Why do so many conversations about Israel exclude more than half of the Jewish population?
The maleness of the American Jewish conversation on Israel is becoming a problem
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The Schmooze Haim Sisters Demand Equal Pay
The uber cool singing sister trio HAIM is speaking out about gender pay disparity
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Opinion The Old Boys Club Is Keeping Women Out Of Leadership Roles In The Jewish World
The most recent salary survey of the CEOs of Jewish not-for-profit organizations in the Forward exposed the paucity of women in the highest leadership roles. Because none of the organizations or individuals surveyed have offered an explanation, I offer my own: Women are not seen as experts, particularly in those subjects that much of the…
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Community As A Religious Leader, I’m Often The Only Woman In The Room
To the editor: The culture Larry Cohler-Esses describes in his piece “The Gender Gap At Jewish Non-Profits Is Bad — And Getting Worse,” is profoundly familiar to me. Most especially when I enter into religious settings, I am frequently one of the only women in the room, and, as a lesbian, almost always the only…
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The Schmooze Chelsea Handler’s Star-Studded Roundtable Reveals Just How Sexist Hollywood Really Is
It’s not a surprise to most women that a gender-based wage gap exists, but it can be a shock to learn just how pervasive and enormous it can be. Comedian Chelsea Handler took that subject on in Wednesday’s installment of her Netflix series “Chelsea.” Hosting director Ava DuVernay, actresses Hilary Swank and Connie Britton, and…
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Life Gender Gap in Israel, U.S. Grows
The World Economic Forum recently published their annual Global Gender Gap report causing many of us to wonder, once again, why the heck we don’t move to Northern Europe or Scandanavia where the maternity leave flows like water and affordable childcare is as easy to find as a Starbucks. For this report, researchers look at…
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Breaking News Israeli Male Execs Get 43% More Than Women
Male executives in Israel earn on average 43% more than female executives, based on a review of the top wage-earners at companies listed on the benchmark Tel Aviv-100 index. This discrepancy works out to an average of NIS 1 million a year. The Knesset Committee on the Status of Women held a session on the…
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News Salaries of U.S. Jewish Communal Leaders
The Forward’s annual salary survey covered 76 national Jewish organizations. The following is a searchable chart of the organizations and their leaders. Men are indicated in black, women in blue. Individual salaries and organizational expenses are indicated in dollars. Benefits are not included.
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