@article{2023:lau:jewish_soc, title = {Jewish Social Work Biographies between Germany and Mandatory Palestine}, year = {2023}, note = {When social work emerged as a profession, it played a crucial role in the establishment of national welfare systems. Social movements and transnational agents – mainly women – promoted these processes. This article examines the history of social work between Germany and the Jewish community in Palestine. The focus is on the biographies of 100 Jewish social workers who emigrated from Germany to Palestine from the 1920s to the 1940s and helped establish social work in the new state.}, journal = {Soziale Arbeit}, pages = {2--12}, author = {Lau, Dayana and Halpern, Ayana}, volume = {72}, number = {1} }