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71 to imply that other persons were Intrinsically immune to 1 these problems. While some writers use the terms interchangeably, a distinction between Jewish content and components should j be noted. Unlike the Jewish content in Center work which * is consciously Injected into programs and activities, and which, apparently, may take any form that persons in contact with it designate as Jewish content, the Jewish components in family case work present a different situa- : tion. The existence of those components is questioned, as I: well as their desirability, in terms of utilizing, if believed to exist. It is not within the scope of this study to discuss the question, of what makes a person a Jew. 1 What is important, however, in understanding Jewish family case work, is the realization that it is the individual's own ' conception of what being Jewish means to him, that influences the nature of his Jewish problem. For example, for a strongly assimilâtionist Jew to go to any Jewish agency, . for no matter what problem, presents an added factor of involuntary identification with Judaism. For a person who has negative feelings about being Jewish to find himself I ^See Albert Einstein's discussion, in the Appendix, I of one aspect of "What Makes a Jew?".
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Full text | 71 to imply that other persons were Intrinsically immune to 1 these problems. While some writers use the terms interchangeably, a distinction between Jewish content and components should j be noted. Unlike the Jewish content in Center work which * is consciously Injected into programs and activities, and which, apparently, may take any form that persons in contact with it designate as Jewish content, the Jewish components in family case work present a different situa- : tion. The existence of those components is questioned, as I: well as their desirability, in terms of utilizing, if believed to exist. It is not within the scope of this study to discuss the question, of what makes a person a Jew. 1 What is important, however, in understanding Jewish family case work, is the realization that it is the individual's own ' conception of what being Jewish means to him, that influences the nature of his Jewish problem. For example, for a strongly assimilâtionist Jew to go to any Jewish agency, . for no matter what problem, presents an added factor of involuntary identification with Judaism. For a person who has negative feelings about being Jewish to find himself I ^See Albert Einstein's discussion, in the Appendix, I of one aspect of "What Makes a Jew?". |