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Creating Gender Equality and Organizational Effectiveness in the Jewish Federation System: A Research-and-Action Project
Publication Date: January 2004
Publisher(s): Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community
Author(s): Steven M. Cohen; Shifra Bronznick; Didi Goldenhar; Sherry Israel; Shaul Kelner
Funder(s): United Jewish Communities; Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community
Funder(s): United Jewish Communities; Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Population and demographics (Women)
Social conditions (Discrimination and affirmative action)
Keywords: American Jews; Gender; Leadership
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The research sought to address three questions related to the phenomenon of the under-representation of women in the very highest ranks of Jewish Federation professional leadership: To what may we attribute the gender imbalance in the professional leadership of the Federations?; What adverse consequences for the Jewish communal environment ensue from this gender imbalance?; and What strategies can successfully diminish this gender imbalance. The research is based in 93 face-to-face interviews with Federation lay and professional leadership of 14 Jewish communities.