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The Jewish Home Family Charles P. Berkowitz Center for Rehabilitation Excellence officially opened last week, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Rockleigh, New Jersey, and the unveiling of cutting-edge warm-water therapies and other advanced modalities for Bergen and Rockland counties and beyond. “The Jewish Home Family has more than a century of service to our community,” said President and CEO Carol Silver Elliott at the ceremony. “Starting as an orphanage, we have grown into a continuum ...

By Bracha Schwartz | December 30, 2020 Residents of nursing homes, hit hardest by the pandemic since it began last spring, are now among the first to be vaccinated against COVID-19. New York began distribution of the vaccine on December 21 and New Jersey began on December 28. At the Hebrew Home in Riverdale, New York, about 90% of residents opted to get the Pfizer vaccine, which was administered over three days, Monday, December 21-Wednesday, December 23. Dr. Zachary Palace, medi...