The Jewish Family Service Agency: Its Functions in the Jewish Community

Publication Date: June 1975

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Peter M. Glick

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Social Services; Jewish Content

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author asserts that Jewish content, while not unimportant, is not the paramount value of Jewish social services. Instead, he argues, the sociological functions of Jewish family service agencies (which are not, in themselves, different from non-Jewish social work) are the primary way to ensure Jewish continuity, because they are carried out by Jewish agencies for the benefit, primarily, of the Jewish community.