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Publication Date: December 1958
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): David I. Golovensky
Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions
Keywords: Religion; Rabbinic Counseling; Leadership; Social Services
Type: Other
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author contrasts the modern American role of rabbis with older roles and expectations of the rabbinate. The author contends that where the rabbi was formerly seen primarily as a scholar and role model of pious living, he is now seen primarily as a functionary and administrator with professional skills to match his Torah scholarship. In addition, the author notes, the work of rabbis frequently overlaps with the work of social workers, therapists and other counselors.
In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. By Sanford Sherman, v.35, no.2, December 1958, p.218-224.