The Rabbi and the Social Worker: Cooperation or Separation?


 

Publication Date: December 1975

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Isaac N. Trainin

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Social Work; Jewish Organizations; Leadership

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This article attempts to outline the importance of integrating Jewish communal work with the religious apparatus of the Jewish community. The author describes the similar ambitions of both rabbis and social workers and explains the importance of both parties combining resources to work together for the common good of Jewish continuity.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 52:2