The Jewish Community Center: A Place…A Symbol

Publication Date: January 1993

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Nathan Kolodney

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Communal Organization; Outreach; Affiliation

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Today, when the use of every community dollar is scrutinized closely, a lack of clarity about the roles and functions of the Jewish Community Center can threaten its survival. Yet, this lack of clarity is not surprising simply because the Center provides a university of multigenerational/multidisciplinary services. It is the institutional incarnation of what in the past occurred naturally—the Kehilla, the extended family, the tight-knit neighborhood.