Getting Good at Getting Older

Getting Good at Getting Older is a bedside companion, a portable best friend, and a baedeker of essential resources for anyone smart enough to age mindfully rather than just let it happen to them. - Letty Cottin Pogrebin, founding editor of Ms. magazine and author of Getting Over Getting OlderWe transformed society in the 60's and 70's, through the civil rights movement, the evolution of feminism, and the sexual revolution. We raised our voices, refused to sit down, and in the process, changed the way the world saw young people.We aren't young anymore. But we are still revolutionary. We are confronting and challenging assumptions about aging, by living longer, being more active than our parents and grandparents, and simply doing things differently. And in the process, we are changing the way the world sees older people.Getting Good at Getting Older is a tour for all of us of a certain age through the resources and skills we need to navigate the years between maturity and old age. It brings humor, warmth, and more than 4,000 years of Jewish experience to the question of how to shape this new stage of life.Author: Richard Siegel, Rabbi Laura GellerBinding Type: PaperbackPublisher: Behrman House PublishingPublished: 10/15/2019Pages: 310Weight: 1.9lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.80dISBN: 9780874419856Review Citation(s): Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 84About the AuthorSiegel, Richard: - Richard Siegel created The Jewish Catalog, the best-selling resource that galvanized a generation of Jews energized by the American counterculture of the late '60s and early '70s. He had a long career in Jewish professional leadership and cultural innovation. He died in the summer of 2018, as this book was nearing completion.Geller, Laura: - Rabbi Laura Geller was recently named an Influencer in Aging by Next Avenue, the first public digital publication focused on issues for people over 50. An innovator and social activist, she was the third woman ordained as a Reform rabbi in the United States, and is Rabbi Emerita at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills.