The Road to Decision Making: An Analysis of Jewish Community Relations Public Policy

Publication Date: July 1996

Publisher: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Author(s): Steven F. Windmueller

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Jewish organizations; Leadership; Community Development; Community Relations

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author explores in detail the American Jewish community relations establishment's history, decision processes, and methods of categorization for problems, goals, tactics an issues, basing his conclusions on a survey of local Jewish community relations councils from all over the United States. The author asserts that the contemporary field of community relations faces a number of challenges that may impede its continued effectiveness, including changing windows of consensus, external shifts in political attitudes, and generational transitions of leadership.