JANUARY 11 • 2024 | 41

T

he Jewish Senior Life 
residents who co-au-
thored the new book 
Don’t Write Me Off! Thirty-
Nine Stories of Older Adulthood 
were definitely the stars of the 
evening at the organization’s 
Lives Well Lived: Wrinkles in 
Time fundraiser on Nov. 14 
at the Berman Center for The 
Performing Arts at The J in 
West Bloomfield. 
The beaming first-time 
authors smiled, posed for pic-
tures in front of a life-sized 
image of the book and per-
sonally autographed copies for 
guests during the pre-glow. 

Bringing the book to life 
over a five-month period was 
a passion project for Beth 
Robinson, director of Friends 
of Jewish Senior Life, its volun-
teer arm. The event, attended 
by more than 140 guests and 
chaired by Hannah Moss, also 
featured three documentary 
films, including Young at Heart, 
the 1987 Oscar-winning movie 
by late Detroit filmmaker Sue 
Marx, which was introduced 
by her friends Jack Lessenberry 
and Bill Haney. Copies of Don’t 
Write Me Off! are available in 
JSL’s boutiques, on Amazon and 
at https://jslmi.org. 

Celebrities 
 for a Night

Jewish Senior Life resident and writer Larry Aronoff

Jewish Senior Life CEO Nancy Siegel Heinrich, Helen Hedger and 
Diane Schulman

Elizabeth Zerwekh and Cyma Carn
Nancy Silverman, Shari Cohen and Jewish Senior Life’s Beth Robinson 
and Marcia Mittelman

Carol 
Weintraub 
Fogel

Beth Robinson, Director, Friends 
of Jewish Senior Life, and event 
chairperson, Hannah Moss