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residents told me they loved my “I have one resident who recently idents who tour the facility often men-
brisket. They didn’t have to chew it; it turned 100,” shared Menashe, who tion how astonished they are that their
melted in their mouth it was so soft. heads a crew of about seven employ- parents all of a sudden want to live in
One of the resident’s sons even told ees. “She loves pea soup. Because of a totally kosher place – that it’s a non-
me, ‘My mom ate better than I did over her, I put pea soup on the menu almost negotiable, even though they never
the holiday!’ These compliments make every week, at least once. Whenever kept a kosher home. “At the beginning
my day, my week!” she sees me, she asks, ‘When am I get- and the end of their lives,” he conjec-
ting my pea soup?’ Before Pesach, when tured, “they feel the most connected to
It is obvious that being the head I was kashering the kitchens at 11 tradition, religion, and G-d. In their last
chef and mashgiach at Tudor o’clock at night, I told my coworkers, ‘I years, especially, they realize how
Heights, the only Star-K certified don’t look at this as a job. We are doing important these things really are to
assisted living facility in Baltimore, is a chesed for these people by doing our them.”
a labor of love for Menashe. He cheer- best to make sure that their Pesach is
fully custom-tailors his dishes to kosher 100%.’ For some of these resi- “Having an excellent program, staff
ensure that each resident is happy. dents, it is going to be their last Pesach. who go the extra mile, personalized
Beyond providing the low salt, salt- That’s what motivates me, whether I care, and a beautiful, warm Jewish
free, sugar-free, and cholesterol-free am preparing for Shabbos or Yom Tov. environment means we don’t settle for
menu options, he goes out of his way I am close to the residents; I’m attached less than the highest level of kashrut,”
to fill every other food request. Just to them. I even say Kaddish for a explains executive director Sherri
one example is how he serves one res- month for the residents who don’t have Zaslow. “We don’t believe in shortcuts
ident who finds it easier to eat shred- anyone to say it for them. For Yizkor, I and we are proud of this commitment
ded lettuce instead of chopped lettuce try to remember their names. I don’t by offering the only star-k certified facil-
her own more thinly-sliced portion. In look at this home as a workplace. I love ity. Our loved ones deserve no less,
addition, Menashe refuses to take what I’m doing.” until 120 in strength!”◆
such Old World Shabbos staples as
gefilte fish and cholent off of the As I was about to leave this unique- For further information about the
menu, even though not everyone may ly warm, inviting, home-away-from
eat them, because they have always home, a sales and marketing associate Peregrine’s Landing at Tudor Heights com-
been part of Jewish life. shared that children of perspective res-
munity, support groups, or respite options,
call Sherri Zaslow, 420-318-8000
72 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
brisket. They didn’t have to chew it; it turned 100,” shared Menashe, who tion how astonished they are that their
melted in their mouth it was so soft. heads a crew of about seven employ- parents all of a sudden want to live in
One of the resident’s sons even told ees. “She loves pea soup. Because of a totally kosher place – that it’s a non-
me, ‘My mom ate better than I did over her, I put pea soup on the menu almost negotiable, even though they never
the holiday!’ These compliments make every week, at least once. Whenever kept a kosher home. “At the beginning
my day, my week!” she sees me, she asks, ‘When am I get- and the end of their lives,” he conjec-
ting my pea soup?’ Before Pesach, when tured, “they feel the most connected to
It is obvious that being the head I was kashering the kitchens at 11 tradition, religion, and G-d. In their last
chef and mashgiach at Tudor o’clock at night, I told my coworkers, ‘I years, especially, they realize how
Heights, the only Star-K certified don’t look at this as a job. We are doing important these things really are to
assisted living facility in Baltimore, is a chesed for these people by doing our them.”
a labor of love for Menashe. He cheer- best to make sure that their Pesach is
fully custom-tailors his dishes to kosher 100%.’ For some of these resi- “Having an excellent program, staff
ensure that each resident is happy. dents, it is going to be their last Pesach. who go the extra mile, personalized
Beyond providing the low salt, salt- That’s what motivates me, whether I care, and a beautiful, warm Jewish
free, sugar-free, and cholesterol-free am preparing for Shabbos or Yom Tov. environment means we don’t settle for
menu options, he goes out of his way I am close to the residents; I’m attached less than the highest level of kashrut,”
to fill every other food request. Just to them. I even say Kaddish for a explains executive director Sherri
one example is how he serves one res- month for the residents who don’t have Zaslow. “We don’t believe in shortcuts
ident who finds it easier to eat shred- anyone to say it for them. For Yizkor, I and we are proud of this commitment
ded lettuce instead of chopped lettuce try to remember their names. I don’t by offering the only star-k certified facil-
her own more thinly-sliced portion. In look at this home as a workplace. I love ity. Our loved ones deserve no less,
addition, Menashe refuses to take what I’m doing.” until 120 in strength!”◆
such Old World Shabbos staples as
gefilte fish and cholent off of the As I was about to leave this unique- For further information about the
menu, even though not everyone may ly warm, inviting, home-away-from
eat them, because they have always home, a sales and marketing associate Peregrine’s Landing at Tudor Heights com-
been part of Jewish life. shared that children of perspective res-
munity, support groups, or respite options,
call Sherri Zaslow, 420-318-8000
72 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
