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Alike and Different: Parenting a Child with Special Needs in the Jewish Community
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Uhrman, Abigail L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
To date, there is limited research examining the parenting experiences of parents with a child with special needs, and there is virtually no research on the experience of these parents in the Jewish community. In addressing this gap in the scholarship, this study describes the experiences of parents with a child with special needs and explores the…
Descriptors: Jews, Religious Cultural Groups, Child Rearing, Disabilities
Satisfaction and Stressors in a Religious Minority: A National Study of Orthodox Jewish Marriage
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Schnall, Eliezer; Pelcovitz, David; Fox, Debbie – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2013
The paucity of mental health studies with Orthodox Jews makes culturally competent counseling care unlikely. In this large-scale investigation of marriage among Orthodox Jews, most respondents reported satisfaction with marriage and spouse, although satisfaction was highest among recently married couples. The most significant stressors were…
Descriptors: Marital Satisfaction, Jews, Mental Health, Cultural Awareness
A Single-Case Study of Rabbinic Sexual Abuse in the Orthodox Jewish Community
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Neustein, Amy; Lesher, Michael – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2008
This paper considers a case of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by a rabbi within an Orthodox Jewish community. The material is drawn from public records and interviews conducted with the family of the reported victim and others involved in the matter. Consideration is given to judicial procedures unique to the traditional Jewish community and…
Descriptors: Jews, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, Legal Responsibility
A Survey of Library Resources in Judaic Studies in the FAUL and SUNY Center Libraries; With Recommendations Toward Formulating Plans for Possible Areas of Cooperative Collection Development.
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Goldstein, Marianne – 1976
A survey to determine the extent of their Judaic studies resources was undertaken at seven university libraries belonging to the Five Associated University Libraries (FAUL) consortium or the State University of New York (SUNY) University Center libraries. Limiting Judaic resources to five major classes defined by the Library of Congress, shelf…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Ethnic Groups, Jews, Judaism
The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel: Governmental Accommodation or Capitulation?
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Purrington, Gordon S.; Layton, Donald H. – Education and Urban Society, 1996
Explores the politics of education in the case of the establishment and reauthorization of a New York school district to serve the special education students of the Hasidic Jewish community of Kiryas Joel. The case of Kiryas Joel illustrates the political power of a single-interest special interest group. (SLD)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
COMPOSITION AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF VOLUNTEER BOARDS.
JOSEPHSON, CLIFFORD RUSSELL – 1963
IN A STUDY ON THE COMPOSITION AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM 783 BOARD MEMBERS OF 121 COMMUNITY CHEST AFFILIATED AGENCIES IN 51 UPPER NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITIES. RESPONDENTS WERE 65 PERCENT MALE AND 35 PERCENT FEMALE. ABOUT ONE PERCENT WERE NEGRO. SIXTY-THREE PERCENT…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Groups, Blacks, Doctoral Dissertations