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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Laura Geller - Wise Aging: Getting Good at Getting Older
Description: Rabbi Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, presented her lecture "Wise Aging: Getting Good at Getting Older" at Valley Beit Midrash's opening event in Oct. 2018.
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Occasionally, we meet an older person we admire and think: “I want to be like her when I grow up. I want to be wise, joyful, grateful, compassionate, patient, funny, curious, optimistic!” As Estelle Reiner said in the classic deli scene from When Harry Met Sally: “I want what she’s having.” The question for us as we get older is: what do I need to do now to become th...