2018–19 Sholom Calendar 5779–5780
Hands THAT TELL
Stories
“You are never too old to learn something.� Lorraine Hertz, age 95 Lorraine Hertz on learning piano at 95 and generally staying busy morning until night!
2018 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
October Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6
SHMINI ATZERET
Bereshit
SIMCHAT TORAH
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
COLUMBUS DAY
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
Noach
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Boss’s Day Yom HaAliyah
Lech-Lecha
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Vayera
28 29 30 31
HALLOWEEN
The hard working hands of a nurse. Esther Mann, age 95 Esther participates in every activity at Sholom to keep her mind and hands busy!
2018 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
November
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1 2 3
Chayei Sara
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 End Daylight Saving Time
ELECTION DAY
Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Toldot
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 VETERANS DAY (observed)
Vayetzei
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
THANKSGIVING
25 26 27 28 29 30
Vayishlach
All things beautiful. Goran Stokenstrom, age 82 A professor of Scandinavian studies and loves all things Scandinavian and all things beautiful—whether art or gardening. He enjoys feeling the pages of books on photography and holding his wife’s hands.
2018 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
December
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
Vayeshev
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pearl Harbor Day Erev CHANUKKAH Light 1st Candle
1st Day CHANUKKAH Light 2nd Candle
2nd Day CHANUKKAH Light 3rd Candle
3rd Day CHANUKKAH Light 4th Candle
4th Day CHANUKKAH Light 5th Candle
5th Day CHANUKKAH Light 6th Candle
6th Day CHANUKKAH Light 7th Candle Rosh Chodesh Tevet Miketz
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7th Day CHANUKKAH Light 8th Candle
8th Day CHANUKKAH
Vayigash
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Asara B’Tevet
Winter Solstice
Vayechi
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
CHRISTMAS EVE NEW YEAR’S EVE
31
CHRISTMAS
Shemot
Dress designer and patternmaker. Gene Levine, age 99 Gene Levine used his hands to design dresses and patterns to make women feel and look beautiful. At age 99, he can still charm the ladies!
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
January Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Vayera
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat
Bo
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Shabbat Shira Beshalach
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY Tu BiShvat
27 28 29 30 31
Yitro
The love of family. Iris Howe, age 94 Iris Howe’s hands spent a lot of time with a typewriter as a secretary for the FBI and at Wittenberg University. She also started her own nursery school. She loves her family and enjoys the photos of all her grandkids and especially of her war hero husband.
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
February
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1 2 Groundhog Day Mishpatim
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Chinese New Year Rosh Chodesh Adar
Terumah
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Lincoln’s Birthday
VALENTINE’S DAY
Tetzaveh
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
PRESIDENT’S DAY
Ki Tesa
24 25 26 27 28
A healer’s hands. Dr. Martin “Marty” Oken, age 78 The healing hands of Dr. “Marty” Oken cared for and comforted many patients. He found fun and relaxation during his off duty time playing ping pong.
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
March
Friday
Saturday
1 2 Employee Appreciation Day
Shabbat Shekalim Vayakhel
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ash Wednesday
Rosh Chodesh Adar II
Pekudei
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Daylight Saving Time Starts
Shabbat Zachor Vayikra
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Fast of Esther Spring Equinox
PURIM
Tsav
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Shabbat Parah Shmini
These hands love golf! Etta Rikess, age 93 Etta Rikess was an avid golfer but she is most proud of all the diapers her hands have changed in raising five boys!
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
April
Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 Rosh Chodesh Nisan Shabbat HaChodesh Tazria
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Shabbat HaGadol Metzora
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Palm Sunday
Tax Day
Maundy Thursday
Ta’anit Bechorot Good Friday EREV PASSOVER 1st Seder
1st Day PASSOVER 2nd Seder
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 EASTER 2nd Day PASSOVER
Arbor Day 3rd Day PASSOVER
4th Day PASSOVER
28 29 30
5th Day PASSOVER
6th Day PASSOVER
7th Day PASSOVER
8th Day PASSOVER
Caring hands leave a legacy. Agnes Morley, age 95 Agnes wanted to be sure her grandchildren knew about her story so she penned a book to pass her legacy to them as well as future generations.
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
May
Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 National Day of Prayer Yom HaShoah
Achrei Mot
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 CINCO DE MAYO Rosh Chodesh Iyyar
National Nurses Day
Yom HaZikaron
Yom HaAtzma’ut
Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Kedoshim
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Armed Forces Day
MOTHER’S DAY
Emor
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Pesach Sheni
Lag BaOmer
26 27 28 29 30 31
MEMORIAL DAY
Behar
At any age, you can learn a new activity or game. Clara Watchman, age 91 She loves playing Rummikub and her family raves about her homemade cookies and blintzes!
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
June
Friday
Saturday
1
Bechukotai
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EREV SHAVUOT Yom Yerushalayim
Rosh Chodesh Sivan
D–DAY
Bamidbar
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
SHAVUOT
Flag Day
Naso
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
FATHER’S DAY
Summer Solstice
Beha’alotcha
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Sh’lach Lacha
These hands love to play games! Ramona Gies, age 84 Ramona has a penchant for games of chance. We have a card shark among us!
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
July Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Korach
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Chukat
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Balak
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Pinchas
28 29 30 31
Parents’ Day
These hands create beautiful art! Teresa Loney, age 87 An avid painter, Teresa displays many of her pieces in her room, along with her favorite troll, Poppy!
2019 | 5779 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
August Friday
Saturday
1 2 3
Rosh Chodesh Av
Matot-Massei
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shabbat Chazon Devarim
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Tish’a B’Av
Tu B’Av
Shabbat Nachamu Vaetchanan
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Senior Citizen’s Day
Eikev
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Rosh Chodesh Elul Re’eh
The skillful hands of a doctor. Sofya Eliovich, age 93 An immigrant from Russia due to religious persecution, Sofya spent her early years in Russia as a physician, specializing in the treatment of tuberculosis. She still knows how to use a stethoscope!
2019 | 5780 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
September
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
LABOR DAY
Shoftim
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 National Grandparents Day
Ki Teitzei
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Leil Selichot Ki Tavo
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Fall Equinox
29 30 Erev ROSH HASHANA
1st Day ROSH HASHANA
Nitzavim
Shana Tova! G’mar Chatimah Tova! Chag Sameach!
2019 | 5780 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
October Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 2nd Day ROSH HASHANA
Shabbat Shuva
Tzom Gedaliah
Vayelech
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Erev YOM KIPPUR
YOM KIPPUR
Ha’Azinu
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 COLUMBUS DAY Erev SUKKOT
1st Day SUKKOT
2nd Day SUKKOT
Boss’s Day 3rd Day SUKKOT
4th Day SUKKOT
5th Day SUKKOT
6th Day SUKKOT
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 7th Day SUKKOT
SHMINI ATZERET
SIMCHAT TORAH
Bereshit
27 28 29 30 31 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
HALLOWEEN
She works with her hands with such delight. Matilde Lenchiu, age 98 A recent immigrant from Argentina, Matilde worked all her life as a tailor, and at age 98 she can still show you how to sew things correctly!
2019 | 5780 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
November
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1 2
Noach
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daylight Saving Time Ends
Lech-Lecha
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
VETERANS DAY
Vayera
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Chayei Sara
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 THANKSGIVING DAY Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Toldot
She loves all things Jewish! Joyce Nauen, age 94 Very active all her life in the Jewish communities where she has lived, Joyce continues to charm folks with her delightful English accent in the Twin Cities Jewish Community today.
2019 | 5780 Call 855-5-Sholom (855-574-6566) for a full range of services: independent & assisted living, long-term care, short-term rehab, home care, hospice and more. www.sholom.com
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
December
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pearl Harbor Day Vayetzei
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Vayishlach
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Winter Solstice Vayeshev
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1st night CHANUKKAH Light 1st Candle
1st Day CHANUKKAH Light 2nd Candle
CHRISTMAS EVE
CHRISTMAS DAY
2nd Day CHANUKKAH Light 3rd Candle
3rd Day CHANUKKAH Light 4th Candle
29 30 31 7th Day CHANUKKAH Light 8th Candle
8th Day CHANUKKAH
NEW YEAR’S EVE
4th Day CHANUKKAH Light 5th Candle
5th Day CHANUKKAH Light 6th Candle
6th Day CHANUKKAH Light 7th Candle Miketz
Serving the Twin Cities Metro Area SHOLOM HOME CARE 952.939.1649 SHOLOM JOHNSON HOSPICE AGENCY 651.328.2091 NORMAN & LISETTE ACKERBERG FAMILY
SHOLOM WEST CAMPUS • ST. LOUIS PARK 952.935.6311
ROSSY & RICHARD SHALLER FAMILY
SHOLOM EAST CAMPUS • ST. PAUL 651.328.2000
Roitenberg Family Assisted Living Residence • 52 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment homes • Individualized home care services through Sholom Home Care • Full calendar of activities, classes and community events • Catered living services (housekeeping, laundry, etc.) • Emergency call systems and 24/7 staffing • And much, much more
Bentson Family Assisted Living Residence • 48-studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment homes • Emergency call systems and 24/7 staffing • Individualized home care services through Sholom Home Care • Full calendar of activities, classes and community events • Catered living services • And much, much more
Leo & Doris Hodroff Pavilion for Memory Care • 24 studio apartments • Specialized programs and services fostering independence and wellness for individuals experiencing mild to moderate stages of dementia and memory loss • Sholom Home Care staff on-site 24/7 • Many other convenient amenities
Roitenberg Family Adult Day Center • Enriching activities • Nutritious meals • Secure environment • Socialization
Sholom Home West • 154-bed care center • Outdoor garden courtyard • Chapel, library, gift shop, beauty/barber shop • Short-term rehabilitation, long-term, respite, memory, hospice and palliative care • Many other programs and services available (continued below)
David Feinberg Vitality & Aquatics Center • Warm water therapy pool • 24-hour emergency response system Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East • 118-bed care center with private rooms and baths • Short-term rehabilitation, long-term, respite, memory, hospice and palliative care • Chapel, library, gift shop/deli, beauty/barber shop • Rooftop outdoor patios • Johnson Center for Hospice Care • And many other state-of-the-art features (continued below)
SHOLOM WEST continued
SHOLOM EAST continued
Knollwood Place Apartments • 153 one- and two-bedroom apartment homes • Controlled entry, emergency call system & heated underground parking • Access to home care services provided by Sholom Home Care; staff on-site 24/7 • Full calendar of activities, classes and community events • and many more conveniences
Jay & Rose Phillips Center for Memory Care • 18 studio apartments • Sholom Home Care staff on-site 24/7 • Specialized programs and services fostering independence and wellness for individuals experiencing mild to moderate stages of dementia and memory loss • And many other convenient amenities
Menorah Plaza • 151 one- and two-bedroom apartment homes • Recreational, cultural and social programming • Dining services • State-funded, waivered services for customized living program available • Access to home care services through Sholom Home Care; staff on-site 24/7 • and much more Menorah West Apartments • 45 one-bedroom apartment homes • Recreational, cultural and social programming • Meal programs available • State-funded waivered services for customized living program available • Access to home care services through Sholom Home Care; Staff available 24/7 Deikel Family AlterCare Adult Day Program • Enriching activities • Nutritious meals • Secure environment • Socialization
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Apartments • 45 one-bedroom apartment homes • 24-hour emergency response system • Recreational, cultural and social programming • State-funded waivered services for customized living program available • Underground parking • Access to home care services through Sholom Home Care; staff available 24/7 • And many other convenient amenities Sholom Johnson Hospice Agency Hospice care wherever you live; providing physical, emotional, and spiritual care to individuals approaching the end of life, as well as for their families. For referrals and questions, call 651.328.2091.
SHOLOM FOUNDATION
SHOLOM AUXILIARY
The Auxiliary provides countless hours of volunteer service and critical funds to support the many life-enriching programs for our Sholom residents and tenants. Our annual fundraiser, Food For Your Soul, is a unique and entertaining evening each June that raises dollars to support our work. We also raise money through membership, the Silver Tea (non-) event, and through the sale of Delicious Knishes, special service cards, and “Food for Show, Food on the Go” cookbooks. Members receive a Twin Cities membership directory and the label of “mensch.” For more information, please call 952.939.1620 or email auxiliary@sholom.com.
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Sholom Foundation’s sole mission is to raise sufficient endowment and annual funds to generate financial support for Sholom services and facilities, and promote excellence in care to those served by Sholom. Donors may establish a named endowment fund at Sholom Foundation with lifetime gifts and pledges, or bequests of cash, securities, retirement accounts, life insurance, trusts, or other estate gifts. All will provide crucial support to Sholom for generations to come. To find out how you can help ensure Sholom’s future, call 952.939.1593. It is the policy and commitment of Sholom that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, sex, national origin, disability, religion or political belief.
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