54 | DECEMBER 15 • 2022
faces&places
O
n Wednesday, Nov. 16, a
dozen models stepped out
into the spotlight at the
Berman Center for the Performing
Arts to illustrate the theme of the
FRIENDS of Jewish Senior Life
annual fundraiser, Lives Well Lived:
Aging in Style!
The models, residents of Jewish
Senior Life’s Meer and Hechtman
facilities, showed off fashions from
Closet NV
, Hersh’s, Mindy’s Unique
Boutique and Matthildur before
donning colorful feather boas and
disco glasses to take a curtain call
with a host of handsome volunteer
escorts.
After the cheers died down,
FRIENDS Director Beth Robinson
took the microphone to thank
chairperson Hannah Moss, and
fashion show coordinator Cyd
Stone, as well as the many sponsors,
donors and attendees, and the
participating stores.
Then the audience was treated to
the Emmy-nominated documentary
Iris, the story of 101-year-old
fashion icon Iris Apfel, best known
for her cropped white hair, outsized
black glasses and flamboyant style.
“The goal, in addition to
fundraising, was to expand the
narrative about aging,
” Robinson
said. “
As we get older, we may need
help with driving and changing light
bulbs and so forth, but we still grow
and develop and have interests and
participate fully in life. Our residents
have as much to offer us as we have
to offer them.
”
Robinson worked closely with
Jewish Senior
Life Residents
Model in
Fundraiser
Fashion Show
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JSL
Donna Maddin
and Lindsey
Maddin
Hannah
Moss
The models and
their escorts
Andy Nickelhoff
and Jo Rosen