One Good Thing: 98-year-old hosts virtual women s group
FREIDA FRISARO and CODY JACKSON, Associated Press
May 11, 2021
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1of3Trudy Berlin looks at a book during her weekly Zoom session at the Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, March 16, 2021. During the coronavirus pandemic, Berlin moved her in-person classes to Zoom. She s grown a steady audience of about 50 women from the U.S. and Canada who have come to view the class as a support group. Berlin says it s a whole new world out there and she s having fun.Cody Jackson/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Trudy Berlin, who hosts a weekly Zoom session at the Levis Jewish Community Center, works in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, March 16, 2021. During the coronavirus pandemic, Berlin moved her in-person classes to Zoom. She s grown a steady audience of about 50 women from the U.S. and Canada who have come to view the class as a support group. Berlin says it s a whole new world out ther
Florida 98-year-old hosts virtual womenâs group
Published: May 11, 2021 11:58 AM EDT
Updated: May 11, 2021 12:20 PM EDT
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When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center last year, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to keep her weekly womenâs group active.
For Berlin, who began hosting âThe Ladies Roomâ at the JCCâs Sandler Center in 2000, the show needed to go on. So with a little help from Stephanie Owitz, the Boca Raton, Florida, centerâs director of arts, culture and learning, the show went virtual.
âWhen the pandemic hit, of course, she was very disappointed we were shutting down the JCC,â Owitz said. Then, the center decided to make some classes, including Berlinâs, available on Zoom.
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) â When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center last year, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to keep her weekly womenâs group active.
For Berlin, who began hosting âThe Ladies Roomâ at the JCCâs Sandler Center in 2000, the show needed to go on. So with a little help from Stephanie Owitz, the Boca Raton, Florida, centerâs director of arts, culture and learning, the show went virtual.
âWhen the pandemic hit, of course, she was very disappointed we were shutting down the JCC,â Owitz said. Then, the center decided to make some classes, including Berlinâs, available on Zoom.
Florida woman, 98, hosts virtual womenâs group
âIâm happiest when I can be talking to a group, and I believe in groups very very much,â she said.
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Trudy Berlin looks at a book during her weekly Zoom session at the Levis Jewish Community Center in Boca Raton. [ CODY JACKSON | AP ]
Updated May 11
BOCA RATON â When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center last year, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to keep her weekly womenâs group active.
For Berlin, who began hosting âThe Ladies Roomâ at the JCCâs Sandler Center in 2000, the show needed to go on. So with a little help from Stephanie Owitz, the Boca Raton, Florida, centerâs director of arts, culture and learning, the show went virtual.