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The How’s and Why’s Behind the Survey

The Forward’s fourth annual salary survey is a labor of love, sweat and deep journalistic conviction. All the information published is, by law, available to the public, but ferreting it out and verifying it is a time-consuming, often confusing task. Not-for-profit organizations are supposed to file Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service once a…

Who Made What in the Jewish Community?

In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward editor Jane Eisner to discuss the major takeaways from the Forward’s annual salary survey of major Jewish organizations. Then, research editor Maia Efrem stops by to explain how the Forward conducts the survey and what the numbers mean. <strong>Subscribe to Forward podcasts…

Girls Are the Lucky Ones

I always knew I was lucky to be a girl. This, despite being told that I was not. In the ultra-Orthodox world where I grew up, the boys are the exalted ones. Superiority belongs to the men, who learn the holy Torah. Still. I always knew I was lucky to be a girl. We were…

63 New York Synagogues Damaged by Sandy

At least 63 synagogues in the New York area suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy, along with several in New Jersey, a Forward investigation reveals. UJA-Federation, which is compiling data on Hurricane Sandy’s impact on Jewish institutions, reports that so far, it has heard from 64 synagogues in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County…

Struggling To Rebuild After Sandy

A number of New York synagogues that were seriously damaged by Hurricane Sandy are not only facing mounting repair costs, but also have limited assets available to make the necessary fixes to sustain their congregations. Using lists from federations, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty and other local organizations, the Forward surveyed more than 87…

"My Name is Asher Lev," America-Israel Friendship League Dinner and Remembering Vladka Meed

Ralph Lauren Among the Chosen at Opening Night of “My Name Is Asher Lev” “I just saw your makheteyneste, “ I told the designer Ralph Lauren — who was clad in jeans, black turtleneck and a leather jacket — at the opening night of “My Name Is Asher Lev,” presented at New York City’s Westside…

Alan Gross Says ‘Time To Talk Tachlis’

Jailed American contract worker Alan Gross got a little fresh reading material from a recent visitor to his Cuban prison cell — and dished out some Jewish wisdom in return. Peter Kornbluh, a Cuba specialist at the National Security Archives, brought Gross a recent copy of the Sunday New York Times and John Grisham’s new…