Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older
Book description
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…
Why read it?
1 author picked Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Rabbi Dayle Friedman’s wisdom about aging can be appreciated by people of all religions and no religion. Her honest engagement with some of the most difficult issues aging persons face leaves readers with hope rather than despair. Her many years as a chaplain for people living in long-term care with dementia undergird her suggestions on how to make sense of what she calls “dementia’s brokenness”. She concludes each chapter with a spiritual practice readers can employ to engage more deeply with the chapter’s topics, and also at the end of each chapter, she offers readers a blessing for their own…
From Susan's list on innovative approaches to living with dementia.
Want books like Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older.
Share your top 3 reads of 2024!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,586
readers submitted
so far, will you?
