Events
Let’s Convene – to Meet, Learn, Compare Notes and Collaborate
The Active Aging Resource Network presents convenings so that those interested in active aging can meet to learn new findings, compare notes, share insights and build partnerships.
The Challenges and Opportunities of Longevity — A Jewish Communal Response
The Second Annual Active Aging Convening
LINKS TO RECORDINGS OF SESSIONS — CLICK ON EACH TITLE
Active Aging “Hubs”: Creating Coordinated Active Aging Programming—a Panel Discussion
Judaism, Jewishness and Active Aging—A Panel Discussion
Co Generate! Breaking Through Silos and Connecting Active Aging with Purpose, Meaning and Joy
Closing Comments–Ken Dychtwald and S. Jay Olshansky
Next Steps: Update on the Active Aging Network/Moving Forward
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B3 thanks our lead partners
The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan/Wechsler Center for Modern Aging
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)
and our partners:
OneTable; Rabbinical Assembly; Reconstructing Judaism; Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association; Shomer Collective; Skilled Volunteers for Israel; Synagogue Village Network;
Union for Reform Judaism; United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism;
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah; Yeshivat Maharat; Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Central Conference of American Rabbis; CoGenerate;
Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University;
The Cummings Centre (Montreal); DOROT; The Emergent Network;
JCC Association of North America; The Jewish Grandparents Network;
JPRO; LabShul; Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies;
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We also acknowledge the generous support of The Natan Fund and The Sephardic Foundation on Aging
Past Events
Active Aging Engagement in a Post-Pandemic World: A Jewish Communal Reboot
June 22, 2022 • online
Presented by B3 The Jewish Boomer Platform in partnership with The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and the Wechsler Center for Modern Aging, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan.
Funding was also provided by The Natan Fund and The Sephardic Foundation on Aging.
The sessions included:
Grounding the Conversation: What the Data Tell Us About Active Aging
David Elcott, PhD., NYU/Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; Co-Founder, B3
Engagement and Affiliation Issues in the Post-Pandemic Setting
Janet Aronson, PhD., Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University
Kathleen Pike, PhD., Dept of Psychiatry, Columbia University; Global Mental Health Initiative
Models of Active Aging Engagement, Programming and Strategies—Part 1
The Wechsler Center for Modern Aging, MMJCC Manhattan—Susan Lechter/Rabbi Brian Fink
Synagogue Village Network—Rabbi Laura Geller, co-founder
AgeWell Baltimore—Steph Carideo, AgeWell Baltimore Manager, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore
Models of Active Aging Engagement, Programming and Strategies—Part 2
The Jewish Grandparents Network—David Raphael, CEO and co-Founder
Klene Up Krewe: multi-generational volunteering—David Goodman, past president, Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
Leadership Learning Circles—Julia Pollack, Director, Volunteer Leadership at Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) – the Jewish Federation of Greater Boston
Keynote: Cogenerational Innovations and Imagination
Marc Freedman, CEO & Founder, Encore
JFNA and the Active Aging Agenda
Sarah Eisenman, Chief Community and Jewish Life Officer
Next Steps: Creating a Network—and a Field—of Active Aging: Listening to You
Stuart Himmelfarb, Co-Founder, B3