FYI
Teaching by example
Canadian-born lecturer Doron Kornbluth has been speaking to Jewish groups for more than 10 years, telling parents how they can keep their families Jewish. The author of “Why Marry Jewish,” Kornbluth will visit Valley Chabad on Nov. 12 to speak on the topic of his latest book, “Raising Kids to Love Being Jewish.”
Dealing out dreidels
“I grew up playing with dreidels at Chanukah parties,” said Jennifer Rivlin Roberts, “and my husband Webb and I love to play poker.”
It is no surprise, then, that, during a six-hour drive home from a family visit in 2005, the Atlanta couple conceived a way to “make dreidels more fun” by combining the two games.
Living long, living well
Berta Blum Rosenberg, born Sept. 5, 1896, ranks no. 26 on the Gerentology Research Group’s list of validated living supercentenarians. At 112 years old, says her grandson, Robert Hammer of Demarest, she is the 15th oldest person in the United States — and possibly the oldest Jew.




















