Jewish Family Service: The Oldest and Newest Chair at the Jewish Communal Table


 

Publication Date: January 1997

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Sherry Rosen

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Jewish Organizations; Jewish Values

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

A thematic history of Jewish Family Service agencies uncovers several recurring themes: the effects of a religious-secular bifurcation within the organized American Jewish community, increased communal diversity, and the ongoing debates over the definition of human services in general and the nature of Jewish human services in particular.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.73 no.2/3, Winter/Spring 1996/1997.