How Do Jewish Settlements Differ From Settlements in General?

Publication Date: October 1915

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Walter Leo Solomon

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Communal Organization; Volunteerism; Social Services

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

After defining the settlement as "a group of men and women of education living together in a working-class neighborhood for the purpose of establishing mutually helpful relations with their neighbor," the author considers the distinctive nature of the Jewish settlement that has arisen from its particular historical development. For example, they are less residential in nature and are more narrowly focused on one portion of the community they serve, even to the exclusion of immediate neighbors.