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Snapshots of Life in Beit Tovei Ha’ir

Friendship, Health and Longevity among Seniors

Living in a warm and supportive religious community can add years to your life, according to scientific research studies conducted all around the world. It makes sense that people who…

The Gentle Revolution: The Benefits of Feldenkrais Exercise

Beit Tovei Ha’ir offers a wide range of exercise classes for men and for women. One of these classes teaches the Feldenkrais Method of movement education. It was developed by…

Meet the Residents: Eliyahu & Sara Tanis

Eliyahu and Sara Tanis can legitimately be described as a “power couple” because they both worked in Israel’s electricity industry! They grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, met in high…

Meet our House Rabbi

Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman is Director of the Torah & Religious Services department at Beit Tovei Ha’Ir. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, he studied at Harvard University before coming to…

Winter Health Tips from Beit Tovei Ha’ir

Whether you live in Israel or anywhere with a wintry climate, this season presents many challenges for senior citizens living in their own homes and responsible for their own food,…

Seeking Shelter and Finding a Home

One of the first rockets fired from Gaza on the morning of October 7 came through the roof of Shoshana and Gad’s home in Ashkelon, destroying their beautiful home. Luckily,…

Varda Butcher: Living the Good Life in Jerusalem

Arranging to interview Varda Butcher was more challenging than one might imagine, since her diary is packed with social and cultural events. At age 75, she lives in apartment within…

Intergenerational Fun!

In Israel, August is the month where grandparents are called upon to help their working children by looking after their grandchildren, because there is no school or childcare for most…

Shining a Light in the Darkness

There is a famous saying in Israel from a popular Chanukah song that each of us generates a small flame but they combine to create a huge light. The residents…

Wartime Unity in Beit Tovei Ha’ir

Beit Tovei Ha’Ir is more than a Senior Residence in Jerusalem – it’s a warm and cohesive community of like-minded religious retirees, who stand (or sit!) together in times of…

Historic Selichot Concert in Jerusalem

Beit Tovei Ha’ir Senior Residence in Jerusalem hosted a Selichot concert by 3-generations of the Rosenfeld family near the venue of their ancestor’s pre-War concert. Chazan Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld, Emeritus…

A Remarkable Elul Tiyul

By Loretta Harstein, Resident of Beit Tovei Ha’ir On Tuesday 12th Elul, around thirty residents of Beit Tovei Ha’ir, plus some carers and staff, went on a tiyul to the…

Ahavat Chinam at Beit Tovei Ha’ir

In recent months, Israeli society has become tense and divided, with gratuitous hatred expressed by opposing factions that seem determined to destroy one another. Against this background, the events team…

Sharing our Wisdom: Intergenerational Community Projects

Living in the center of Jerusalem creates many exciting opportunities for our residents to interact with local community members and organizations. Before Shavuot, two groups of young people came into…

Celebrating Jewish Music and Senior Living

On Rosh Chodesh Adar, March 3, Beit Tovei Ha’ir hosted a Jewish Music Conference for people aged 70 and above. It sold out. CEO of the Residence, Emanuel Globerman, explains…

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Meet Our Doctors: Dr. Daniel Azoulay

Dr. Daniel Azoulay is consultant geriatrician for Beit Tovei HaIr and senior physician in the department of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Jerusalem. For…

Harriet & Morris Inker made Aliyah to Beit Tovei Ha'ir

Making Aliyah to the City of Gold

Moving to Israel as a senior may sound daunting, but there are many organizations today that offer free advice and support before, during and after Aliyah, including the Beit Tovei…

Helping People with Alzheimer’s

People living with cognitive deterioration, whether caused by a brain injury, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, face many challenges, and their families face many more. Rivka Black explains how the…

Considering Your Next Move (and the move after that)

Deciding to move out of your own home into a senior residence is often difficult, but the next move is even more heart-wrenching. Beit Tovei Ha’Ir offers an Ageing in…

Eating Together for Healthy Living

People who are shielding from Corona, particularly those who live alone, may suffer from malnutrition because they are not eating proper meals. During the Coronavirus pandemic, one of the problematic…

Helping Our Parents Adjust

If your parents live alone, whether near or far from you and your siblings, how are they coping with the “new normal” of COVID-19? If they are shielding, are they…

Chodesh Ellul at Beit Tovei Ha’Ir

With Rosh Hashanah on the horizon, the residents of Beit Tovei Ha’Ir are looking forward to being able to pray and eat together during the High Holydays. Masks, handwashing and…

Living with Dementia

Living with dementia starts with understanding its symptoms. Dementia is one of the most common ailments among seniors, and dementia day care can help them and their families to cope…

The right nutrition for seniors

The right nutrition for seniors Proper eating habits and good nutrition affects us at all ages The way we eat and the kind of foods we consume significantly affect out…

Safety for seniors

Accidents at an elderly age can cause serious injuries and impair quality of life Whether we are talking about physical or psychological wellbeing, it is important to know how to…

Trips for seniors

Many seniors want to stay active despite their age Getting old causes changes, and many of these changes prevent seniors from taking part in social and other activities. We see…

Durable medical equipment

As old age sets in, seniors need more assistance and support than before. Many people have trouble coping with the changes that accompany the process of aging; with time, they…

Senior rights

Old age has its challenges, and it is important that you what they are. Old age brings many changes, including retirement, changing in housing, financial changes and more. In order…

Employment for seniors

Many people today live many years after retirement; therefore, they seek new opportunities for employment. Retirement isn’t always as great as people say it is, and many retirees feels that…

Pension-Information on rights

Many of us use our pension funds to support ourselves during our senior years Upon retiring, our regular monthly salaries change, and many people start living on their pensions. Therefore,…

Employment for Seniors