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Author: Mordecai Lee

Mordecai Lee is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate.
A Jewish “March of Dimes”? Organization Theory and the Future of Jewish Community Relations Councils

A Jewish “March of Dimes”? Organization Theory and the Future of Jewish Community Relations Councils

April 30, 2000 | Mordecai Lee
The changes occurring in American Jewry and in Israel are having their ripple effect on the organizational structure and governance of the American Jewish community. Jewish Community Relations Councils (JCRCs) are finding that their original substance-based goals have been accomplished to a great extent or no longer possess a sense of urgency. What, then, is the future of JCRCs? The literature of organization theory frequently cites the March of Dimes, which had totally accomplished its sole goal and then sought to remain in existence by engaging in goal succession.