Homecoming

How times change: This brunch, held in September 1987, celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Jewish Home for the Aged on the East Side of Providence. The ad showcases a prominent guest, Dr. Stanley Aronson, who co-founded the Alpert Medical School at Brown University and forged a relationship the between college and residential facility. However, the Jewish Home closed its doors in 1993, and the building now houses the Summit Commons Rehabilitation and Health Center. Dr. Aronson, who was a longtime columnist for the Jewish Voice, passed away in 2015 at the age of 92. Still going are the musicians who performed that day, the Boston-based Klezmer Conservatory Band. After 40 years, the band remains one of the foremost klezmer outfits in the country. You can still find some of  Dr. Aronson’s columns by searching jewishrhody.org.