Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer Donates $15 Million To Los Angeles Jewish Home Keeping The Vision Campaign

RESEDA, Calif., March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer, philanthropist and local businesswoman, has increased her support of the Los Angeles Jewish Home by making a $15 million gift to the Home's Keeping the Vision campaign, it was announced today by Jeffrey Glassman, board chair of the Jewish Home.

The $215 million campaign will create the Gonda Healthy Aging Westside Campus in Playa Vista, CA, build and remodel existing facilities at the Home's Grancell and Eisenberg Village Campuses, and develop the new Hirsch Family Campus in Reseda.  In addition, the funds will allow the Home to expand its community-based programs including the Brandman Centers for Senior Care, Skirball Hospice, Jewish Home Center for Palliative Care, the Ida Kayne Transitional Care Unit, the Auerbach Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, short-term rehabilitation and Jewish Home Care Services.

This gift continues Mrs. Eisenberg-Keefer's tradition of support of the Los Angeles Jewish Home. It includes the Home's Eisenberg Village campus in Reseda, the Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer Medical Center, Neighborhood Homes on Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer Lane at the Jewish Home and the courtyard (gallery) and Sky Terrace at the Gonda Healthy Aging Westside Campus in Playa Vista for which the current $15 million gift is earmarked.

"Joyce's vision is matched only by her charitable giving for which we will be forever grateful," Glassman said.  "Her ongoing commitment has been instrumental in helping the Home expand its programs, services and locations."     

A dedicated philanthropist, Ms. Eisenberg-Keefer supports a wide range of institutions, many of which are engaged in promoting health and fighting cancer.  Her late husband, Ben E. Eisenberg, contracted melanoma in the mid-1970s and for years Ms. Eisenberg-Keefer has been committed to supporting institutions that combat the disease.

Some of the other organizations Ms. Eisenberg-Keefer supports include: the Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer Breast Center at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, the Wellness Centers, The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, the pediatric wing of Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem and its Comprehensive Chest Trauma Care Unit in the Department of Emergency Medicine as well as the hospital's Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. She also is a major contributor to Disney Concert Hall and the Israeli Philharmonic.

"Improving the quality of life for seniors is a cause that is dear to my heart," Ms. Eisenberg-Keefer said.  "It is gratifying to see the positive impact the Jewish Home makes on the lives of seniors on a daily basis."  

Ms. Eisenberg-Keefer is president of Ben B. Eisenberg Properties, a property management firm located in downtown Los Angeles.  Among many downtown properties, the firm owns the New Mart, perhaps the best known fashion industry showroom in downtown Los Angeles. 

Founded in 1912, the non-profit Los Angeles Jewish Home is among the largest providers of senior healthcare services in Los Angeles.  Each year, more than 4,300 seniors benefit from the Home's community-based and in-residence programs.  Community-based programs include the Brandman Centers for Senior Care (BCSC), a Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), Jewish Home Care Services, Skirball Hospice, Jewish Home Center for Palliative Medicine, the Ida Kayne Transitional Care Unit, the Auerbach Geriatric Psychiatry Unit and community clinics.   Two village campuses in Reseda serve seniors with independent living accommodations, residential care, skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitative care, and Alzheimer's disease and dementia care.  The Home recently announced plans to build the Gonda Healthy Aging Westside Campus in Playa Vista, CA.  Further information regarding the Jewish Home can be found online at www.jha.org or by calling (818) 757-4407.

SOURCE Los Angeles Jewish Home

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