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