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Publication Date: January 2000
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Norman Linzer
Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions
Keywords: Ethics; Professionalism; Informal Jewish Education
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Jewish communal professionals are confronted both by societal trends of self-gratification and changing definitions of morality and by Jewish values of community and strict morality. When professionals are deeply committed to Jewish values and are also embedded in secular culture, they must live with the contradictions. When the contradictions weigh heavily, the stand to be taken is to reach for the higher standard, the higher level of morality, and the greater commitment to community.