Good Business: A Best Practices Guide to Retaining and Advancing Women in Jewish Communal Service


 

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: Advancing Women Professionals and the Jewish Community; Jewish Communal Professionals of Metropolitan Chicago; Jewish Women's Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

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Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews; Gender; Occupation

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The recommendations for change in this manual are intended to help Jewish communal professionals maintain and improve their job performance, remain in their positions for larger periods of time, and gain greater satisfaction. With the implementation of specific policies and programs, executives, managers and lay leaders will recognize that legitimate efforts to shatter the glass ceiling and improve work-life balance will benefit the Jewish communal arena and the larger Jewish community.