Jewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness
Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MAJCS, BCC, has pioneered the development of Jewish spiritual resources for aging, healing and spiritual care. She is the editor ofJewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sourcesand author ofJewish Visions for Aging: A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness(both Jewish Lights), among other publications. Rabbi Friedman has taught and mentored chaplains and clergy from all movements in Judaism across North America and in Israel. She is the founding director of Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She provides spiritual direction on the path of later life through Provisions for the Journey, a private practice in Philadelphia.Thomas R. Cole, PhD, is the McGovern Chair of Medical Humanities and director of the Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on humanistic gerontology, includingThe Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America.Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitzis the Sigmund L. Falk Distinguished Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, where he was ordained. His books includeRenewing the Covenant: A Theology for the Postmodern JewandA Touch of the Sacred: A Theologian's Informal Guide to Jewish Belief(Jewish Lights).