Katherine A. Kendall (USA), Honorary President since 1978

For more than two-thirds of the life of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), Katherine Kendall has been among its leaders. She began her involvement in 1950, served as the first paid Secretary General of the Association in the 1970's and, now in her late 90's, continues to share her wisdom as Honorary President. Beginning in 1950, she attended all the IASSW congresses except 2 (1990 and 1998) until 2004, when health issues prevented long international trips. She personally knew and worked with every President except the first. Thus, although the IASSW began with sustained involvement and contributions of two remarkable founders, Alice Salomon and René Sand, Kendall has surpassed all in terms of her enduring commitment to international social work education and its professional organization. Kendall's remarkable professional career spans 7 decades. Her international involvements began even earlier.

Katherine A. Kendall (USA), Honorary President since 1978

For more than two-thirds of the life of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), Katherine Kendall has been among its leaders. She began her involvement in 1950, served as the first paid Secretary General of the Association in the 1970's and, now in her late 90's, continues to share her wisdom as Honorary President. Beginning in 1950, she attended all the IASSW congresses except 2 (1990 and 1998) until 2004, when health issues prevented long international trips. She personally knew and worked with every President except the first. Thus, although the IASSW began with sustained involvement and contributions of two remarkable founders, Alice Salomon and René Sand, Kendall has surpassed all in terms of her enduring commitment to international social work education and its professional organization. Kendall's remarkable professional career spans 7 decades. Her international involvements began even earlier. This article will focus on highlights of her international career, especially her IASSW service. It will also discuss her formative years and mention other aspects of contributions. Materials for the article are drawn from published and unpublished interviews conducted by other scholars, Kendall's own writings, and a personal interview conducted by the author in 2007.

Walter Friedländer (1891-1984) – Between Social Democracy and Social Darwinism

If the profession of social work is to have a future we must know where it came from, and the series of portraits of our pioneers is one of the paths into the origins of that profession. I feel grateful to the publishers for this online-journal and also honoured to be asked to continue the series on pioneers in social work. I gladly comply because, in connection with my research on Alice Salomon and other social workers who were expelled from Germany and other Nazi-occupied territories (Wieler1989 and 1995) I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting and interviewing Walter Friedländer shortly before he passed away. It is years ago that I visited him in his home among stacks of books and piles of papers. My memories are vivid. I still see his sparkling eyes and hear his soft voice with a very heavy German accent. I was most impressed by his memory of historical events and people which, it seemed, only a large hard-drive could retain these days. Now, I wish I had asked more questions but instead, we will have to rely largely on primary and secondary literature and box upon box of archival materials. I draw heavily on the comprehensive German and Jewish Intellectual Emigré Collection (http://library.albany.edu/speccoll/findaids/ger003.htm) which consists of nearly 50 cubic feet and another collection of the German Central Institute („Deutsches Zentralinstitut für Soziale Fragen-DZI“) in Berlin (www.dzi.de). Some of the more current archival materials were lost in a flood, and much of Friedländer’s early memorabilia up to 1933 was lost in Germany. There are also internet resources with widely differing information. I hope that I will not have overlooked too much in order to do justice to this remarkable pioneer and colleague. In order to appreciate and pay tribute to Walter Friedländer and his contributions we will have to reconsider the historical and international context of more than the 93 years of his life span: the German Monarchy, the Weimar Republic, Nazi-Fascism, Swiss, French and American exile and numerous visits to other countries.

Israelitisches Andachtsbüchlein zur Erweckung und Ausbildung der ersten religiösen Gefühle und Begriffe : ein Geschenk für gute Kinder

von S. Formstecher

Die Chassidim : eine Studie über jüdische Mystik

von Salomon Schechter

Historische Miscellen

von Sal. Kulka

Anton Theodor Hartmann's neueste Schrift "Grundsätze des orthodoxen Judenthums" mit Beziehung auf die Frage : "Darf eine völlige Gleichstellung in staatsbürgerl. Rechten sämmtl. Juden schon jetzt bewilligt werden? : 2. u. letztes Sendschreiben ; in ihrem wahren Lichte dargest.

von Gotthold Salomon

Kurzgefasste Geschichte des neuen israelitischen Tempels in Hamburg während der ersten 25 Jahre seines Bestehens : nebst Anm. u. Beil.

von Gotthold Salomon

Meditationen über die Verhandlungen in der holsteinischen Ständekammer in Betreff der Petition mosaischer Glaubensgenossen wegen Ertheilung des Bürgerrechts, in der 41sten Sitzung am 22. November 1838

von [Salomon Ludwig] Steinheim

Rabbinische Gutachten betreffs der vom Vorstande der isr. Cultus-Gemeinde in Wien, am 21. Jänner 1. J. gefassten und zur Ausführung gebrachten Reformbeschlüsse : nebst e. Vorw.

von Salomon Spitzer

Die Arbeit : ihr Wert u. ihre Würde nach talmudisch-rabbinischer Auffassung

von Salomon Zwiebel

Der Charakter des Judenthums nebst einer Beleuchtung der unlängst gegen die Juden von Rühs und Fries erschienenen Schriften

[Wolf Dessau] ; G. Salomon

Das neue Gebetbuch und seine Verketzerung : Auszug aus e. grössern Ms., als eine Schrift f. d. Volk

von Gotthold Salomon

Die Reformation im Judenthum : offenes Sendschreiben an die jüdische Reformgemeinde in Berlin ; nebst e. Versuch das Dasein e. geistigen Prinzips in der Natur zu beweisen

von L. R. Landau