The Mission of the Schools of Jewish Communal Service: Shaping the "Compleat" Jewish Communal Service Professional


 

Publication Date: January 1999

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Rela Mintz Geffen

Research Area: Education

Keywords: Employment; Leadership; Higher Education

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

An ongoing mission of the schools of Jewish communal service is the transformation of the definition of professionalism on the field. The faculty of these schools continue to play pivotal roles in the sometimes painful but ultimately rewarding process of creating a Jewish civil service.