by Stefanie Small | Oct 13, 2020 | Generation to Generation, Humor
A thank you from Mischa Gelman, service coordinator at The New Riverview. Rabbi Eli Seidman recently retired after a 25-year run at the Jewish Association of Aging. He followed up in the footsteps of two other long-serving chaplains, Rabbi Ashinsky (who started...
by Stefanie Small | Jun 5, 2019 | Aging in Place, Humor
My grandfather was the master of joketelling. When he gave speeches, jokes were in there. When he was with friends, jokes were shared and enjoyed together. And he loved to teach his grandkids jokes. Most were appropriate for any audience, some were not (which were my...
by Stefanie Small | Feb 7, 2019 | Food, Generation to Generation, Humor
We were very lucky to have the players and coaches from the Pittsburgh Pirates come to the J’Cafe and serve lunch to our amazing...
by Stefanie Small | Feb 4, 2019 | Activities, Generation to Generation, Humor
A few weeks ago I had the best time. So much fun. Such a nostalgia trip. Just what the doctor ordered after such a sorrowful time in Pittsburgh. My husband and I went to Pittsburgh Public Theater to see Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin; a one man show about the life...
by Stefanie Small | Aug 8, 2018 | Humor, In the News
I love to watch CBS’ Elementary. Police procedural with the human aspect, plus the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern times – it’s a great show. But the most recent episode, Through the Fog, hit closer to home for me...
by Stefanie Small | May 7, 2018 | Aging in Place, Humor
I am no stranger to falling. I have fallen in some of the best places; in front of Macys while rushing to pick up something that I needed in a hurry (scraped knee); in the street near my house while walking my new active puppy (stitches around my lip); in Egypt...
