Your financial life encompasses more than your assets. It includes your goals for the future and how you want to live right now. When it comes to retirement, the decisions you make today can have a huge impact on what retirement will be like. And, since retirement involves both you and your spouse or partner,…
Tucson resident Bertie Levkowitz was born in Holland in 1942. When she was three months old, her parents handed her over to total strangers so that they could go into hiding. That was when Bertie would receive the title that would follow, shape and haunt her for the rest of her life: “hidden child of…
Full disclosure: Myra Richman and I met in Columbus, Ohio as collegians and “sisters” in a Jewish sorority. She comes from small-town life in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I am a native New Yorker. To me, Myra – my “first Canadian” – was unique, soft-spoken and elegant. Since our happy reunion, she has admitted that she…
Creative Aging is a national initiative based on studies showing that older adults live longer, better lives if they are actively involved in the arts. The movement is aimed at fostering an understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and quality of life for older adults. Jewish Family & Children’s Service is offering a…
