The History of Child Placement in the Land of Israel During the Mandate

Publication Date: June 1980

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America)

Author(s): Anita Weiner

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: History; Social Problems; Children

Type: Report

Coverage: Israel

Abstract:

The author examines the methods of child welfare service provision in the Yishuv, the Zionist community in the land of Israel during the pre-state British Mandate. She explains that Zionist ideology led child welfare workers to devalue family continuity in an effort to break with child-rearing norms of the past, and asserts that this was probably not the best solution for the overall well-being of the children concerned.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.56 no.4, Summer 1980.