The Jewish Professional and Jewish Identity

Publication Date: December 1976

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Ruth P. Zager

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Identity formation; Jewish identification; Jewish Organizations; Professionalism

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author explores the nature and formation processes of Jewish identity, and discusses the ways in which both Jewish communal professionals and the clients they served are affected by dynamics involving Jewish identity. Among the thorny questions related to Jewish identity, the author explains, are whether or not Jews should support affirmative action, and to what degree (if any) Jews ought to remain separate from wider society.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.53, no.2, December 1976, p.141-146.