{"id":31136,"date":"2023-11-21T10:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=31136"},"modified":"2024-08-30T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T12:46:53","slug":"how-to-outlive-your-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/21\/how-to-outlive-your-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO OUTLIVE YOUR PARENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nDo <\/strong><\/span>everything right —\u00a0 and if you\u2019re lucky — you could make it to 94. (I’m not talking 100. That’s freak show.) Take Bob Gries, a prominent Clevelander who died last month at 94. He exercised two hours a day, according to his obit. I suppose one could subtract two-hours-per-day from his lifespan and conclude Gries \u201clived\u201d a lot fewer than 94 years. Depends what you think of exercise. Bob Gries enjoyed exercise — a lot.<\/p>\n

Here’s a funny bit from his obit:\u201c[Bob] wrote a book called Aging with Attitude<\/em>, which highlighted some of his 100+ adventures and the importance of a daily workout regimen. After reading this book, people told him they were inspired while others said they had to take a nap!\u201d Gries was an endurance runner (100-mile races). He climbed mountains in Antarctica and the Arctic.<\/p>\n

Gries was \u201cOur Crowd,\u201d old Jewish money (Cleveland chapter). He was a descendant of the first Jewish settler in Cleveland, a merchant who arrived from Germany in 1837. Gries\u2019 grandfather was the rabbi at The Temple in the early 20th century. The Gries family — through Bob’s mother — owned the May Co. chain in Ohio. The Grieses also owned a minority share of the Cleveland Browns. I could go on.<\/p>\n

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Bob Gries<\/p><\/div>\n

I will. Bob Gries’ father went to Yale in the 1920s. Bob went in the 1940s. In the Cleveland Jewish News<\/em> obit, one of Gries’ sons said Bob served on so many some boards in Cleveland because Bob\u2019s pop had not been welcomed on many boards because he was Jewish. Sounds about right for back then.<\/p>\n

In the <\/span><\/strong>early 1990s, I saw Gries — all farpitzed<\/em> in a white linen suit — welcome approximately 2,000 proste yidn<\/em> at a Yiddish concert at Cain Park, Cleveland Heights. Bob was repping the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. He was suave bolo and fit.<\/p>\n

The last time I saw Gries was about three years ago on Public Square. He, along with a health aide, were checking out a fringe festival. The man got around.<\/p>\n

Dead at 94. That\u2019s good mileage, right? Lessons? He exercised a lot, had health aides, a lot of money and a big family, and he was very involved in the community. Genetics was probably a factor too. I haven\u2019t considered that.<\/p>\n

. . . Just <\/span><\/strong>did.<\/span> I considered it — genetics. I just googled Gries’ parents. They died at 65. Dad in 1966 and Mom in 1968. Climb a mountain in Antarctica. You’ll outlive your parents.<\/p>\n

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Yiddishe Cup plays a free concert 2-3 pm Sunday, Dec. 3, at the Beachwood Community Center, 25225 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood, Ohio.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  Do everything right —\u00a0 and if you\u2019re lucky — you could make it to 94. (I’m not talking 100. That’s freak show.) Take Bob Gries, a prominent Clevelander who died last month at 94. He exercised two hours a day, according to his obit. I suppose one could subtract two-hours-per-day from his lifespan and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cleveland-full"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31136"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32160,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31136\/revisions\/32160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}