The Sarah Chudnow Community will host special events and speakers this May, including a Mother’s Day community brunch; and presentations on the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda and the Shanghai Ghetto during World War II; and a look at the relationship between seniors and their adult children.
On Tuesday, May 8, 1:30 p.m., Rabbi Jacob Herber of Congregation Beth Israel will discuss his experiences with the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda. Light refreshments will be served.
On Wednesday, May 9 at 2 p.m., Professor Alan S. Wolkenstein, a senior educator, consultant and clinical professor of family medicine for the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will present the first in a three-part series titled “The View from the Educator’s Window: Looking at Our Elder Parents and Their Adult Children.”
The first lecture will be aimed at individuals concurrently managing relationships with young adult children and aging parents, often referred to as the “sandwich generation.”
Following on Wednesday, May 23 at 2 p.m. will be a lecture on assessing the quality of life and counseling on the best ways to care for aging parents while maintaining life balance.
The final lecture in the series will be on Sunday, June 3 at 2 p.m. and will discuss how to converse with those we care about and be “in the moment.”
Mother’s Day brunch will be held Sunday, May 13, at 11:30 a.m., noon, and 12:30 p.m. The menu will include cheese blintzes with strawberries and bagels with lox and cream cheese.
Brunch is $15 for guests, $7.50 for children under 12. Meals require a reservation and credit card number as seats will be limited.
On Tuesday, May 15 at 2 p.m., the first day of the two-part series about the Shanghai ghetto will be held. Edie Shafer, who spent the first seven years of her life in this ghetto, will be showing the documentary “Shanghai Ghetto” by filmmakers Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann.
Then on Thursday, May 17 at 2 p.m., Shafer will speak about her experience in the ghetto.
For more information and to make brunch reservations, call 262-478-1500.
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