Exploring the Jewish Roots of Voluntarism: A Seminar for Jewish Big Brothers and Big Sisters

Publication Date: January 1991

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Rachel Eisenberg; Selma Gwatkin; Elizabeth Tracy

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Religion; Social Justice; Outreach

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This article describes the development and implementation of a training seminar for Jewish Big Brothers and Big Sisters co-taught by a Jewish educator and social worker. The goals of the seminar were to Judaically enrich the lives of Big Brothers/Sisters and to build a linkage between Jewish values and tradition and contemporary concepts of helping and volunteerism. The seminar helped the participants gain a greater appreciation of the ways in which their volunteer service both carried out and contributed to Jewish values and traditions.