Jewish Senior Living Newsletter JULY 2015 - VOLUME 3, ISSUE 4 Keeping you connected to our communities.
Meet Rabbi Steven Adams, Director of Pastoral Care Meet our new Director of Pastoral Care across our communities. Jonathan Mann, Director of Development
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ichael Sattell, President & CEO, The tradition of bikkur cholim began announced that as of July 1, when Abraham made his covenant with 2015, Rabbi Steven Adams has G-d and thus the first brit milah took taken on the role of Director of Pastoral place. G-d visited Abraham while he was Care within our organization, providing recuperating from his circumcision. In the spiritual leadership to our residents, their Talmud it reads, “As He visited the sick, so families and all of our employees and shall you visit the sick…” Therefore, it is volunteers at the Jewish Home and Care incumbent upon all of us to visit the sick Center, Sarah Chudnow Community, as a mitzvah, or commandment. and Chai Point. He will provide pastoral care for our residents and families, Rabbi Adams added, “I plan to provide Rabbi Steven Adams, administrative coordination of our ritual more education on Jewish culture and Director of traditions, outreach to the community, practice for our employees. My goal is Pastoral Care and education and programming. Rabbi to increase our services by maintaining Levi Emmer will remain involved in tradition and responding to the needs of Jewish enrichment and traditions and more actively a pluralistic Jewish community. I see a strengthening involved in Kashrut. of our connections with all local synagogues and their clergy through communications and participation in Rabbi Adams has been involved in pastoral care for events.” 33 years and has been actively associated with the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point and Sarah Our Mission is very clear. We strive to provide Chudnow Community for the last decade. He will also outstanding care to our residents and the community’s continue his chaplaincy to Caring Partners, which is seniors based on the Jewish faith. As Christine in keeping with the mitzvah of bikkur cholim, visiting Kovach, our Director of Research, has observed: the sick and homebound. Rabbi Adams explained “Where people live in their senior years shapes the how bikkur cholim is part of the fabric of the Jewish last chapter of their lives -- how they live, whom they Home family, and how working with Caring Partners, see, what they do, and their relationships with family the specially trained group of volunteers who sit with and community members. The Jewish community residents at the end of their lives, is an important part has chosen to make residential eldercare services a of his life. see “Rabbi Adams” page 4
In This Issue
Welcome Rabbi Steven Adams Caregiver Support Group at Jewish Home and Care Center and Chai Point Senior Living
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Summer Safety Tips for Seniors Upcoming Events
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