"Adoption" of Soviet Families by Synagogues: Strengthening the Jewish Community Through Soviet Resettlement

Publication Date: December 1980

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): David H. Colten

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics

Keywords: Jewish Organizations; Immigration; Community Development

Type: Report

Coverage: Massachusetts United States

Abstract:

In 1975, the North Shore (Massachusetts) Jewish community accepted its first Soviet family. The challenge of meeting the resettlement needs of the new immigrants has had a profound effect on the agencies and synagogues, and other institutions, on the North Shore. In this medium sized community, the need to organize and implement a meaningful program of Soviet resettlement created a cooperative effort among federation, agencies and synagogues that had not existed before.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.57 no.2, Winter 1980.