Jewish Elderly in the English-Speaking Countries

?. . . His current work serves as a useful guide for the Jewish community, religious and charity leaders, practicioners, students, and researchers. It will be a valuable additioon to academic and research library collections in this field, as well as appropriate for temple, synagogue, and community center libraries.?-ARBA ?Guttmann's bibliography focuses on Jewish elderly living in various English-speaking countries, in particular the US, Canada, Britain, and Israel. The 283 annotated references are organized into six chapters: characteristics of Jewish aged, patterns of settlement in the English-speaking world, the well-being of Jewish elderly, their special problems, services provision to Jewish aged, and education for working with this group. The references include articles, chapters, and dissertations reporting on studies related to Jewish elderly or conducted in Jewish agencies and institutions. The annotations are clearly written and paragraph length. Two groups of unannotated references follow the subject chapters; the first includes about 30 miscellaneous items and the second about 80 selections from the Bibliography on Aging in the Jewish World (1988?) published by the JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Adult Human Development in Jerusalem. For the annotated references, an author index and a subject index are provided; an appendix lists 65 journals related to the study of Jewish elderly. Guttman is a well-know gerontologist whose publications include a previous bibliography in this series, European American Elderly. No other recent bibliography covers the topic of Jewish elderly and this one is recommended for libraries collecting in this area.?-Choice ." . . His current work serves as a useful guide for the Jewish community, religious and charity leaders, practicioners, students, and researchers. It will be a valuable additioon to academic and research library collections in this field, as well as appropriate for temple, synagogue, and community center libraries."-ARBA "Guttmann's bibliography focuses on Jewish elderly living in various English-speaking countries, in particular the US, Canada, Britain, and Israel. The 283 annotated references are organized into six chapters: characteristics of Jewish aged, patterns of settlement in the English-speaking world, the well-being of Jewish elderly, their special problems, services provision to Jewish aged, and education for working with this group. The references include articles, chapters, and dissertations reporting on studies related to Jewish elderly or conducted in Jewish agencies and institutions. The annotations are clearly written and paragraph length. Two groups of unannotated references follow the subject chapters; the first includes about 30 miscellaneous items and the second about 80 selections from the Bibliography on Aging in the Jewish World (1988?) published by the JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Adult Human Development in Jerusalem. For the annotated references, an author index and a subject index are provided; an appendix lists 65 journals related to the study of Jewish elderly. Guttman is a well-know gerontologist whose publications include a previous bibliography in this series, European American Elderly. No other recent bibliography covers the topic of Jewish elderly and this one is recommended for libraries collecting in this area."-Choice

DAVID GUTTMANN is Dean and Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Haifa, Israel. His previous works include European-American Elderly: A Guide for Practice, European-American Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography, and articles published in Social Thought, the Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, The Gerontologist, Human Development American Rehabilitation, and Generations.

Series Foreword by Erdman B. Palmore Characteristics of Jewish Aged Patterns of Settlement in the English Speaking World The Well-Being of Jewish Elderly Special Problems of Jewish Aged Services Provision to Jewish Aged Education for Working with Jewish Elderly Additional Resources on Jewish Aging and Aged--Not Annotated Bibliography on Aging in the Jewish World Appendix: Related Journals Indexes