Book excerpt: The author examines the responsibilities of Jewish community centers and center workers. He outlines the origins of the Jewish center movement, the nature of the institution, the settings in which centers operate, the types of personnel who operate there, the clients being targeted and the manner in which Jewish centers are financed. In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, ed. by Sanford Sherman, v.33, no.2, Winter 1956, p.153-160.