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"Growing Older Can Be a Time of Growing in Depth and Wisdom ""My sense is that the whole journey beyond midlife is a mysterious blend of light and dark, wholeness and fragility. We have a chance beyond midlife to become the person we were truly meant to be. We can draw on everything we have experienced so far to contribute to the people around us and the wider world, and to find strength and resilience amid the challenges."" ?from the Introduction Whether you are fifty-five or seventy-five, approaching retirement or age one hundred, growing older brings remarkable opportunities but often also wrenching difficulties. Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, a pioneer in reinventing and revaluing aging, mines ancient Jewish wisdom for values, tools and precedents to frame new callings and beginnings, shifting family roles, and experiences of illness and death. For seekers of all faiths, for individuals and groups, for personal use and caregiving settings, Rabbi Friedman offers inspiration and guidance to help you make greater meaning and flourish amid the daunting challenges of aging."

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Author:   Dayle A. Friedman (Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman)
Publisher:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Imprint:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9781580238199

ISBN 10:   158023819
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   30 April 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Births Out of Brokenness: Growing Whole as We Grow Older Part I Facing Shatterings as We Grow Older 1. Seeking Wisdom: Transcending Destructive Ageism 2. One Big Hole: Confronting the Broken Heart 3. The Ultimate Shattering: Embracing Our Mortality 4. Finding Wholeness as Our Bodies Break Down 5. Wandering in the Wilderness: Caring for Our Fragile Dear Ones 6. Making Sense of Dementia's Brokenness Part II Searching for the Sparks: Beginning Again (and Again) 7. Softening to Reality: Finding Sweetness amid Suffering 8. A Time to Heal: Liberation through Forgiveness 9. Declaring Interdependence 10. Making Wise Choices about Medical Care at the Edge of Life 11. New Ways of Loving: Growing Up as We and Our Parents Age 12. Traveling Lighter: Winnowing ""Stuff "" 13. A Sanctuary in Time: Spending Our Precious Time Mindfully Part III Basking in the Light: Honing and Sharing Wisdom 14. Answering the Call: Saying ""Here I Am"" (Hineini) 15. Drawing from the Well: Developing a Blessing Practice Afterword Acknowledgments Appendix Using This Book: A Guide for Book Groups and Wisdom Circles Notes For Further Learning"

Reviews

Dayle A. Friedman, an accomplished Reconstructionist Rabbi, has written a practical self-help bookintended for the use of any middle-age person from any religion. Indeed, although the base of heroutlook is Jewish, and her reliable sources are the Jewish Torah and all the commentaries, the mainaspect of this manual is its humanity.The book includes three main parts: Facing shatterings as we grow older, Beginning again (andagain); Honing and sharing wisdom. Each chapter presents stories of the Rabbi's personal acquaintances, teachings from the Jewish tradition and spiritual practice to explore and to use on the way of GrowingWhole, as one grows older. A sustaining blessing, by the rabbi, concludes each chapter.Rabbi Friedman offers an appendix for using her book as a guide for book groups and wisdom circles.Notes appear at the end, as well as a list for further learning. There is no index. Jewish Wisdom for GrowingOlder provides a comforting tool while growing old. Rabbi Friedman also shares her website. This bookshould be part of any synagogue libraries, senior centers, hospices, public libraries and personal use.Nira Wolfe, Highland Park, IL--Nira Wolfe Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews (10/01/2015)

[This] is much more than a book that provides practical guidance and insights.... It is also a work of rare understanding, sensitivity, patience and kindness on the limitations of the human condition that will reward old and young alike. Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor emeritus, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion [A] straightforward, clear-eyed, genuinely helpful guide for growing older.... Reading it is a pleasure and the message it delivers is potent medicine with a sweet aftertaste. Sylvia Boorstein, author, Happiness Is an Inside Job: Practicing for a Joyful Life A spiritual gem, filled with wisdom, a complex blend of realism and hopefulness. I know I will read this book again perhaps many times and will share it with people I love. Rabbi Amy Eilberg, author, From Enemy to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of Peace Fearless and truthful . [It] looks without flinching at grief and all the 'shatterings' of later life yet finds joy and a realistic hope . This is a book to reach for whenever you want inspiration, whenever you seek to live each day as it comes. Don t miss this book. Harry R. Moody, retired vice president, AARP; visiting professor, Creative Longevity and Wisdom Program, Fielding Graduate University How enlightening and compassionate this book is! This is the kind of wisdom we need in any religion, in any culture and in any age of life. Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New Mexico A great gift.... Gives us hope that we can have happiness and well-being almost independently of what s happening with our bodies. Thank you, Rabbi Friedman, from someone who is well beyond midlife! Daniel Gottlieb, PhD, psychologist and family therapist; host, Voices in the Family WHYY FM; author, The Wisdom We re Born With: Restoring Our Faith in Ourselves Rabbi Friedman writes with remarkable tenderness and uncommon empathy about the gifts, challenges and epiphanies of aging . Her book doesn t just offer blessings, it is itself a blessing. Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author, Getting Over Getting Older and Single Jewish Male Seeking Soulmate Important.... With wisdom, openness and curiosity, Rabbi Friedman illuminates a way for each of us to chart our own paths as we grow older. Rabbi Deborah Waxman, PhD, president, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Jewish Reconstructionist Communities

Author Information

Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MA, BCC, is a pioneer in forging a fresh vision for the second half of life. She is a spiritual leader, social innovator, scholar, author of Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide to Fostering Wholeness and editor of Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources. She founded and directed Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Friedman offers training, consulting and spiritual guidance through Growing Older (www.growingolder.co), her Philadelphia-based national practice. Rabbi Friedman is available to speak to your group or at your event. For more information, please contact us at (802) 457-4000 or publicity@jewishlights.com.

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