Directory
Active Aging Organizations and Leadership
Developing programming or looking for assistance to help you get started in active aging? We’re here for you! Browse our directory below.
Ganger, Diana
Ideal18NFP
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
Ideal18 is at the intersection of educational and intergenerational initiatives. It develops fellowships for intergenerational learning and activism through a Jewish lens.
Contact: (630) 390-8229 and dganger1818@gmail.com
Black, Aviva
Family Love Letters
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
Family Love Letters encourages individuals to share their stories. Through my one-on-one work, I capture an individual’s experiences, wisdom, values and wishes in a letter that is shared with family. What emerges for the client is an awareness of what's most important at this stage in life.
Contact: (415) 336-3125 & aviva@familyloveletters.com
Biale, Rachel
New Lehrhaus
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
The mission of New Lehrhaus is to bring students and teachers together in dialogue to explore Jewish sources, traditions, and arts, sustaining and enriching the vibrant spirit of Jewish civilization. Lehrhaus is the Bay Area’s non-denominational lifelong Jewish learning institution dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry, contemporary relevance, and cultural and religious pluralism.
Contact: rachelbiale@gmail.com & (510) 414-2055
Elkodsi, Susan
Malverne Jewish Center
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
I'm the rabbi of a tiny synagogue, average age 80. I want to offer meaningful programming, create community and also promote my own work helping baby boomers and older Jewish adults create meaning and purpose in their lives in a Jewish context.
Contact: (203) 332-4428 & susanelkodsi@gmail.com
Cohen, Elaine R. S.
Congregation Beth Sholom, Teaneck, NJ
Stage: Looking at options / planning
Two volunteers (a retired psychotherapist and a retired educator) have been leading Wise Aging groups for several years. One group has continued to meet monthly after the completion of the initial course of 9 sessions for 7 years. The newer group has chosen to continue meeting on a monthly basis as well. Based on the book "Wise Aging" by Rabbi Rachel Cowan z"l and Dr. Linda Thal, the reflective discussions promote active, non-judgmental listening and building resilience as we become elders. Adult Ed programs of the shul are multi-generational. There tends to be self-segregation into age cohorts when we have Shabbat dinners at the synagogue. We want to expand and develop more resources and programs and will avail ourselves of the Active Aging Network going forward.
Contact: (201) 747-8423 & erscohen@gmail.com
Lasker, Jill
Chai Neighbors
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
We are a community for people 65 and older, created by 2 synagogues, Adat Ari El and Temple Beth Hillel. Our mission is to help people live well within a community of friends, while fostering caring and Jewish values. We offer many classes and activities, taught and led mostly by people in our community. Our goal is to keep our minds and bodies active and offer help to those who need it. We are not a place to live, rather, we want to help people stay in place if they want to.
Contact: jilasker70@gmail.com & (818) 445-8817
Graver, Janee
Lab/Shul
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
GENerate is a year-long coming of age experience for adults who wish to learn, grow, and share in community with others in a similar phase of their lives. GENerate provides a nurturing, inclusive space for a select cohort of curious adults to study and celebrate life together. Participants will search and, perhaps, reaffirm their values, actualize life lessons, and define their personal legacies. Through Lab/Shul’s renowned Storahtelling curriculum, participants will become their own storytellers, marking and sharing meaningful moments and transitions.
Address, Richard
Founder-Director: Jewish Sacred Aging®
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
I welcome contacts, especially with congregations and organizations, on learning how Jewish texts and traditions can impact the revolution in longevity. We have our web site: jewishsacredaging.com and we host the weekly Seekers of Meaning podcasts that focus on issues of aging, spirituality, families and community. They are accessed on the web site and on the Jewish Sacred Aging Facebook page.