Jay Sweifach
Biographic Data
| ID | 174008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay Sweifach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay |
| FAMILY NAME | Sweifach |
| SIGNATURE | SWEIFACH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yeshiva University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-3998-4638 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Between faith, family, and community
This article presents findings of a study designed to explore the perceptions of clinical therapists and those involved in pastoral care, in their work with LGBQ+ Orthodox Jews. A focus is placed on the strategies clinicians and those in other therapeutic roles employ to help these individuals navigate the complex balance of sexuality and faith. While this study focuses on a specific religious group, findings may offer insight to professionals wo…
A look behind the curtain at social work supervision in interprofessional practice settings
Supervision has been an integral aspect of social work practice since the early days of the profession. The literature suggests that ‘supervision is an essential and integral part of the training and continuing education required for the skillful development of professional social workers’ (p. 5). The literature does appear to support that all social workers ought to have some level of supervision; however, within interprofessional settings, wher…
Has Group Work Education Lost Its Social Group Work Essence? A Content Analysis of MSW Course Syllabi in Search of Mutual Aid and Group Conflict Content
This article presents the results of a content analysis of MSW group work course syllabi in an effort to better understand the extent to which mutual aid and group conflict, two important dimensions of social group work, are included and featured as prominent elements in MSW-level group work instruction
Designing Strategies for Ethno-Religious Engagement
This article explores strategies being employed by Jewish leadership in Cuba and abroad, to sustain Jewish continuity, and to engage adolescents in Jewish identity development. Focus will be placed on the ways that adolescents living in present-day Cuba have become involved in Jewish life. It is expected that this study's findings can be informative and instructive to a broad spectrum of religious leaders and faith-based service providers interes…
MSW Foundation Students in the Field
Commentators find that education in social group work has diminished over the past three decades, creating a shortage in group work-trained field instructors. The role of instructing group work students may appear relatively easy; however, quality instruction requires careful planning, time, energy, and specialized knowledge. Without knowledge and skill, the field instructor may not be capable of providing an adequate conceptual framework. This a…
Social work responses to terrorism
This article presents a qualitative study that examined how Israeli social workers contend with ethical issues regarding confidentiality and disclosure in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Respondents of this study shared examples from their own experiences of how ethical issues emerged as a result of confidentiality obligations
Acting on Our Values
Volunteer activity among social workers is explored in this article. Anecdotal evidence suggests social workers are not major contributors of volunteer time. The overriding research questions of this descriptive-exploratory study are to what extent do social workers engage in volunteer activities, what factors influence their decisions to volunteer, and what are the types of activities in which they engage. Volunteerism is defined as giving of on…
Triage and Ethics
This article highlights the results of an international qualitative study examining the impact of terrorism and other disasters—both human-made and natural—on social work agencies and their labor force. The study was conducted with focus groups of social workers in health care and social service settings. The major research question concerned the impact of disaster—both natural and human-made—on agencies and social work practitioners. Focus was p…
A Model for Group Work Practice with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Victims of Domestic Violence
The Orthodox Jewish community has only recently acknowledged that religious practice and commitment does not make one immune to suffering from domestic violence. Effective therapeutic techniques for working with battered Orthodox women have only recently begun to emerge. This article focuses on the use of group work as an effective therapeutic modality for working with abused Orthodox Jewish women. This research highlights the insight, knowledge,…
Who Is a Jew
When a social worker incurs professional obligations in two different actions, but cannot do both, this is termed “an ethical conflict concerning expectations in concurrently affected arenas” (Levy, 1976, p. 113). This article addresses an ethical dilemma that is centered in one of the most complex and controversial issues within Jewish life today: the question of “who is a Jew.” A case is presented which depicts the complexity of ethical conflic…
Social Work in Jewish Community Centers
This article focuses on the Jewish community center JCC) as a host setting for social work practice. Findings of a national study of JCC professional staff designed to explore the degree of congruence between social work values and JCC practice are presented. The findings have implications for other sectarian and nonsectarian host settings providing similar types of services. The survey was sent to practitioners at 191 of 200 JCCs. The sample was…
Domestic Violence in the Orthodox Jewish Home
Domestic violence, a once-hidden problem in the Orthodox Jewish community, is now acknowledged to occur in Orthodox Jewish families. Because this problem was not affirmed earlier, effective therapeutic techniques for working with battered Orthodox women have only recently begun to emerge. This article highlights one therapeutic technique—the value-sensitive approach—which uses ethnoculturalreligious factors as part of the therapeutic process and …
Acting on Our Values
Volunteer activity among social workers is explored in this article. Anecdotal evidence suggests social workers are not major contributors of volunteer time. The overriding research questions of this descriptive-exploratory study are to what extent do social workers engage in volunteer activities, what factors influence their decisions to volunteer, and what are the types of activities in which they engage. Volunteerism is defined as giving of on…
Domestic Violence in the Orthodox Jewish Home
Domestic violence, a once-hidden problem in the Orthodox Jewish community, is now acknowledged to occur in Orthodox Jewish families. Because this problem was not affirmed earlier, effective therapeutic techniques for working with battered Orthodox women have only recently begun to emerge. This article highlights one therapeutic technique—the value-sensitive approach—which uses ethnoculturalreligious factors as part of the therapeutic process and …
A look behind the curtain at social work supervision in interprofessional practice settings
Supervision has been an integral aspect of social work practice since the early days of the profession. The literature suggests that ‘supervision is an essential and integral part of the training and continuing education required for the skillful development of professional social workers’ (p. 5). The literature does appear to support that all social workers ought to have some level of supervision; however, within interprofessional settings, wher…
Social work responses to terrorism
This article presents a qualitative study that examined how Israeli social workers contend with ethical issues regarding confidentiality and disclosure in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Respondents of this study shared examples from their own experiences of how ethical issues emerged as a result of confidentiality obligations
Triage and Ethics
This article highlights the results of an international qualitative study examining the impact of terrorism and other disasters—both human-made and natural—on social work agencies and their labor force. The study was conducted with focus groups of social workers in health care and social service settings. The major research question concerned the impact of disaster—both natural and human-made—on agencies and social work practitioners. Focus was p…
MSW Foundation Students in the Field
Commentators find that education in social group work has diminished over the past three decades, creating a shortage in group work-trained field instructors. The role of instructing group work students may appear relatively easy; however, quality instruction requires careful planning, time, energy, and specialized knowledge. Without knowledge and skill, the field instructor may not be capable of providing an adequate conceptual framework. This a…
Social Work in Jewish Community Centers
This article focuses on the Jewish community center JCC) as a host setting for social work practice. Findings of a national study of JCC professional staff designed to explore the degree of congruence between social work values and JCC practice are presented. The findings have implications for other sectarian and nonsectarian host settings providing similar types of services. The survey was sent to practitioners at 191 of 200 JCCs. The sample was…
Domestic Violence in the Orthodox Jewish Home
Domestic violence, a once-hidden problem in the Orthodox Jewish community, is now acknowledged to occur in Orthodox Jewish families. Because this problem was not affirmed earlier, effective therapeutic techniques for working with battered Orthodox women have only recently begun to emerge. This article highlights one therapeutic technique—the value-sensitive approach—which uses ethnoculturalreligious factors as part of the therapeutic process and …
Social Work in Jewish Community Centers
This article focuses on the Jewish community center JCC) as a host setting for social work practice. Findings of a national study of JCC professional staff designed to explore the degree of congruence between social work values and JCC practice are presented. The findings have implications for other sectarian and nonsectarian host settings providing similar types of services. The survey was sent to practitioners at 191 of 200 JCCs. The sample was…
Who Is a Jew
When a social worker incurs professional obligations in two different actions, but cannot do both, this is termed “an ethical conflict concerning expectations in concurrently affected arenas” (Levy, 1976, p. 113). This article addresses an ethical dilemma that is centered in one of the most complex and controversial issues within Jewish life today: the question of “who is a Jew.” A case is presented which depicts the complexity of ethical conflic…
A Model for Group Work Practice with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Victims of Domestic Violence
The Orthodox Jewish community has only recently acknowledged that religious practice and commitment does not make one immune to suffering from domestic violence. Effective therapeutic techniques for working with battered Orthodox women have only recently begun to emerge. This article focuses on the use of group work as an effective therapeutic modality for working with abused Orthodox Jewish women. This research highlights the insight, knowledge,…
Acting on Our Values
Volunteer activity among social workers is explored in this article. Anecdotal evidence suggests social workers are not major contributors of volunteer time. The overriding research questions of this descriptive-exploratory study are to what extent do social workers engage in volunteer activities, what factors influence their decisions to volunteer, and what are the types of activities in which they engage. Volunteerism is defined as giving of on…
Triage and Ethics
This article highlights the results of an international qualitative study examining the impact of terrorism and other disasters—both human-made and natural—on social work agencies and their labor force. The study was conducted with focus groups of social workers in health care and social service settings. The major research question concerned the impact of disaster—both natural and human-made—on agencies and social work practitioners. Focus was p…
Social work responses to terrorism
This article presents a qualitative study that examined how Israeli social workers contend with ethical issues regarding confidentiality and disclosure in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Respondents of this study shared examples from their own experiences of how ethical issues emerged as a result of confidentiality obligations
Designing Strategies for Ethno-Religious Engagement
This article explores strategies being employed by Jewish leadership in Cuba and abroad, to sustain Jewish continuity, and to engage adolescents in Jewish identity development. Focus will be placed on the ways that adolescents living in present-day Cuba have become involved in Jewish life. It is expected that this study's findings can be informative and instructive to a broad spectrum of religious leaders and faith-based service providers interes…
MSW Foundation Students in the Field
Commentators find that education in social group work has diminished over the past three decades, creating a shortage in group work-trained field instructors. The role of instructing group work students may appear relatively easy; however, quality instruction requires careful planning, time, energy, and specialized knowledge. Without knowledge and skill, the field instructor may not be capable of providing an adequate conceptual framework. This a…
Has Group Work Education Lost Its Social Group Work Essence? A Content Analysis of MSW Course Syllabi in Search of Mutual Aid and Group Conflict Content
This article presents the results of a content analysis of MSW group work course syllabi in an effort to better understand the extent to which mutual aid and group conflict, two important dimensions of social group work, are included and featured as prominent elements in MSW-level group work instruction
A look behind the curtain at social work supervision in interprofessional practice settings
Supervision has been an integral aspect of social work practice since the early days of the profession. The literature suggests that ‘supervision is an essential and integral part of the training and continuing education required for the skillful development of professional social workers’ (p. 5). The literature does appear to support that all social workers ought to have some level of supervision; however, within interprofessional settings, wher…
Between faith, family, and community
This article presents findings of a study designed to explore the perceptions of clinical therapists and those involved in pastoral care, in their work with LGBQ+ Orthodox Jews. A focus is placed on the strategies clinicians and those in other therapeutic roles employ to help these individuals navigate the complex balance of sexuality and faith. While this study focuses on a specific religious group, findings may offer insight to professionals wo…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Social Work (7 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (7 works) · Public relations (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works)