Abstract
This paper reports on a study of career preparation, personal expectations and interests, and workplace experience of Jewish professionals in the area of services to the elderly. Recent graduates (N = 216) of a major college of religions instruction were surveyed. The majority of respondents were practicing rabbis with additional subgroups representative of professionals engaged in reform Jewish education, communal service, and cantorial practice. Study findings confirm that respondents considered themselves best prepared to work with the young, moderately well prepared to work with middle‐aged people, and least well prepared to work with the elderly. The vast majority were convinced that more courses in aging were necessary. Based on their current responsibilities, training in the subjects of death and dying, human relations, counseling the young, crisis intervention, gerontological counseling, and developmental psychology were accorded greatest importance. Results indicate that the issue of old age has ...
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