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community Seniors Hall honors Dorothy Ziff Birmingham’s Dorothy Ziff was honored by the Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame on July 17 with a Lifetime Achievement Commendation. The recognition came during the annual Hall of Fame Award Ceremony, held at First Baptist Church in Montgomery. Ziff was nominated by Barbara Bonfield and Bob Greenberg for her work with Hadassah’s Bubbe Club and the Chesed Committee at Temple Beth-El. Since 1977, Ziff has served in a number of positions in Hadassah Birmingham, including as president, and later as coordinator of the Premier Leaders Institute in the Southern region. She chaired the Bubbe Club for 7 years, bringing together grandmothers and great-grandmothers to celebrate their grandchildren. Since 2006, Ziff has co-chaired Beth-El’s Chesed Committee, a group established to provide caring services for the Temple’s senior community. In this role, she has arranged programs and parties at Brookdale Place, Greenbriar, Fair Haven, St. Martins, Highland Manor, Mount Royal Towers, Town Village and Columbia Cottage, and planned many baking sessions. Committee members bake and prepare goodie bags for the residents of these facilities and then make personal visits to deliver them. Chesed members also bake cakes and deliver them to bereaved families, as well as visit homebound elderly, and send birthday greetings to members over age 75 and greetings to ill Temple members. A new program involves members making regular telephone calls to seniors to chat and offer the senior a social outlet.
Staying young while growing up
Many in community named to Top 50 Over 50 Numerous members of Birmingham’s Jewish community were named to this year’s Top 50 Over 50 awards. Begun in 2014 by Positive Maturity, the awards are presented “to show that while growing older is unavoidable, growing up is optional.” The awards go to those who “know how to dream, laugh, contribute, and achieve on many levels … all the key elements of staying young while growing up.” The 50 are honored at a July 28 event in Birmingham and profiled in B Metro magazine. Among this year’s honorees are Jeffrey Bayer of Bayer Properties, Charles Collat of Mayer Electric, Fran Godchaux of Rev Birmingham, Nancy Goedecke of Mayer Electric, sportscaster Eli Gold, community activist Joel Rotenstreich, Michael Saag of 1917 Clinic, and community volunteers Bobbie Siegal and Max Steinmetz. A Holocaust survivor, Steinmetz is receiving the William M. Miller Award, which is given to those “who go above and beyond in building communities and creating legacies.”
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