Jewish Values in a World of Change: The Role of Jewish Communal Service

Publication Date: September 1984

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Ahron Lichtenstein

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Jewish Values; Jewish Text; Communal Responsibility

Type: Report

Abstract:

Quite apart from the sense of relative security which religious faith and trust instill, the feeling of rootedness inherent in identification with a historical tradition makes current change seem less threatening. By placing the ephemeral within the context of the permanent, it provides a firm psychological anchor.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.61 no.1, Fall 1984.