June 2020
Featured Member
Crown Center for Senior Living
(St. Louis, MO)
We are very proud to announce our featured member for June.

To read the featured story,
Visit their website here.

Featured Business Partner
SAGE USA
(New York, NY)

 
"Wow, I've never thought about LGBT people getting older!"

That is the most common response I hear when I talk about my work. I oversee the SAGECare training program, and we educate providers on the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender elders.

There are two reasons that now is the perfect time to center the experiences of our LGBT residents.

First, June is LGBT Pride Month, a time when we recognize the Stonewall Riots which began the modern push for LGBT rights and celebrate diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.

 (Read more) 
 
 

Register Now for AJAS Webinar Featuring MatrixCare on June 11

AJAS platinum business partner MatrixCare
will discuss 
Testing, Infection Control, PPE and Staffing: 
The 4 pillars of a successful COVID-19  response

Thursday, June 11
1-2 pm EDT


 
 
 

Students Make Sweet Video for Residents in Quarantine

Jewish Senior Services
(Bridgeport, CT)
 
The Musical Mitzvah Mashup, is an outgrowth of the Merkaz Supplemental Community Jewish High School's Better Together program. The program connects Jewish teens and residents of Jewish Senior Services. 
The video consists of teen singers, musicians and greeters entertaining their "senior friends." 

It has been so successful that students are working on a Father's Day pet video. These videos compliment our Merkaz Mobile Mitzvot program that includes car parades around  JSS, staff appreciation days and flowers for Shabbat for residents.

Merkaz Musical Mitzvah Mashup
Merkaz Musical Mitzvah Mashup





Los Angeles Community Donates Surplus Food 
Los Angeles Jewish Home
(Reseda, CA)
 
A recent blog post from the Los Angeles Jewish Home the logistics of donating our surplus food to local charities that are feeding the less fortunate in our community.
 
Read the full story here. 



Banoff Quoted in NYT Article on Design 

Recently, Andrew Banoff, AJAS board chair, and CEO of Jewish Senior Services in Bridgeport, CT, was quoted in an article in The New York Times about the future physical design of eldercare communities. 

In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, there has been discussion on how to better protect residents against infectious disease in the future. Re-arranging the physical space of communities may be among the answers. 

Read the full article here. 


New CEO Named 

Albert Einstein Residence Center
(Sacramento, CA)


Rabbi Matt Rosenberg has accepted the position of Executive Director of Einstein.  He will begin in January 2021.  Current Executive Director Les Finke will be retiring in February.

Board Chair Harriet Kaufman said, "We are so fortunate to have Rabbi Rosenberg take over the position. The rabbi was raised in Sacramento and has served as the director of the Hillel at Texas A&M where he also supervised the building of their facility."

He has presided over Jewish holiday services at Einstein in the past and is beloved by residents.  Additionally, Rabbi Rosenberg has a great interest in working to see that more fundraising and other community activities continue at Einstein.


Weinberg Foundation Elects New Board Chair 

The Weinberg Foundation today announced that Ambassador Fay Hartog-Levin (Ret.), who has served as a trustee of the Weinberg Foundation since 2016, has been elected as chair of the board for a three-year term.  The board is responsible for setting the policies that guide the Foundation's investments and grantmaking. 




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