Herut

August 19, 2022

by Katherine Tick Living Our Jewish Values is an initiative we launched earlier this year to enrich the spiritual experience for residents and their families, staff, and volunteers, by aligning ourselves with the Jewish values that are the foundation of our organization. When we observe holidays and cultural moments of note while connecting them to […]

L’Dor v’Dor

July 11, 2022

by Katherine Tick Living Our Jewish Values is an initiative we launched earlier this year to enrich the spiritual experience for residents and their families, staff, and volunteers, by aligning ourselves with the Jewish values that are the foundation of our organization. When we observe holidays and cultural moments of note while connecting them to […]

Finding Ourselves in the Pages of History: SFCJL in the Archives of the J.

What a gift to discover – 150 years of history in J. Weekly’s new digital archives. As the paper’s editor encouraged its readers, we searched for our own name in the archives. We found dozens of news stories about the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL), and Jewish Home, and Hebrew Home for Aged […]

Resident Profile: Patti Navarro

June 24, 2022

When Patti Navarro talks about her life, a word she often uses is proud. As the first transgender resident at the Jewish Home & Rehab Center (JHRC) on the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL), she was instrumental in making its first PRIDE event happen. Working with staff to organize, she invited some of […]

Kavod

June 21, 2022

By Katherine Tick Living Our Jewish Values is an initiative we launched earlier this year to enrich the spiritual experience for residents and their families, staff, and volunteers, by aligning ourselves with the Jewish values that are the foundation of our organization. When we observe holidays and cultural moments of note while connecting them to […]

Meet the BAJHC Rabbis: Rabbi Eric Weiss

May 6, 2022

The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL) is proud and honored to partner with the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center (BAJHC), an integral part of Jewish life on our campus. Our core values and philosophy are founded on Jewish tradition and encompass respect for elders and responsibility for the welfare of others. With their […]

Litquake & Resident Poetry at SFCJL

April 18, 2022

While the nation observes Poetry Month every April, our celebration of poetry at San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living extends far beyond one month. At the Jewish Home & Rehab Center, our Life Enrichment team holds regular poetry readings with residents. Last year, Byer Square hosted an intergenerational poetry slam with Frank Residences assisted living […]

Meet Our Life Enrichment Leaders

April 14, 2022

Judith DancerDirector of Life Enrichment, Jewish Home & Rehab Center Judith Dancer is the Director of Life Enrichment at the Jewish Home & Rehab Center. She leads the department that delivers enriching activities and events that engage the residents and help them feel their purpose on a daily basis. She also oversees and supports the […]

SFCJL Annual Service Awards

April 7, 2022

On Tuesday, April 5, the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living held its annual Service Award celebration to acknowledge employees’ years of service anniversaries and to announce the winners of the BRAVO Employee of the Year awards. Representatives from departments across our campus and leadership teams came together in the Barbro and Bernard Osher Performance […]

Making Masks for Purim

March 16, 2022

Purim is a joyous holiday celebrating the saving of the Jews from a threatened massacre at the hands of an evil Persian vizier, Haman. The story of Purim is told in the Book of Esther, whose eponymous heroine plays the leading role in saving her people. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with wild abandon and […]