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extended friendships.
“Cancer is not a secret,” 
said Kalef, author of “Cancer 
Is a Pain in the Butt!” and 
whose earlier writing had 
been in column form, taking 
subjects from her former 
career responsibilities as a 
space organizer. 
“People should talk about 
it — what it feels like and 
how different modalities 
affect people differently. I 
have been president of the 
Meer Council, and people 
have been so supportive and 
praying for me.”
Larry Aronoff, “A Travelin’ 
Man,” had a long marriage, 
a long career 
as owner of a 
medical supply 
business and a 
long membership 
with a boating 
organization. He 
is happy with 
the way events 
worked out for him and his 
family and is glad of travels 
they shared. He also points 
out that people should know 
life is a gamble.
“It wasn’t hard to write 
this,” said Aronoff, whose 

words are upbeat and 
inspiring. “I have a good 
memory.”

DOCUMENTARIES 
TO BE SHOWN
The movies being shown 
at the event are likely 
to awaken memories in 
audience members. One is 
Young at Heart, which tells 
about the romance shared 
by filmmaker Sue Marx’s 
father (Louis Gothelf) and 
Reva Shwayder-Gothelf 
when both were in their 
80s. 
Death-Metal Grandma 
recalls the life of a late 
Holocaust survivor and 
aspiring heavy metal singer 
in her senior years, Inge 
Ginsberg. Wendy’s Shabbat 
chronicles older adults 
enjoying hamburgers and 
fries at Wendy’s while saying 
Shabbat prayers. 
Jack Lessenberry and 
author Bill Haney, who 
wrote the foreword for the 
essay anthology, will share 
remembrances about the late 
filmmaker Sue Marx. 
The West Bloomfield and 
Oak Park facilities that are 

part of Jewish Senior Life 
and will benefit from the 
event include those that 
offer independent living, 
assisted living and memory 
care. Included are Meer 
Apartments, Hechtman 
Apartments, Fleischman 
Residence/Blumberg Plaza, 
Brown Memory Care 
Pavilion, Prentis Apartments, 
Teitel Apartments, Coville 
Apartments and Coville 
Memory Care Community. 
Robinson, who also gives 
her time to writing projects 
in other settings, had a good 
memory about an anthology 
writing experience program 

that gave her the inspiration 
to pursue this book in a four-
month time span.
“Everybody was surprised 
we got as many people to 
participate, but I wasn’t,” 
Robinson said. “We have 
had a ton of participation. 
Whoever signed up and got 
me a first draft was in.
“For Jewish Senior Life, 
the projects have been such 
a natural fit. This one bridge 
connects our residents to 
the rest of the community. I 
plan to put together a how-to 
so other organizations can 
do this kind of thing, but I 
would tell them to plan on a 
year to do it.” 

Larry 
Aronoff

Details
The event that introduces 
Don’t Write Me Off! ($18) will 
begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 
14, in the Jewish Community 
Center (The J) in West 
Bloomfield. $75. Jslmi.org./
events/jsls-lives-well-lived. 
After the event, the book will 
be available through bou-
tiques at Meer Apartments 
and Fleischman Residence 
as well as on Amazon.

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