Number Our Days: A Triumph of Continuity and Culture Among Jewish Old People in an Urban Ghetto

Number Our Days

A Triumph of Continuity and Culture Among Jewish Old People in an Urban Ghetto

1979 • 340 pages

Anthropologist Myerhoff's penetrating exploration of the aging process is brilliant sociology--as well as living history--that tells readers about the importance of ritual, the agonies of aging, and the indomitable human spirit. "(The book) shines with the luminous wit of old age".--Robert Bly.

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