RUACH and one of its Core Partners, the Jewish Home and Care Center (JHCC), have been bringing art and music programming to JHCC residents through the Rubin Sharpe Tribute Series for almost three years now.  This program was made possible by a bequest left to the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation by Rubin Sharpe, of blessed memory, the grandfather of RUACH Executive Director Josh Richman, to fund a partnership between the two organizations. 

One of the most successful outgrowths of this project is the Yiddish Music Series, which brings live Yiddish music to patients with early to mid-stage dementia at the Helen Bader Center of the JHCC.  The Yiddish Music Series has proven to be therapeutic for many of the residents, helping them to engage and stimulate warm memories. 

RUACH and the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation have continued Yiddish Music Series programming, led by Adam Margolis, thanks to The Helen Bader Foundation, which approved a grant to the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation to sustain the successful program for another two years.  For more information, please read this article recently published in The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle.