A community of family.

Making the decision to move your loved one into a
memory support community is simple when you choose
Artis Senior Living. You can rest easy knowing that we
treat them as you would — like family.

Put your mind at ease.

Contact Artis Senior Living today
to become a member of our family.

267.571.2699 267.571.2699
www.artisseniorliving.com 2085 Lieberman
Drive • Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
www.artisseniorliving.com (located behind Huntingdon Valley’s Post Office)
2085 Lieberman Drive • Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
(located behind Huntingdon Valley’s Post Office)
The photo in the September 1949 Jewish Exponent about Rosa and
Gerson’s first days in school in Philadelphia.

20, her mother had to go with her to City Hall as she needed a
parent’s permission.

They stayed in South Philly until 1966, after their son, Jay,
was born, and they moved to the Northeast. After they had two
more kids, Laura and Helene, she worked for the school board as
a secretary and eventually retired from Northeast High School.

Two of her children are rabbis, another is a pediatrician, and
she is the proud grandmother of six grandchildren.

“To me, family is very important. Growing up without any —
in fact, I always said I didn’t realize what I missed until I became
a grandmother and then I realized all the things I missed, so
that’s why to me family is very important,” she said.

Reflecting on her life, though, she has no complaints.

Judaism played a central role in her and her husband’s life
when building their family, as they had both lost theirs and with
them, their family traditions. They’ve belonged to several con-
gregations in Northeast Philly that have since closed or merged,
and are now members of Congregations of Shaare Shamayim.

The only milestone she’d like to accomplish is a Bat Mitzvah, as
her husband will have a second Bar Mitzvah at their synagogue soon.

But being with family and having her children and grandchil-
dren involved in Jewish life is enough for her in the meantime.

“It’s like we had to start from the beginning, and I figured this
way I feel like our relatives didn’t die for nothing,” she said. “For us,
it was very important so they’ll know where they came from and
what they have to adhere to. We had to make our own traditions,
our own everything. And we did pretty good. I can’t complain.” l
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215-283-7010 1120 Meetinghouse Rd
Gwynedd, PA 19436
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