It’s a shocking and head-spinning image: A Jew in a German officer’s uniform is being ministered to by a Jewish concentration camp inmate. The officer is a mischlinge, a German with Jewish blood who was allowed to serve in the German military during parts of World War II. That image is at the heart of ...
SF SENIORBEAT GUEST COLUMN – There’s a corner of Gen Z internet culture that has popularized the trope of the ‘old soul’ by embracing analog reality. These proclaimed “old souls” renounce social media and anything digital, instead opting for vintage vinyl or a hardbound book, for example. They’ve taken to the internet in droves, insisting ...
Sharon Yow’s father drove a truck and tried his hand at farming. Her mother worked a switchboard and became an accountant. But while they labored at low-paying jobs, Yow’s parents drilled one lesson into her: “Education is your key. Do well in school!” It was a lesson she took to heart. The first in her ...
Caroline Dahl has never forgotten the glamorous, red-haired woman in a sequined dress she saw at a fancy new restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, where her Great Aunt May was treating her to a meal. Dahl was five at the time. The woman was playing the piano. “I was thunderstruck when I looked up at the ...
SENIORBEAT GUEST COLUMN – I love San Francisco, and I love to walk. So when a friend told me about a group walk tracing the 32-mile perimeter of San Francisco, I decided to try it. This was in March of 2023. We would start at the Ferry Building, loop south, west, north, and return to ...
Juliet Rothman was living in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1992 when her 21-year-old son Daniel attempted a double flip from a diving board into a swimming pool and broke his neck when he hit the water. Both arms and legs were paralyzed. Not only could he no longer walk but couldn’t feed himself or talk. A ...
