World Council of Jewish Communal Service:
Quadrennial, 12-16 November, 2003, Jerusalem

Table of Contents:

From the Guest Editors - Linda G. Levi and Theodore Comet, WCJCS Guest Editors

WCJS: Goals and Mission - Howard Charish, President, and Jack Habib, Associate President, WCJCS

2003 Quadrennial Preview: Gathering at a Time of Crisis -
Robert Aronson and Daniel Pins, Co-Chairs, WCJS Quadrennial Program Committee; Audrey S. Weiner, Chair, WCJS Quadrennial Professional Tracks

Global Overview of the Jewish Condition Today: The Destabilizing Effect of Crisis on Jewish Communities
     Steven Schwager
The Year That Was: Lessons for Moving Forward
     John S. Ruskay
Learning from the Past and Present: Rabbinic and Communal Responses to Crisis
     Rabbi Michael Paley

II. Responding to Crisis—Israel

The Situation in Israel and Its Impact on the Role of the Professional
     Daniel S. Mariaschin
Responding to Emergencies in Israel: Roles, Challenges, and Opportunities for Jewish Communal Professionals
     Shelley Horwitz and Roberta Marcus Leiner
Strategies for Community Action and Inter-Community Cooperation: Report on the WCJCS Seminar June 2002
     Solomon Green, Reporter
Community Resilience: Lessons Derived from Gilo Under Fire
     Michael Ganor and Yuli Ben-Lavy
Trauma and Compassion Fatigue: Helping the Helpers
     Jacinto Inbar and Michael Ganor
Coping With the Middle East Crisis on Campus: The Role of Hillel and the Hillel Professionals in North America, 2000-2002 
     Jay L. Rubin

The Eruption of Poverty in the Argentine Jewish Community: Strategies and Reflections
     Daniel Yoffe and Nora Blaistein
Buenos Aires and the Chicago Jewish Communities: Developing Linkages
     Peter Friedman and David S. Rosen

IV. Responding to Crisis—FSU

V. A Changing European Jewry

The Changing Scene for European Jewry: Report of the European Conference of Jewish Communal Service, October, 2002
     Nelly Hansson, Reporter

Coming to Miami: The Domestic Impact of the Crisis in Argentina
     Bruce J. Yudewitz
The Emigration Phenomenon and its Impact on the South African Jewish Community
     David Saks
Aliyah to Israel in the 1990s: Lessons for the Future
     Jack Habib and Judith King

WCJS: A Vision for the Future
     Rabbi Richard Marker
Call for Papers
     Sylvia Barak Fishman, Chair, Authors Forum
10th Quadrennial Preliminary Program
Pre-Conference Registration Material and Form