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- Title
Establishing a New Lens and Vocabulary for Jewish Identity.
- Authors
Woocher, Jonathan
- Abstract
The article discusses the role of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York in strengthening Jewish identity. It focuses on the leadership of John Ruskay and the federation's volunteers and professional leaders and their roles in helping the federation prioritized Jewish identity development and pioneered approaches that became models for North America. Though assessing the impact of identity development initiatives is not easy, the author stresses that they have made a difference by establishing a new lens, new vocabulary and new expectations.
- Subjects
NORTH America; JEWISH identity; UNITED Jewish Appeal; RUSKAY, John; AMERICAN Jews; FEDERATION of Jewish Philanthropies of New York
- Publication
Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 2010, Vol 85, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
0022-2089
- Publication type
Article