Max Fisher, then president-elect to the CJF (Council of Jewish Federations) in “Highlights,” 1969 CJF General Assembly
What is called the urban crisis is not just a crisis of decaying cities. It is a crisis of people - minority people, the Black American, the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American seeking full citizenship and equality in the American system. And I see the need for Jews to help - as a thoroughly Jewish obligation, as well as an American one.

Suggested Discussion Questions:

1. What is the crisis of people that Fisher describes?

2. Where do you see yourself in this crisis? How do your identities mold your role in this process?

Time Period: Contemporary (The Yom Kippur War until the present-day)