Prof. Meir Loewenberg

EDUCATION

Harvard University, A.B., 1947 - history and literature

Columbia University, M.S., 1949 - social group work

Wayne State University, Ph.D., 1965 - sociology and social work

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Bar-Ilan University, School of Social Work., 1973-93: professor; since 1994  professor emeritus

Tel-Aviv University, School of Social Work., 1971-74: associate professor

St. Louis University, School of Social Work., 1965-67: assistant professor

University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work., 1979-80: K. L. M. Pray Visiting Professor

Boston College Graduate School of Social Work., 1986-87: Visiting Professor

Council on Social Work Education., 1967-71: accreditation, undergraduate education, research

Jewish Community Centers, Detroit and Chicago 1949-51, 1952-65

BOOKS

Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice (with Ralph Dolgoff and Donna Harrington). 9th edition.  Belmont CA: Brooks/Cole Publishers, 2012. Chinese   translation, Bejing, 2005.

From Charity to Social Justice: Emergence of Communal Institutions for the Support of the Poor in Ancient Judaism. New Brunswick NJ:Transaction Books. 2001.

Meeting the Challenges of a Changing Society: Fifty Years of Social Work in Israel. (Editor). Jerusalem: Magnes Press,1998.

Religion and Social Work Practice in Contemporary American Society. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.  

Fundamentals of Social Intervention. 2nd edition. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.

Immigrant Absorption and Welfare in Israel: A Reader for Social Workers(ed. F M. Loewenberg). Bar-Ilan University, 1979 (in Hebrew).

AWARDS

Columbia University School of Social Work Hall of Fame (2007)