Directory
Active Aging Organizations and Leadership
Developing programming or looking for assistance to help you get started in active aging? We’re here for you! Browse our directory below.
Stefanik, Beth
OneTable
Stage: Looking at options / planning
OneTable encourages Jewish young adults to explore the celebration and enduring practice of Friday night Shabbat dinner as an opening to Jewish meaning, joy, and connection. Since 2014, more than 180,000 people have made indelible connections at over 80,000 OneTable Shabbat dinners.
We will begin piloting “Together @OneTable”. This new offering would expand our brand and allow us to test the OneTable.org platform (i.e. Shabbat dinners) with older adults, a population that tends to be overlooked by Jewish engagement efforts, though they need ways to connect just as much as young adults.
Feel free to reach out to beth@onetable.org if you are interested in testing this out in your community!
Krame, Evan
The Jewish Studio
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
Co-creator of the Jewish Studio to engage adults in joyful and meaningful Jewish experiences. Our events are designed with the empty nester and baby boomer demographic in mind. In addition to religious services, we bring our cohort together for community service projects, theater outings, hikes, and social events.
Schnaar, Ashley
Senior Planning Associate at Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
We are exploring issues of active aging, aging in general and volunteer engagement.
Rogers, Steven
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
I am the CEO of a strong JCC in northern New Jersey with a record of accomplishment in developing programs to address aging.
Ridgway, June
WillowCrown LLC & Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
WillowCrown LLC is comprised of advisors serving older adults in the Cleveland, OH, area, including Certified Senior Advisors and Licensed Case Managers.
I am Director of Jewish Family Service Resource Center and AgeWell Cincinnati.
Kaye, Terry
Jewish Grandparents Network
The Jewish Grandparents Network engages, educates, and celebrates grandparents as an essential influence in Jewish family life. We welcome grandparents from all backgrounds and traditions and embrace the diversity of today’s Jewish families.
Trager, Terry
Cummings Centre
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
I am a former Planning Associate and currently a consultant and volunteer with expertise in planning, allocations and governance.
Address, Richard
Founder-Director: Jewish Sacred Aging®
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
I welcome contacts, especially with congregations and organizations, on learning how Jewish texts and traditions can impact the revolution in longevity. We have our web site: jewishsacredaging.com and we host the weekly Seekers of Meaning podcasts that focus on issues of aging, spirituality, families and community. They are accessed on the web site and on the Jewish Sacred Aging Facebook page.
Ginsberg, Johanna
Finding North LLC
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
Finding North is an immersive learning adventure integrating Jewish wisdom, slow travel, and the power of Midrash—Jewish storytelling. Part retreat, part summer camp, part creative workshop, it’s a program of discovery and self-reflection in Haifa. Two-week and month-long options available. www.findingnorthLLC.com
Geller, Rabbi Laura
Synagogue Village Network and ChaiVillageLA
Stage: Active Aging activities in place
The Synagogue Village Network helps federations, synagogues and other groups interested in this growing model of engagement and meaningful connections. Let us know if you’d like to explore the potential of establishing a village in your community.
Himmelfarb, Stuart
Co-founder and CEO of B3 The Jewish Boomer Platform and of the Active Aging Network. A veteran marketer, copywriter and researcher with experience on Madison Avenue and with Jewish organizations. Connect with me at stuarth@activeagingnetwork.org to learn about the Network or to compare notes on active aging.
Elcott, David Ph.D.
Co-founder and partner at B3 The Jewish Boomer Platform and of the Active Aging Network. A social scientist, activist and researcher – with deep experience exploring aging. Connect with me at de552@nyu.edu to learn about the Network or to compare notes on active aging.