F•E•G•S: A Story of Family, Continuity, Innovation, and Change.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Oltchick, Stuart; Stein, Joseph; Magaliff, Gail A.; Miller, A. I.
- Source
- Journal of Jewish Communal Service. Summer/Fall2010, Vol. 85 Issue 2/3, p234-240. 7p.
- Subject
- *EMPLOYMENT agencies
*JEWS
*BUSINESS enterprises
*EMPLOYMENT
- Language
- ISSN
- 0022-2089
The article offers information on the Federation Employment and Guidance Service (FEGS), an organization which helps unemployed Jews to search for jobs. It states that social services leader Jack Nadel and executive director of the 92nd Street Y submitted a proposal which aims to found a central employment bureau to meet the changing needs of businesses in New York. It notes that Nadel founded the FEGS in 1934 with underlying principles of helping the Jewish community to become self-sustaining.