1 million gift will augment a significant Jewish Home program

Planned GivingCarob Tree Circle members continuedGusti and Walter MoellerichLetitia and Gary MorrisRoslyn and Mervin MorrisIrving MutnickAnne and Joseph NadelEsther and Henri NahoumLillie L. and Sidney NavonPeter NeubauerJan and Robert NewmanJeremiah (Jerry) NissimBeverly NormanKent D. OwenDoris and Sidney PearlmanSallie Ann and Robert PerlissJulius PhillipsLeighton G. PhillipsMelvin S. PincusSamuel M. PincusHelen M. PollackBernice PolonskyRoza PolovinchikMinna C. PopkinsVera Kostiouk and Sergey PushnofMary and David RabbStella RakonitzShirley and Mitchell RaskinShirley ReichJoyce and William RemakJean ResnickHilda RichardsJanis RineyWalter RineyBarbara and Saul RockmanSamuel RodetskyRochelle and Jeff RondinoneBlanche and Charles RosenSydney Henrietta RosenIlse and Herbert RosenbaumGersen RosenbergSylvia and Louis RosenbergBarbara and Richard RosenbergGertrude A. RosensteinBetty RosenthalMarjorie RosenthalBarbara and Jack RossMorris A. RothmanNiki RothmanLottie Lise RothschildJules L. RoutbortBetty RowneyJanet and Zev RubensteinEsther RubinLeon RudeeJoan SachsJohn Henry SamterDorothy and George SaxeLillian R. SchachterAdrienne and Norman SchlossbergRose S. SchmelzerHenrietta SchneiderYetta SchneiderRuth SchoenbergAnnette and Harry SchriebmanAgnes Berenstein SchwartzMyrtle and Joel SchwartzKatherine Lautz and Sol SchwartzAda E. SchwarzSylvia SelimLeah SelixLynne Semi-UeligitoneLarry J. ShawRita SheidgantLois ShenkerMarina and Danil ShnaydmanMargaret Munzikaand Henry ShweidJordan R. SillsPauline E. Formanand Albert E. SilversteinBette A. SimonLaurie H. SizemoreLeo S. SlossRoberta Agre and Allan SluizerErnest SmetanaFlorine M. SmithRoselyn Catz SommerDaisy Hansi SommersPaul SpitzSusan and John StappBeverly and Roman StarnoAnne M. SteinPaul May and Frank SteinMarlene and Martin SteinMargot SternNelson StoneMarianne StrassmanGladys F. StrausLila StridironGreta S. StuehlerCora and Samuel SusselmanSelma and Sanford TandowskyMikhail A. TaytsRichard TokerLawrence TomskyBetty A. TooleMargo UckoAlla and Igor UshomirskyDavid VarshavskyGertrude G. VederoffEdward VeenEva VidaAlla Kaper and Filip VinengauzAvram VolfovskyDorothy and Paul WachterMax O. WahlMiriam WainBarbara L. WallersteinLiselotte N. WeberYuko Kuraki and Eric WeichardtClark WeismanBetty J. WeissLyllian WendroffLinda and George WertheimDiana WhitemanThelma and Irving WienerHazel L. WiseMichael B. WiseAntoinette and Morris WisefieldGeraldine J. YorkisHanna ZangerAlice J. ZemenJoan L. ZentnerAlice and Arthur B. ZimmermanNorma S. ZimmermanGuenther ZimmermannSamuel C. ZipkinKhanuma Blake came to the United States at the invitationof then General Eisenhower. Prior to that she had been thepersonal nurse to the shah of Iran. Once in the United States,she pursued her passion for giving the best of nursing carein both official and non-official capacities. In preparingher estate plan, Khanuma's desire was for her assets tosupport the education of nurses and other professionals. Thediscretion for the ultimate distribution of her estate was givento attorney Raymond Levy.When Attorney Levy contacted the Jewish Home, they talkedat length about the attention the Home gives to providingoutstanding care to residents, as well as its leadership inresearching emerging best practices within the geriatriccommunity. The Home's research partnership with theUniversity of California, San Francisco, epitomizes the best ofboth worlds. UCSF’s involvement ensures academic rigor, whilethe Home provides practical, day-to-day measurement of theresearch program's success.The probate court agreed with Mr. Levy's recommendation,and one-third of Ms. Blake's estate was distributed tothe Home.Khanuma's gift exemplifies the opportunity to not only makea difference in the current lives of older adults, but to alsoencourage new processes and innovations that make theirlives safer and healthier.42Jewish Senior Living 2010/ 2011