Community organization in Israel.
This article deals with the nature, goals, areas of practice and the organizational basis of community work in Israel. Community work as a professional activity developed in Israel in the early sixties as a vehicle for resocialization of new immigrants, rebuilding new communities, social integration and development of local leadership. Government and semi-governmental organization played major roles in this area. In the early seventies community work moved also in the direction of social acting dealing more and more with current social issues.
D000069:Acculturation; D003256:Community Participation; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007857:Leadership; D012922:Social Change; D012939:Social Planning; D012940:Social Problems; D012947:Social Work