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DOROT’s Executive Director Mark Meridy recently appeared on the “This is Growing Old” podcast with Sue Peschin, President and CEO of the alliance for Aging Research to discuss the issues of social isolation and loneliness among older adults. On DOROT’s response to COVID-19, Meridy shared, “Our social work staff have worked tirelessly along with our volunteers […]

This summer as a DOROT Summer College Intern has been full of important lessons and happy surprises. One unexpected takeaway is the intergenerational friendship that I formed with my Legacy Project match, Leah. (DOROT’s Legacy Programs ensure that older adults interested in recording their legacies for loved ones and generations to come can do so from […]

In honor of Holocaust Survivor Day, the DOROT community gathered to hear from Mira Rosenblatt, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, and her daughter Belinda Levavi. The program was presented by Lasting Impressions: DOROT’s Legacy Project and brought together an intergenerational group of older adult community members, college interns and DOROT staff members over Zoom to listen […]

On July 8, community members from all over the country gathered together for DOROT’s third annual SAGE Table event, In Full Bloom, hosted by Onsite@Home. The Onsite@Home Department is committed to bringing vibrant and interactive programs right to constituents’ doors through Zoom videoconferencing and telephone calls. The SAGE Table initiative launched in 2017 to fight […]

We’re thrilled to bring you the the Summer 2021 issue of DOROT’s Connections Newsletter. This issue highlights the success of DOROT’s Annual Benefit hosted by MSNBC’s Ari Melber with special guest Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, profiles dedicated volunteers and donors of all ages and takes us down memory lane with our flagship Package Delivery program. Read the full Summer 2021 Connections […]

Claudia Deutsch first began volunteering in the ’70s, when DOROT was a fledgling two-year-old organization. Fast forward to today and you’ll find Claudia as involved with DOROT as she was from the beginning. Now that’s what we call a true commitment. What has bound her to DOROT for so many years is volunteering. “DOROT is […]

The DOROT community is composed of older adults who participate in programs, volunteers who give their time to make the programs happen and supporters who help fund them. And there are those, like Amy Chasanoff, whose passion for DOROT qualifies them for all three categories. In 2014, incapacitated after back surgery, Amy needed help. She […]

It all started in the fall of 1976 when a few recent graduates of Columbia University’s social work program saw some older adults sitting on park benches near the University and brought them Hannukah treats. This act of kindness blossomed into DOROT’s Package Delivery Program, which now occurs four times a year in Manhattan and […]

August 2021 One thing we have all learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that social isolation and loneliness affects virtually every segment of society, and that strategies to combat this all too-pervasive issue differs from one community to another. LGBTQ+ older adults are twice as likely to live alone and have a higher propensity for […]

In the world of Jewish education, there is no more prestigious honor than the Covenant Award, given annually by the Covenant Foundation to three innovate educators for forging change in the field and the Jewish community at large. This week, Judith Turner, Senior Program Officer for Volunteer Services and Intergenerational Programs, received the award for […]