Are Practitioners Equipped to Work With and Advocate for Members of the American Jewish Community? An Analysis of Discourse-Shaping Periodicals

American Jews ◽

Social Work Practitioners ◽

American Jewish ◽

The Voice

American Jews represent a culturally distinct community that is increasingly victimized by hate crimes and other antisemitic acts. To determine the degree to which social work practitioners are equipped to work with, and advocate for, members of the American Jewish community, this study analyzed 10 years of content appearing in nine discourse-shaping periodicals. Manual and electronic searches were conducted, with two coders independently reviewing and analyzing the obtained literature in each search arm. The analysis yielded six articles that focused on Jews (four in an Israeli context). No articles featured the voice of American Jews, focused on culturally competent practice with American Jews, or addressed contemporary antisemitism. The results suggest that American Jews are largely invisible in social work discourse, which raises questions about the profession’s ability to comply with its ethical standards.

Imagining the American Jewish Community

10.26812/9781584656692 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Jack Wertheimer

Keyword(s):

Jewish Community ◽

The American Jewish community, Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet Jewry: What is to be done?

Soviet Jewish Affairs ◽

10.1080/13501678708577583 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 39-50

Author(s):

Robert O. Freedman

Keyword(s):

Jewish Community ◽

Mikhail Gorbachev ◽

Soviet Jewry ◽

The Second Wave and the American-Jewish Community

Helping Young Refugees and Immigrants Succeed ◽

10.1057/9780230112964_5 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 51-59

Author(s):

Nathan Glazer

Keyword(s):

Jewish Community ◽

American Jewish ◽

Second Wave

Major Events in the North American Jewish Community, October 2010 to June 2012

American Jewish Year Book - American Jewish Year Book 2012 ◽

10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_21 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 543-552

Author(s):

Arnold Dashefsky ◽

Ira Sheskin

Keyword(s):

Jewish Community ◽

North American ◽

The North ◽

Scholarly Articles on the Study of the North American Jewish Community

American Jewish Year Book - American Jewish Year Book 2012 ◽

10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_19 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 531-534

Author(s):

Arnold Dashefsky ◽

Ira Sheskin

Keyword(s):

Jewish Community ◽

North American ◽

The North ◽

Academic Journals Covering the North American Jewish Community

American Jewish Year Book - American Jewish Year Book 2012 ◽

10.1007/978-94-007-5204-7_18 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 527-530

Author(s):

Arnold Dashefsky ◽

Ira Sheskin

Keyword(s):

Jewish Community ◽

North American ◽

Academic Journals ◽

The North ◽

Epilogue

Hadassah ◽

10.3828/liverpool/9781874774839.003.0014 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 293-306

Author(s):

Mira Katzburg-Yungman

Keyword(s):

Jewish Community ◽

Organizational Identity ◽

American Jewish ◽

The Impact ◽

Second Wave ◽

Zionist Organization

This concluding chapter considers developments to 2005. It sets out to assess whether the conclusions reached with regard to Hadassah as an organization remain valid. This question is addressed by considering various developments within Hadassah in the 1970s and the subsequent quarter of a century, years when the organization was affected by significant changes within the wider American Jewish community — specifically, the enormous increase in intermarriage with non-Jews and the impact of the so-called ‘second wave’ of feminism. Notwithstanding these developments and changing circumstances, however, the objectives, goals, and organizational identity of Hadassah as a Zionist organization have remained constant over the years. The focus of its work and investment — the medical projects in Israel — has also remained unchanged.