,The Center for Divorcing Families: Breaching the Barriers to Service

The Center for Divorcing Families: Breaching the Barriers to Service


 

Publication Date: January 1994

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Phyllis Hulewat; Marcia W. Levine

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Outreach; Divorce; Social Services

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Divorce is a situational crisis for Jewish families who experience old and new barriers to mastery of the crisis. Twenty-five years of experience led to the development of the Center for Divorcing Families, which is grounded in five fundamental concepts regarding the dynamics of divorce. These concepts dictate that services must empower individuals so they can restructure their families and maintain their connection to the Jewish community.