CHAPTER SIX - The Aging Process: Late Life Questions

D: BIBLIOGRAPHY

Susan Berrin. (Ed.) A Heart of Wisdom: Making the Jewish Journey from Midlife to Later Years.

Dayle A. Friedman. The Crown of Glory: Aging in the Jewish Tradition
[In: Rela Gefen. (Ed.) Celebration and Renewal: Rites of Passage in Judaism.)

Tillie Olsen. Tell me a Riddle [In: “Tell Me a Riddle and Other Stories”.]

Also: widely anthologised in books of Jewish short stories, such as
Irving Howe. (Ed.) Jewish American Stories, or
Gerald Shapiro. (Ed.) American Jewish Fiction

Debra Orenstein. (Ed.) Lifecycles; Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones. [Section on Aging].

Bernadette Puijalon, Jacqueline Trincaz. Sage or Spoilsport [In: UNESCO. Courier January 1999.]

Savina J. Teubal. Simchat Chochmah. [In: Ellen Umansky, Dianne Ashton. (Eds.) Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality].

Anzia Yezierska. A Window full of Sky: Take up your Bed and Walk: The Open Cage. [In: “How I found America: Collected Stories of Anna Yezierska” or “The Open Cage: an Anna Yezierska Collection.]

Links

Aging in the Bible
http://www.michelwl.net/aging.pdf 
Article offers overview and a thematic approach to sources, including life span, status of elderly, "retirement", debilitation and loss, widowhood, monetary value of a person at different ages....