New Dimensions in Federation-Agency Relationships: The Special Role of Social Planners

Publication Date: June 1985

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): William Kahn

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Community Relations; Jewish Organizations; Organizational Development

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author argues that Jewish Federations and Agencies must pay close attention to the political and economic situation in the United States and implement policies and actions that derive from it. After all, what goes on in the country has an enormous impact on Jewish agencies. Quite apart from ethical and moral considerations, enlightened self-interest demands that Federations involve ourselves in the general community. The most obvious symptom of the spiritual disease of our civilization is the feeling among people that they have lost control of their destinies.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.61 no.4, Summer 1985.