Jewish Alcoholics, Chemical Dependents and Significant Others (JACS) was "founded in 1979 by the New York Federation of Jewish Philanthropies ."
5-784: JACS or Jacs may refer to: Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others Joint Academic Coding System , a system to classify academic subjects in the United Kingdom Journal of the American Ceramic Society Journal of the American Chemical Society JACS Au , a monthly online journal published by the American Chemical Society Journal of
10-466: Is Christian-oriented. JACS also has a unit called Teen Network , and, like the parent organization, it focuses across various degrees of religiosity. and several JACS members formed a group "for alcoholics who are children of Holocaust survivors." A 2001 study by JACS of residents at a Jewish treatment center reported self-identification of 10% Orthodox, 28% Conservative, 32% Reform and 30% non-affiliated. The Orthodox Union , which runs some of
15-492: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others Part of their work includes "a speakers' bureau and publishing a directory of resources for families in crisis." One of the founders of the JACS Long Island branch explained why Jewish Alcoholics, Chemical Dependents and Significant Others
20-655: The American College of Surgeons Jacs Holt , a character in the television series Wentworth See also [ edit ] JAC (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title JACS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JACS&oldid=1175190382 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-498: Was formed, rather than direct people to Alcoholics Anonymous : "to an observant Jew who has to meet in a church basement ... not always going to work." Another co-founder added that even to "help save one life ... one of the highest commandments." One Jewish doctor was anonymously quoted by The New York Times as saying that: Most 12-step programs have a religious overtone, and it's difficult for people who were raised Jewish to feel initially comfortable with mainstream ideology that
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