A concerted effort to increase employment opportunities for Sabbath observers has been launched by the Federation Employment and Guidance Service, the largest voluntary non-profit agency of its kind and one of the 116 health and welfare services affiliated with the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York.
Setting up a special Sabbath Observers Job Development Committee of Orthodox, Reform and Conservative rabbis and lay leaders and professionals in employment and social work under the chairmanship of Edwin Freudenheim, a member of the Board of Directors, the FEGS aims to create a better understanding and to stimulate a greater concern among employers for Jews who are committed to strict observance of the Sabbath.
As an organization which has pioneered many vocational and guidance projects geared to special needs of various groups in the community, the FEGS believes that with the increasing number of those who adhere strictly to religious observance, the problems of job placement for Sabbath observers became a community problem. In conjunction with Federation’s Commission on Synagogue Relations, the FEGS plans to mobilize all communal resources to meet this need.
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