The Physical Educator: a Jewish Community Center Professional

Publication Date: June 1957

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Emanuel Berlatsky

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Community Centers; Jewish Organizations; Recreation; Organizational Development

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author argues that physical educators in Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) are too often isolated within the gym, with no expectations of contribution to the center's goals apart from sporting activities. Instead, the author contends, physical educators and center administrators ought to have proactive dialogue regarding the center's mission, the skills which the physical educator possesses, and the ways in which physical education programs fit into the larger whole of center activity.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.33, no.4, Summer 1957, p.415-421.