This article reports on two interrelated studies which attempted to explore the components of stereotyping: direction, salience, intensity. (JB)

An analysis of the history of East Harlem reveals the manner in which successive waves of ethnic groups immigrating to this area have displaced each other without merging. (JM)

Describes recent changes in the traditional Jewish law of divorce, which permits a husband to divorce his wife but does not sanction the wife's divorcing him. The rabbis of the Reconstructionist Movement in Judaism have innovated an egalitarian divorce to prevent Jewish women from becoming abandoned wives. (JAC)

Presents psychiatric evidence regarding immediate and long-term effects of concentration camp internment. Many survivors exhibit a concentration camp syndrome which somewhat resembles combat stress reaction; adaptive behavior of survivors is viewed as less important than luck. Language is considered inadequate to describe the psychological impact…

A descriptive analysis of official statistics of completed and attempted suicides of the Jewish elderly in Israel disclosed patterns somewhat different from those known in Western industrial societies. (Author)

Martindale's assumption that Jews, Catholics, and Protestants are each homogeneous populations is criticized. His assumption that similar psychometric patterns found in brain-damaged and non-brain-damaged populations reflect similar brain organization is disputed. Martindale replies to this criticism. (Author/BEF)

A narrative taken from an oral history project being conducted on the Lower East Side in New York City by the Preservation Youth Project at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery. The narrator is a 76 year old former millinery worker who relates her life story in terms of the class struggle, unions, self-education, and the unique Yiddish…

Presents an interview with a Holocaust survivor as a means of showing how the interviewing process can support and personalize well-written historical fiction for children. (TB)

Examines the loss of various collections, especially school libraries and the Ezra Library, in Cracow (Poland) during World War II. Highlights include Nazi policies toward Cracow's Jews; the destruction of libraries, archives, and collections; Jewish book collections in the Staatsbibliotek Krakau (state library); and the removal of books by Jewish…

Article suggests solutions to the problems of anti-Semitism and insensitivity toward Jews in the counseling profession. Gentiles are urged to promote healing between Gentile and Jewish counselors by acknowledging that anti-Semitism exists, exploring biases about Jews, learning more about Jewish history and culture, and expressing genuine…

Rejoinder to M. S. Kiselica's article, which is part of a dialogue in this issue on anti-Semitism in the counseling profession. Author has asserted that there has been a critical mass of anti-Semitic behavior within the counseling profession for more than three decades. Author also argues that while culture may influence behavior, it does not…

Compares behavior in group counseling of Moslem, Druze, and Jewish adolescents in Israel. Differences were expected between the three groups on all dimensions under investigation: self-disclosure, affiliation, and gains. Contrary to expectations, the highest rates of self-disclosure were found for the Moslem adolescents; the lowest rates were…

Seeks to define anti-Semitism; demonstrate the necessity for accurately labeling anti-Semitic behavior as such; and provide evidence of anti-Semitism and the mistreatment of Jews and the absence of addressing Jewish issues by the counseling profession. Posits that the failure of those committed to multicultural counseling to rail against…

Describes the holdings in the Bulgarian State Collection of Hebraica, currently under the jurisdiction of the General Department of Archives. The collection, consisting of printed books, manuscripts, and archival documents, includes rare premodern Hebraica reflecting Sephardic and Balkan collecting interests. Discusses bibliographic issues and the…

Presents an educational game for helping secondary school students learn about the role of Raoul Wallenberg in protecting European Jews from Nazi abuse in Hungary. Explains game objectives, materials needed, and procedures. Includes a map of 1945 Budapest that serves as the game board. (SG)