Happy Passover to our Family and Friends
This year Passover was very different. We couldn’t partake in communal dining in response to COVID-19, so Selfhelp had to…
Jewish Culture
Passover Greetings from The Selfhelp Home
This year may be different from all other years in that we cannot be together in the same way. As…
Last Whispers: Our Holocaust Stories
THE SELFHELP HOME, A JEWISH RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, COMMEMORATES HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY WITH A NEW STORYTELLING INITIATIVE Open to all Chicago-area…
A Standing Ovation to Donna Mayer Volunteer Extraordinaire
On August 30th we honored Donna Mayer- the face of The Selfhelp Home Gift Shop, a role she enjoyed for…
Honoring Leni Weil with The Lifetime Achievement Award
Leni Weil has been a force of nature at The Selfhelp Home for more than 60 years, first as a…
Screenings of REFUGE Shown Around the World
REFUGE: Stories of the Selfhelp Home, Premieres in Poland and Returns to Germany for Eleven Screenings Ethan Bensinger, a Selfhelp…
Two Organizations Seeing Eye to Eye on a Mission to Help Refugees
Contributed by Beth Gomberg-Hirsch The mission of The Selfhelp Home dates back to the 1930’s where a community within a…
Another Year Completed of Art & Inspiration with the 5th graders at BZAEDS
This month, we finished up another year of working with the 5th graders at Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School…
The Big Hearts Behind the Bernard Heerey Family Foundation
Since 2007, The Selfhelp Home has been a recipient of a program funded by the Bernard Heerey Family Foundation. This…