Tasks Ahead in the Jewish Center Field

Publication Date: September 1956

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Elias Picheny

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Community Centers; Community Development; Culture

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The Jewish Community Center (JCC) field is growing, the author notes, but questions are being raised. Among these are questions of priority: what relative importance should be granted to social work, recreation, social betterment, and other elements? Other questions noted by the author include whether or not to open membership to non-Jews, whether or not to host discussions of controversial issues, how to ensure participation by the neediest in the community, and how to best serve the surrounding neighborhood. The author explores the origins and implications of these questions.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.33, no.1, Fall 1956, p.104-116.