The Responsibility of Jewish Community Services for the Preservation of Jewish Values: A Fixed Point of Reference

Publication Date: September 1958

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Jacob J. Weinstein

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Religion; Values

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author, a Reform rabbi, argues that the organized Jewish community puts too little emphasis on Jewish values and the Jewish religion. Jewish education, the author contends, is treated as a stepchild, and contributions to synagogues and Jewish funds are treated as indulgences to excuse lo levels of Jewish affiliation, knowledge and practice. The author advocates sublimating many of the social services currently conducted by the Jewish community into agencies of the broader community, allowing Jewish organizations to concentrate more fully on Jewish values.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. By Herbert Aptekar, v.35, no.1, September 1958, p.33-37