Can you say shanda? The official portrait of the SJG has been removed from the Not-So-Grand Foyer of the Jewish Home for Compulsive Kvetchers, and replaced by...
... "Something a little less depressing," according to Riba Fish Noshberg, JHCK's founder. "Listen, we didn't get rid of the SJG's portrait altogether. God forbid we should insult her. We truly appreciate the Smart & Final veggie tray she schleps to the weekly kvetch sessions, not to mention her small but meaningful annual donation to our Everything Aches Endowment Fund. Why the switch? Well, the board took a vote and decided the SJG's portrait doesn't quite fit our current slogan, prominently displayed on a nice plaque in the garden, if you can call it that. It's true, we've been doing a little weeding. We got rid of This Too Shall Pass, because, let's face it, we have no idea if this Covid situation will pass. The message feels a little fuzzy and misleading. So we went with It Could Be Worse, even though, just between us, I can't imagine how much worse it could get, can you? But so you shouldn't post something nasty and undermine the important work we do here at the home, the SJG's portrait didn't vanish, it just relocated to the powder room with the peeling wallpaper, at the end of the hall."
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