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The Impact of Changing Issues on Federations and Their Structures

The Impact of Changing Issues on Federations and Their Structures

October 30, 1995
On the occasion of the century of the federation movement, let us look at the primary focus of the federation system twenty years ago when its power was at its peak, and compare the issues that preoccupied the federation movement then with those confronting federations today. This will provide a context to identify some of the more subtle issues at work in federations which guide or limit the governance process. It is my premise that federations have been excellent at responding to crises which have confronted Jews that were generated from outside of Jewish life. This crisis-oriented philosophy has permeated much of Jewish life and Jews' psyches.
The American Jewish Polity

The American Jewish Polity

October 30, 1995
At present, four great organizations dominate the communal-welfare and Israel-overseas spheres countrywide ? The Council of Jewish Federations, the United Jewish Appeal, the United Israel Appeal, which serves as the conduit and overseer of UJA funds allocated to the Jewish Agency, and the Joint Distribution Committee, one of the most respected organizations in the Jewish community.1
The Federations Step Forward

The Federations Step Forward

October 20, 1995
Although its history as a Jewish community extends back to 1654, Jewish America was to all intents and purposes a colony of European Jewry until the nineteenth century, and was a dependency even longer. The combination of events and self-organization transformed it to be the dominant Jewish community for much of the twentieth century and the dominant diaspora community still. The federation movement became the keystone to that self-organization early, before it was recognized as such.
The Federation Movement in Three Contexts: American Jewry, the Jewish Political Tradition, and Modernity

The Federation Movement in Three Contexts: American Jewry, the Jewish Political Tradition, and Modernity

October 20, 1995
Hebrew versus Greek Traditions of Individualism and Freedom: A Psycho-therapeutic Perspective

Hebrew versus Greek Traditions of Individualism and Freedom: A Psycho-therapeutic Perspective

October 15, 1995
Canadian Jewry: A Diaspora Community in Transition

Canadian Jewry: A Diaspora Community in Transition

October 1, 1995 | David Goldberg
How European Jewish Communities Can choose and Plan their own Futures

How European Jewish Communities Can choose and Plan their own Futures

September 1, 1995 | Daniel J. Elazar
The Jewish Polity: Options for the Future – Some Planning Guidelines

The Jewish Polity: Options for the Future – Some Planning Guidelines

May 1, 1995 | Daniel J. Elazar
On the Unity of Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus by Paul Bagley

On the Unity of Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus by Paul Bagley

April 25, 1995
The Histories and Successes of the Hebrews: The Demise of the Biblical Polity in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise

The Histories and Successes of the Hebrews: The Demise of the Biblical Polity in Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise

April 25, 1995
Post-Soviet Jewry at Mid-Decade Part II

Post-Soviet Jewry at Mid-Decade Part II

March 1, 1995
Post Soviet Jewry at Mid-Decade Part I

Post Soviet Jewry at Mid-Decade Part I

February 15, 1995
Waste Land with Promise: Chaim Nachman Bialik’s America

Waste Land with Promise: Chaim Nachman Bialik’s America

October 30, 1994 | Michael Brown
Religious Values and Political Expediency – Australia and the Question of Jerusalem: 1947-1950

Religious Values and Political Expediency – Australia and the Question of Jerusalem: 1947-1950

October 30, 1994
The Social, Cultural and Political Impact of Zionism in Libya (Research Note)

The Social, Cultural and Political Impact of Zionism in Libya (Research Note)

October 25, 1994