Rosenberg talks about the connections made with her neighbors and schoolmates that continues presently.   She explains how she was approached to become a counselor at Camp Tamarack, then Camp Nahelu and then Camp Tamakwa.  She was a counselor until the age of 25 when she became a mother.

Another experience that Rosenberg relates to her eventual career with Jewish Senior Life was being a Brownie as a child and visiting with her father’s mother at the Petoskey home.  It was here that she first began to be interested in inter-generational programs.

Rosenberg discusses the old Petoskey residence and the history of it becoming the “old folk’s home.” She speaks briefly about her teaching career and then working with the Muskegon Correctional Facility to put on a performance of Caine Mutiny.  When she returned to Detroit, she was approached to become the program director for Borman Hall.  She discusses her experiences with that.

When asked about mentors, Rosenberg talks about Chuck Holz and his influence.  She then discusses the development of Jewish Senior Life over the years.  She speaks about the impact that volunteers have had and also on the art in the Fleischman Building.

Rosenberg mentions the Dream Weavers program and what it is.  She then briefly discusses the national initiative of JSL and her job as one of the Board of Directors for Association for Jewish Homes and Services to the Aging.  She speaks about another of her mentors, Margo Parr.  She talks about the book she had co-authored, The Art of Jewish Caregiving.

Finally, Rosenberg talks about how JSL buildings are ran and the changes that had been made with the mergers.

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