olam can be a nebulous term. Caked in abstract notions of “repairing the world,” the phrase is maligned by some as often being in practice nothing more than a motto hippy-dippy Jews recite to make themselves feel good. After all, how is the “world” actually being repaired? Danny Dilulio’s adoring fans in Chinese nursing…
“You have your lunch, right? “Yes Mom.” “Your swim bag?” “Yes Mom.” “And the guitar is in the car for your lesson later?” I volley at my 10 year old and teen son in the morning rush. “YES, Mom!” They both shout simultaneously. Then out loud, to myself: “Long-term healthcare phone number to find out…
The chairman of an Israeli aid group was attacked by a lion while on safari in Africa, the Jewish Chronicle reported. Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, the head of ZAKA, who was in South Africa to train search and rescue volunteers, was pounced on by a lioness as he walked next to her. “It was absolutely terrifying, for…
While Proverbs describes gray hair as “a crown of glory [that] is found in the way of righteousness,” most people think of gray as the color of the weary, the tired and the old. When it’s discovered — eek! — in one’s own hair, it’s to be hidden away at all costs (literally, if you’ve…
Frances Bertetta, a 98-year-old woman from the San Francisco area, proved that it’s never too late to find your spiritual home — and a little luck doesn’t hurt. Bertetta originally fell in love with Judaism more than 70 years ago, when she attended the bar mitzvah of a friend’s son. Her love of Judaism was reignited…
Their handwriting may be a little shaky but their messages were loud and clear. Residents of Seacrest Village, a Jewish retirement community in Encinitas, California, and their volunteer assistants penned over 500 postcards during the March 15 Ides of Trump campaign. A grassroots, social-media driven effort hatched in California, the Ides of Trump created a…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis aged 80 and older will no longer have to wait in line in stores and for most services. The Knesset passed a bill on Tuesday night that will allow the elderly to receive public services without waiting in line at places such as the post office, bank, supermarket, movie theaters and…
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