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New Director
Hired
Jewish Family Service
raids Pittsburgh for its new boss.
socio-economic backgrounds," Keane
said.
Staff Writer
Keane was selected by the eight-
member
search committee, which
30,
Jewish
Family
ince April
began its nationwide search for a new
Service has been without an
leader for the agency in April.
executive director and associ-
"We had a timetable set and didn't
ate executive director.
want
to be rushed," said John Marx, a
Beginning Nov. 9, one of the holes
past
president
of the agency and
will be plugged.
search
committee
member.
Norman Keane, executive director
Two
of
the
five
qualified candidates
of Jewish Family and Children Service
were
brought
in
for
face-to-face inter-
in Pittsburgh for the past five years,
views and to meet with community
will fill the shoes of Alan Goodman,
leaders, according to Marx.
the director, who went to for New
"Norm's experience and maturity
York's Education Alliance in May.
were
what made him more qualified,"
"Detroit is one of the premier
said Marx. "He has an
Jewish communities in the
excellent grasp of what
country," Keane said. "It's
l
needs
to be done here."
a
great to have the opportuni-
/-- ty to work here. ,,
As Keane is coming to
3.,
JFS, another high-ranking
When Keane, 56, arrived
2 staff member is leaving.
in Pittsburgh, he hadn't
f
c.. Yvonne Bernstein, the
planned on another career
director of the West
move, but the "challenge to
Bloomfield branch office of
operate and work in this
JFS
since it opened nine
community was too good to
years
ago, will retire after
pass up."
almost
25 years with-the
up
in
Keane grew
agency.
Her last day was
/--- Cleveland and completed
mily
Jewish Fa
Aug.
31,
but she will con-
Service's in coming
his undergraduate and
tinue
on
as
an independent
graduate work at Western
executive director,
contractor
with
JFS.
Reserve University, earning Norman Keane.
For
her
first
two
years,
a master's degree in social
Bernstein
had
split
her
time
working
science administration.
in resettlement for Vietnamese
Starting in June 1965, following
refugees and as a clinician. Since then,
completion of his master's degree, he
she has focused on individual cases
began working at the Jewish Family
and marital therapy, and was trained
Service Association in Cleveland,
in group therapy by Margaret Weiner,
where he stayed until May 1984.
the former associate executive director.
Before arriving in Pittsburgh, he
After her retirement, she will be
was executive director of Jewish
concentrating
on two groups that she
Family and Children's Service of
started.
Tucson, Ariz.
"I began an all-male group for ther-
"Although Pittsburgh and Tucson
apy,"
she said. "It's quite unusual that
are both communities of high quality,
a
woman
would start a group for
neither have the magnitude of
men.
Detroit," he said.
Born to Dutch parents' in the
\—',
Keane just finished his third visit to
Dutch
East Indies (now Indonesia),
Detroit as a joint house-hunting and
Bernstein immigrated to the U.S. in
business trip. Although his knowledge
1957 from the Netherlands, after she
of Detroit's JFS is still limited, he sees
graduated
with a philosophy degree.
the recipients of the service to general-
She
obtained
her master's degree in
ly be similar in his two previous stops.
Wayne State. El
social
work
from
"The clients are of all ages and
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