Wise Aging on Nov 24th 2025 10:00am

Seniors

At Beth Tzedec, we understand the importance of cultivating lasting friendships and maintaining ties to the community, which is why our senior-focused initiatives aim to foster a sense of belonging and provide a supportive network. As Rabbi Steve Wernick has pointed out in his sermons, loneliness is a disease and community is the cure. Join us to connect with like-minded individuals, engage in meaningful activities, and create lasting memories.

Beth Tzedec doubly recognizes the importance of families sharing Jewish experiences together! We’re creating programming that is meaningful and enjoyable for the whole family – children, parents and grandparents. As the largest conservative synagogue in the world, we maintain Jewish traditions across generations, while creating new ones.

Wise Aging

with Yacov Fruchter and Aviva Chernick

Nov 24 2025, 10:00AM to 11:30AM in the Hurwich Boardroom and Dr. Small Lounge.

Registration for Wise Aging is now closed. If you'd like to receive information about an upcoming Wise Aging series, please email Yacov Fruchter at yfruchter@beth-tzedec.org.

Aging can bring a rich mix of opportunities and growth, challenges and losses. Abraham Joshua Heschel said, “The [senior years] are indeed formative years, rich in possibilities… to deepen understanding and compassion, to widen the horizon of honesty…One ought to enter old age the way one enters years of university, in exciting anticipation and consummation."

Join us as we learn and explore how to discover, within this time of life, a sense of joy, meaning and connectedness. Together, we will reflect on our life experiences, integrate the lessons learned, share our wisdom and deepen our experiences through meditations and spiritual practices. We will be exploring topics such as our changing bodies, relationships, forgiveness and reconciliation, cultivating spiritual qualities for well-being, living with loss and leaving a meaningful legacy.

This group will be facilitated by Beth Tzedec Spiritual Leaders Yacov Fruchter and Aviva Chernick over the course of eight weeks. We look forward to creating a supportive community with you in which we can grow, discover new opportunities and infuse our lives with meaning and joy.

It is recommended that participants purchase a copy of the book "Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience and Spirit" with Rabbi Rachel Cowan and Dr. Linda Thal. It can be purchased at Indigo Books (click HERE for the Indigo online store). We also have a few copies at Beth Tzedec available for purchase.