A Model Multi-Service Community-Based Agency

Publication Date: December 1981

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Arden J. Geldman

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Jewish Values; Jewish Law (Halacha)

Type: Report

Coverage: Illinois

Abstract:

This article describes the work of Ark, a free clinic organized by the Jewish community in Chicago. The Ark describes itself as "The Torah's vehicle for sustaining individuals in a period of crisis." Although the total Jewish community is involved, policy formation (at the Ark) has an Orthodox or Halachic orientation. Over a hundred and fifty volunteers, lay people and professionals, young and old, men and women, Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, non-affiliated, and disaffiliated, find a nexus at the Ark.

In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 58:2.