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Covenant of Care: Newark Beth Israel And the Jewish Hospital in America
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.110974932
EAN: 9780813539102
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0813539102
Label: Rutgers
Manufacturer: Rutgers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: December 25, 2006
Publisher: Rutgers
Studio: Rutgers
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Where were you born? Were you born at the Beth? Many thousands of Americans--Jewish and non-Jewish--were born at a hospital bearing the Star of David and named Beth Israel, Mount Sinai, or Montefiore. Newark Beth Israel Hospital is a distinguished modern medical institution in New Jersey whose history opens a window on American health care, the immigrant experience, the religious impulse for health care, and urban life. Alan and Deborah Kraut tell the story of this important institution, illuminating the broader history of voluntary nonprofit hospitals created under religious auspices initially to serve poor immigrant communities. Like so many Jewish hospitals in the early half of the twentieth century, "the Beth" cared not only for its own community's poor and underprivileged, a responsibility grounded in the Jewish traditions of tzedakah ("justice") and tikkun olam ("to heal the world"), but also for all Newarkers. The Krauts tell the Beth Israel story against the backdrop of twentieth-century medical progress, Newark's tumultuous history, and the broader social and demographic changes altering the landscape of American cities. Today, the United States, in the midst of another great wave of immigration, once again faces the question of how to provide newcomers with culturally sensitive and economically accessible medical care. Covenant of Care will inform and inspire all those working to meet these demands, offering a compelling look at the creative ways that voluntary hospitals navigated similar challenges throughout the twentieth century.
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Commissioned to mark the centennial of a remarkable health care institution, this tale traces its birth, growth and development, maturity, and rebirth into a charitable health care foundation, as the hospital itself, under new ownership, continues to serve the community as a leading tertiary center providing cutting-edge quality care.
Originally established to serve the early Jewish community, Newark Beth Israel has witnessed a profound ethnic and cultural transformation, as the neighborhood ... Read More
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