Faith, Service, and Connection: Honoring the Life of Harry Schwartz
Gilchrist offers a range of compassionate services, from specialized medical care to spiritual support and companionship. For Harry Schwartz—a World War II veteran and a...
The Extraordinary Life of Barbara Ledermann Rodbell and Her Journey with Gilchrist
Barbara Ledermann Rodbell’s story is one of courage, resilience, and grace, from her youth in Germany to her final chapters in Gilchrist’s care. Barbara was...
Gilchrist’s Holocaust Survivors Program Fills Unique Need
Gilchrist’s Holocaust Survivors Program Fills Unique Need Each day, Gilchrist’s staff and volunteers work tirelessly to bring to life its vision—to provide counseling, support and...
Gilchrist’s Jewish Care and Support Program
Gilchrist has changed the name of its Jewish hospice program to the Jewish Care and Support Program. We at Gilchrist recognize that myths associated with...
The Fourteenth Week: My Family’s Experience With Gilchrist’s Jewish Care and Support Program
We have a principle in Judaism that God sends the “cure” before the “disease.” While my husband’s devastating diagnosis of glioblastoma—fatal brain cancer—had no cure,...
Laid to Rest in the Jewish Tradition
For Syuzanna Alexander and Iolana Klotsman, family is everything and Jewish tradition important. The two sisters and their mother had been inseparable since they emigrated...
Daughters Grateful for Gilchrist’s Jewish Care and Support
Leah Szmidt was a Holocaust survivor who lost an eye in the bombings at the end of World War II. She loved to cook, loved...