Study of Distinguishing Characteristics of Group Work Practice in Agencies Under Jewish Auspices

Publication Date: June 1959

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Selma Hall; Charles Levy; Seymour Mirelowitz; Manuel Cynamon

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Education; Professionalism; Jewish Organizations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The authors, representing the Professional Education Committee of the National Association of Jewish Center Workers, present the methodology and results of a study designed to ascertain the characteristics of content and emphases for professional education which ought to be acceptable to most group work practitioners in Jewish agencies. Among the elements receiving wide support from study participants were those elements which help to foster leadership, Jewish identity, and Jewish culture.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. By Sanford Sherman, v.35, no.4, June 1959, p.355-360.