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On May 12, members of the Jacksonville Jewish Center gathered virtually to celebrate Lag b’Omer with a campfire concert. One of the highlights was a group of 16 Center members singing Debbie Friedman’s Mi Shebeirakh Prayer for Healing.

Camp Ki*Tov Kicks! The first week of summer care at DuBow Preschool kicked off on June 1. After 10 weeks of online connections, it was so good to welcome the children back. Our new safety and health protocol did not hamper the preschool fun! From the youngest to the oldest, everyone enjoyed engaging in summer-themed learning activities and just reconnecting with friends and teachers in the classroom and playground. Summer care is offered for rising Kindergarten through 5th graders at the Jacksonville Jewish Center. To learn more about Summer Care at Camp Ki*Tov contact Dina Kirshbaum at dkirshbaum@dubowgottlieb.org

Everyone on the River Garden campus has come to realize that it takes great effort to surround ourselves with messages of hope, compassion, and calm during this time. Well-being is a combination of feeling good and functioning well, and, we are doing everything we can to ensure residents, members and staff stay healthy. Here are some examples of how effort and attitude, combined with a little creativity, have been helping us through this time of adversity.

TOP LEFT: Thanks to coordination by the Life Enrichment team, Helene Coleman enjoys a tasty ‘to-go’ lunch from St. Johns Seafood. TOP RIGHT: Grandparents have viewed Bar Mitzvahs, a Bris, grandchildren have given tours of their new homes, and children have celebrated their parents’ birthdays. MIDDLE LEFT: Even while socially distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic, (L-R) Debby Katz, Sharon Higgins, Lois Chepenik and Ruth Seebol still make walking a fun social hour. MIDDLE RIGHT: Jeanette Tabak enjoys an afternoon with nature. BOTTOM LEFT: Although physically distant, friends are finding creative ways to celebrate birthdays (L-R) Marilyn Stein, Kennedy Haggerty, Pat Rosenthal, Cheryl Fisch, Anne Baur, Margaret Davis and Cecile Goetz.

Since mid-March, Rabbi Shira Rosenblum of the Jacksonville Jewish Center has held a weekly cooking class on Zoom called “From the Rabbi’s Kitchen to Yours.” Some of the recipes have included rugelach, lemon bars, blintz soufflé, chocolate chip peanut butter bars, bourekas, chocolate meltaway cake and, of course, challah. Please consider tuning in for some of her upcoming sessions or watch them on Facebook, either live or at a later time. And be sure to check out her chocolate cake recipe on pg. 45. Happy baking!

As the school year came to a close, parents and students collected and dropped off their belongings a little differently this year. Families came to the DuBow Preschool and Martin J. Gottlieb Day School to pick up any remaining items left behind due to COVID-19. In true Mitzvah Progam fashion, which is a staple of our school, families were asked to donate canned goods to support the JFCS Block Food Pantry. It was the final and very important act of Tikkun Olam of our school year.

TOP RIGHT: Susan Board wearing her birthday gift. Her mask was made from her artist cousin’s, Alan Friedlander, art work, Water Lillies.

TOP LEFT: Family and friends participated in a drive by birthday party for Zoey and Sandy Miller.

BOTTOM LEFT: Felice Caliestro fashionably practices social distancing while shopping at Publix.

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As Seen on TV! Offers of viewing podcasts, watching YouTube videos, and support for joining ZOOM meetings have become commonplace at River Garden. We’ve even created a few D-I-Y videos for broadcast on our internal TV channel.

Former CEO Elliott Palevsky and Coves member Lois Chepenik host ‘The EL-LO Show’, a conversational program addressing topics of current news and interest.

LEFT: Cathy Winterfield and Ann Stone accepted their leadership roles as Temple Sisterhood’s co-presidents on June 12. RIGHT: Edwinna Green Harris is director of her own home health care company. Here she is accepting the masks Susan Board had made for her.