Seniors

CHELSEA – In the middle of the coronavirus crisis, Chelsea Jewish Lifecare answered the call from the state to create a first of its kind homelike setting for those who are dependent on a ventilator...

CHELSEA AND PEABODY – The Chelsea Jewish Visiting Nurse Agency (VNA) has received the prestigious 5-Star rating from Home Health Compare. This designation reflects the highest number of stars allotted to a home health agency....

CHELSEA – Bernice Berman cannot believe she turned 100 on Nov. 7. The much beloved resident at Cohen Florence Levine Estates celebrated her milestone birthday with visits from her daughter Janice Cohen, son-in-law Larry Cohen,...

It is no coincidence that Judy Rosenberg is sponsoring the JCCNS’ Jewish Book Month virtual speaker presentation of author Kirsten Fermaglich (“A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America”)...

From a very early age, Dorothy Brenner Appel knew she wanted to be an artist. To that end, she succeeded beyond her wildest dreams. Dorothy, now age 97 and a resident of German Centre for...

SWAMPSCOTT – About a year ago, Lynn native Abraham “Abe” Babbitt and his wife, Frances, were able to greet and hold the newest member of their large family, great-grandson John Wesley Babbitt. Abe Babbitt and...

REVERE – When Audrey Siegel was growing up in Revere in the 1940s, her mother insisted that she attend the Kadima Hebrew School, among the Jewish institutions that were woven into the fabric of the...

Their hug lasted three minutes. It had been nearly five months since Beth Jacobson’s mother, Elaine, had touched another person. Because she had been running a temperature, Elaine, who is 79, had been quarantined in...

Rosalie Sussman had not seen her daughter, Gloria Dove, for over three months. When the Massachusetts Department of Health issued a no-visitors policy for assisted living and nursing homes throughout the state due to COVID-19,...

Jewish War Veterans of Mass­achusetts North Shore Post 220 Past Post Commander Mark Tolpin and JWV National Chief of Staff Barry Lischinsky, with the support of Pride of Lynn Cemetery President Alan Gilbert, wanted to...