Jewish Big Brother Work in New York


 

Publication Date: February 1915

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Alexander H. Kaminsky

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Youth; Social Services; Volunteerism

Type: Other

Coverage: New York

Abstract:

The author presents the Jewish Big Brother Association of New York city, including a list of guidelines for Big Brothers in mentoring their charges, usually boys who have been through the juvenile delinquent legal system, and new resources that the Association is creating for these boys, including vocational counseling and help finding jobs, temporary shelter with responsible families, and summer camps.

Bulletin of the National Conference of Jewish Charities, 5:7