Retirement
Elder care is a Jewish imperative. So is paying home health workers a living wage
As a 21-year-old heading off to social work school, I watched my Bubby Jenny die within six months of being put into a nursing home following a stroke. My mother and uncle, her brother, felt helpless and were shattered by both the experience and by their mother’s bitterness toward them at sending her away. There was no care support at home for my grandmother or my family.
Dov Hikind Retiring After Controversial 36 Years As New York Lawmaker
Hikind was perhaps best known nationally for attending a Purim party in blackface, for which he later apologized.
Meet The Feminist Jewish Doctor Who Fought For Civil Rights — At All Costs
One of the first Jewish women to graduate Harvard Medical School, Dr. Nanette Wenger worked tirelessly to end segregation in Atlanta hospitals.
Idle Retirement? Not at the JCC!
The Engage Jewish Service Corps connects older adults with volunteer and community service opportunities in their local communities.
Ari Goldman Goes From New York Times Journalist To Amateur Cellist
When Ari Goldman took up the cello in earnest for his 60th birthday party, he learnt that being a late starter meant giving up perfection. It also has a lot in common with Judaism.
Alan Dershowitz Has No Plans To Keep Quiet in Retirement
Despite leaving Harvard after a 50-year teaching career, Alan Dershowitz says he isn’t slowing down.
Queen for a Day at My Daughter's Wedding
Newly retired journalist Dotty Brown reflects on the old tradition of crowning the mother when her last child is married.
Abe Foxman Lauded by Barack Obama as 'Tireless Voice'
President Obama lauded retiring Anti-Defamation League leader Abraham Foxman as a “tireless voice against anti-Semitism.
Rep. Henry Waxman, Leading Jewish Liberal, Retires From Congress
Democratic U.S. Representative Henry Waxman of California, a leading liberal who helped craft President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul, said on Thursday he will retire from Congress at the end of this year.
Double Murder of Jewish Snowbirds Makes ‘Every Day a Nightmare’ for Daughter
Police have recovered DNA evidence from two women in the heartbreaking double-murder of a Jewish retiree couple.