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Salaries of American Jewish Leaders

Women Still Lag Behind

The Forward’s fourth annual survey of Jewish not-for-profit organizations shows little change in communal leadership or compensation, or in the gender gap that has women still lagging far behind the national trends in salary and representation in the upper echelons of Jewish communal power. The number of women in leadership roles grew slightly, and the…

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…

ZOA’s Mort Klein Gets 38% Pay Hike

The Zionist Organization of America’s president received a 38% raise in the years that the group failed to disclose its finances to the Internal Revenue Service, according to documents obtained by the Forward. The IRS revoked the tax-exempt status of the hawkish Israel advocacy group in February after the organization missed three consecutive years of…

Gender Equality Elusive in Salary Survey

The Forward’s third annual survey of 76 national Jewish organizations paints a picture of communal stagnation in gender equality, as the number of women in leadership roles remains at the same low level, and the gap between male and female salaries has grown even larger. Despite the dismal economy, half of the leaders in the…