Social disaster as opportunity
Subtitle: the Hesed model
By: edited by Julia Mirsky, Roni Kaufman, Amos Avgar.
Contributors: Mirsky, Julia.; Kaufman, Roni.; Avgar, Amos, 1946-
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Jewish community centers -- Former Soviet republics; Social service -- Former Soviet republics; Older Jews -- Services for -- Former Soviet republics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Post-disaster community intervention / Amos Avgar, Roni Kaufman, Julia Mirksy; title: The role of the social entrepreneur in community rehabilitation / Roni Kaufman and Julia Mirsky; title: From model to movement : the development of Hesed Centers in the Former Soviet Union / Amos Avgar, Julia Mirsky, Roni Kaufman; title: Jewish welfare activity in Ukraine during the 1990s / Yuliy Lifshtiz; title: Jewish welfare activity in Siberia and the Far East during the 1990s / Yaakov Kofman; title: Mobilizing and motivating volunteers / Roni Kaufman and Amos Avgar; title: Managing volunteers / Roni Kaufman and Julia Mirsky; title: Through the eyes of Hesed volunteers / Lea Kacen, Eitan Shahar, and Ludmila Rubinstein; title: Food programs / Esther Iecovich; title: Homecare services / Esther Iecovich, Miriam Barasch, and Julia Mirsky; title: Social networks of elderly Jews in Russia and Ukraine / Esther Iecovich and Miriam Barasch; title: Hesed's impact on Jewish identity / Sima Zalcberg, Esther Katz, and Iaroslav Youssim; title: Professional training and socialization for welfare work / Miriam Barasch, Arthur Aksim, and Julia Mirsky; title: Hesed as a learning and innovating organization / Armand Lauffer.