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Connecting Generations: Bridging the Boomer, Gen X, and Millennial Divide
Social isolation, loneliness, and suicide are conditions we often associate with the elderly. But in reality, these issues have sharply increased across younger generations. Baby Boomers, Gen X'ers, Millennials, and post-Millennials all report a declining number of friends and an increasing number of health issues associated with loneliness. Even more concerning, it appears that the younger the generation, the greater the feelings of disconnection. Regardless of age, it feels as though we're living through a period of ongoing disequilibrium because we're not able to adapt quickly enough to the social and technological changes swirling around us. These powerful changes have not only isolated individuals from their own peers but have contributed to becoming an age-segregated society. And yet we need fulfilling relationships with people our own age and across the generations to lead lives that are rich in meaning and purpose.
Even in those rare communities where young and old live near each other, they lack organic settings that encourage intergenerational relationships. In addition, it isn't technology, but generational diversity that is our best tool for navigating the changes that affect so many aspects of our lives - whether it's work, entertainment, education, or family dynamics. We can't restore yesterday's model of community, where only those who were older transmitted wisdom downward to the generation below. But we can relearn how much members of different generations have to offer each other and recreate intergenerational communities for the 21st century where young, old, and everyone in between is equally valued for their perspectives, and where each generation views itself as having a stake in the other's success. Here, Hayim Herring focuses more deeply on how Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials perceive one another and looks underneath the generational labels that compound isolation. He offers ways we can prepare current and future generations for a world in which ongoing interactions with people from multiple generations become the norm, and re-experience how enriching intergenerational relationships are personally and communally.
Even in those rare communities where young and old live near each other, they lack organic settings that encourage intergenerational relationships. In addition, it isn't technology, but generational diversity that is our best tool for navigating the changes that affect so many aspects of our lives - whether it's work, entertainment, education, or family dynamics. We can't restore yesterday's model of community, where only those who were older transmitted wisdom downward to the generation below. But we can relearn how much members of different generations have to offer each other and recreate intergenerational communities for the 21st century where young, old, and everyone in between is equally valued for their perspectives, and where each generation views itself as having a stake in the other's success. Here, Hayim Herring focuses more deeply on how Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, and Millennials perceive one another and looks underneath the generational labels that compound isolation. He offers ways we can prepare current and future generations for a world in which ongoing interactions with people from multiple generations become the norm, and re-experience how enriching intergenerational relationships are personally and communally.
202 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 8, 2019
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Hayim Herring
7 books4 followersRabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D., is an author, presenter and nonprofit organizational futurist, with a specialty in Jewish community. Hayim is known as an organizational visionary, entrepreneur and expert consultant for faith-based and socially responsible nonprofit organizations. Hayim’s areas of expertise include entrepreneurship, organizational foresight and strategic exploration. In addition to over 50 scholarly and popular articles and studies about the contemporary American Jewish community, Hayim authored Tomorrow’s Synagogue Today: Creating Vibrant Centers of Jewish Life (Alban Institute 2012), a companion action guide for use with boards and committees titled, Tomorrow’s Synagogue Today. A Guide for Reflection and Action (UJA-Federation of New York and Alban Institute 2013), Keeping the Faith in Rabbis: A Community Conversation On Rabbinical Education, co-authored with Ellie Roscher (Avenida Books, December 1, 2014), an anthology of essays from rabbis, lay people and educators of rabbis across the denominational spectrum, exploring the question, “What goes into the making of a 21st Century rabbinical leader?” and Leading Congregations and Nonprofits in a Connected World:Platforms, People and Purpose (Rowman and Littlefield November 2016).
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May 18, 2019
An interesting and entertaining read that gives one many insights into a societal problem and suggest solutions we can all undertake. Gave me much to think about.
February 16, 2019
A very well documented book about the connections and perspectives of the current interacting generations: the Boomer, Gen X, and Millennial. This book can be used for social sciences studies as companion book.
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