When they said goodbye to this earth, most of my female relatives were younger than I am today! Now, I’m well into my personal 80s, which gives me both pause…

From the TJP archives, May 28, 2009, we present a classic column from Harriet Gross. Spring is only a state of mind in a year like this, with its erratic…

Age takes its toll. The losses mount. I am losing my cousins. One by one, they are leaving – not only me, but life itself. And there is a strange…

One of the essential Jewish community services that I first learned about from my late (and may I add “great” — because she really was, for me and so many…

I opened my daily paper earlier this month to read all the grief about Edgemere. I knew people years ago who lived there, and were so happy there. But that…

We’re barely through Purim, but the holidays seem to come earlier each year — at least for me, as I get later and later into my own life. Is this…

Life is very difficult for me now: As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve become the victim of identity theft… I made my bad mistake early on: thinking I could handle this…

Those of you who know me — either from TJP reading or personal contact — must already know that my two favorite Jewish “charities” are Hebrew Free Loan and Hebrew…

This is my time to pay bills and pledges. As I sit down to write checks, an old Jewish joke comes to mind. It’s one of those “Abie and Becky”…

When they said goodbye to this earth, most of my female relatives were younger than I am today! Now, I’m well into my personal 80s, which gives me both pause…