Address, Richard. Welcome to the Revolution: The "New" Jewish Older Adult and the Opportunities for Communal Creativity. The extensive life experiences of seniors represent a reservoir of untapped "spiritual capital" that now exists in each of our communities. The question that needs to be answered is how we spend this capital in creative and meaningful ways.

Alexander, Rachel. All in the Family: Creating Continuity through Oral Histories. Oral histories are invaluable not only as individual family legacies, but also as a collective portrait that will change the ways in which we understand our past and envision our future.

Calmes, Michael. Exploring Jewish Culture with Elderhostel. Elderhostel offers a variety of programs focusing on Jewish heritage -- from religious traditions and shtetl life to Jewish ethics and Yiddish theater, with courses led by scholars and Jewish experts.

Cohn, Helen T. Using Texts and Journaling to Explore Life's Experiences. Journaling and texts help focus on the soul’s journey and allows for reflection on inner growth.

Dine, Richard. Teaching the Sacred Cause of Aging. The Jewish tradition teaches us not only children's responsibility to care for their aging parents, but also the Jewish community's responsibility to care for both their Jewish and non-Jewish elders. The Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington offers insights into how to assist with both.

Friedman, Dayle A. Lilmod u'Lelamed: Elders as Learners and Teachers. The Jewish community should enable elders to be both learners and teachers of Torah because engagement with Torah, through Jewish learning and teaching, can bring significance to the experience of aging.

Frank, Karen Kosarin. Bringing Caring to the Synagogue with Jewish Congregational Nursing. Jewish congregational nursing brings spiritual and physical healing to individuals within the synagogue community. Arising from a tradition that values pikuah nefesh and bikkur holim, it provides a natural and seamless continuity of care.

Grist, Jehon. Learning for Life at Home: Harnessing New Technologies in Older Adult Education. When Lehrhaus Judaica, the Adult School for Jewish Studies of the San Francisco Bay Area, noticed that many of its senior students were moving into assisted living facilities and nursing homes, it began developing new courses in a curriculum designed from the beginning to meet the special needs and interests of students at these residences.

Harris, Judah. Morning Prayers on 185th Street: a photo essay. Through a series of photos, the spiritual life and friendships of an aging community are documented.

Kozberg, Gary. Keeping G-d in "G-d forsaken” Places: Creating an Ethos of Kedushah in Jewish Long-term Care. Efforts that keep nursing home residents connected to family, friends, and community, while continuing to affirm their unconditional human worth, are not only to be welcomed, but also should be viewed as incumbent upon us.

Mosek, Linda. CLICK'S Cross-Generational Program: Crafting, the "Miracle Drug." CLICK, based in Hod Hasharon in Israel, strives to provide a better quality of life for children from families in stress and for the aged in the community by initiating and developing innovative programs involving both under-achieving students and seniors with whom they never would have spent time (online at www.caje.org).

Paasche-Orlow, Sara. Living the Good Life: A Vision for Aging in Community. Care for the elderly must be integrated and central to the life of the community. Where seniors are housed together in long-term care, that place should not become an island, but rather another center of the greater community's life.

Plavin, Richard. Pirke Avot and Seniors -- Perfect Together. The author discusses a few of the topics that can be raised in discussions with seniors about this gold mine of a text.

Sales, Amy. Synagogues in the Continuum of Care. Synagogues need to dare to think differently about engaging their older adults. They also need to re-orient themselves toward the elderly so that the congregation can make the special contribution to the continuum of care that only it can do.

Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman. Elders as Intercessors. The practice of prayer for others - intercessory prayer - is an important task of the sage elder (online at www.caje.org).

Schlesinger, Rachel Aber. Becoming Visible: Jewish Senior Volunteers. Older citizens working as volunteers make enormous contributions to their communities, to charitable and cultural organizations, and to individuals who depend on their help. The author explores the reasons that Jewish seniors volunteer (online at www.caje.org).

Schwartz, Jenny. Breaking Barriers and Building Community at the Jewish Community Center of the Greater St. Paul Area. Continuing education and inter-generational programming encourage lifelong learning, while also allowing older adults and young people to gain knowledge leading to mutual respect.

Siegel, Morton K. The Zakeyn: A Time for Shaping the Future. Change does not mean decline, but rather transformation, according to the author, who presents a series of quotes from Jewish sources dealing with the zakeyn.

Spiegel, Marcia Cohn. Simhat Hochma: Celebrating Aging. For both older men and older women, it is important to create a ceremony, a Simhat Hochma, that acknowledges the achievements of their lives, deepening their understanding of who they are and who they want to become.

Turner, Judith. Generations Helping Generations. Through its array of service-oriented programs, DOROT's dynamic alliance of volunteers, professionals and elders creates inter-generational bonds that link seniors to a caring community.