Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Aging
Adopted by the CCAR at the 100th Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Cincinnati, Ohio June, 1989
WHEREAS in 1986 the Central Conference of American Rabbis Committee on Aging recommended
a broad course of study and action, as reported in the 1986 Yearbook
, and
WHEREAS the needs of the well elderly and the frail elderly are growing as the American
and American Jewish populations continue to age, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the CCAR Committee on Aging undertake immediate study and appropriate
action to address the needs of our aging Reform Jewish population of North America,
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion, and the CCAR be urged to consider recruiting
personnel with Jewish gerontological expertise.