Getting Good at Getting Older

2019 National Jewish Book Award Finalist!From the creator of the best-selling The Jewish Catalog a tour for all of us "of a certain age" through the resources and skills 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.

Organized into six sections, each devoted to getting good at:





Gaining Wisdom: learning, personal growth, and self-discovery
Getting Along: dealing with aging parents, adult children, grandchildren, deepening intimacy, and friendship
Getting Better: taking care of your emotional self, facing the reality of our aging bodies, visiting someone who's sick
Getting Ready: organizing and planning for the inevitable
Giving Back: volunteering, mentoring, and getting involved
Giving Away: leaving a legacy, not a landfill



Features dozens of original black and white line art pieces by noted cartoonist Paul Palnik, and chapter contributions from more than a dozen experts in the field.