Preparing Communal Professionals to Support Jewish Aging


 

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Susan L. Shevitz

Research Area: Culture and religion; Health

Keywords: Elderly; Jewish Organizations; Demography

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

In an aging Jewish community, the need to educate professionals in both Jewish life and gerontology is immediate, as is the need to create a climate that will actively encourage the development of new approaches to Jewish aging. The recent establishment of Jewish family education as a specialty provides a model for how to advance the Jewish gerontology agenda.