Advancing Women in the Jewish Communal World
by Shifra Bronznick
Presentation for the Wexner Graduate Fellowship Institute, August 23, 2000.
Jewish communal organizations need to create new contexts for leadership, new ways to make board posts more satisfying, and new ways to make professional positions more meaningful and doable.
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Changing the Balance of Power
by Shifra Bronznick
Presentation for Beth Tfiloh, 2003.
Changing the power balance requires challenging the myth of meritocracy, enlisting men as allies, building support among women, and making strategic choices.
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How Research Fuels Change
by Shifra Bronznick
Presented for the Association For Jewish Studies (AJS) 36th Annual Conference, December 19-21, 2004.
Research on obstacles to women's leadership in the federation world show a systematic pattern of gender bias. With hard evidence comes the willingness to make change.
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How Women’s Leadership Can Transform Our Institutions
by Shifra Bronznick
Presentation for The Ford Foundation, May 31, 2001.
As "minority" leaders, women have developed unique leadership skills that can be used to transform the Jewish community.
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JCSA Teleconference 2001- Gender Equity in Jewish Communal Service, Towards a National Action Agenda
by Dr. Ron Meier, Sandra Lief Garrett, Howard M. Rieger, Shifra Bronznick, Meryle Mahrer Kaplan, Janet Engelhart, and Joseph S. Kaplan
Journal of Jewish Communal Service, Jewish Communal Service Association (JCSA), Spring/Summer 2001.
A summary of the interactive telecast on gender equity in which some 1300 professionals in 34 communities participated.
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Life and Work
by Shifra Bronznick
Presentation for the United Jewish Communities General Assembly, November 2002.
Our organizations still depend on the notion of the “ideal worker,” always ready, willing and able. To improve job retention and satisfaction, we need to analyze our 24/7 habits and revamp how work is structured.
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Negotiating For Change
by Shifra Bronznick
Presentation for the International Lion of Judah Conference, October 17-19, 2004.
Women must ask for what they need, and negotiate for themselves -- and each other-- at every stage in the path to leadership.
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Unleashing the Potential of Leadership
by Shifra Bronznick
Presentation for the 10th World Council of Jewish Communal Service (WCJCS) Quadrennial Conference, November 12-16, 2003.
This presentation explores the meaning of leadership, and the necessary elements of leadership that will help Jewish organizations survive and thrive.
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Why Our Work Matters and How to Make it Matter More
by Shifra Bronznick
Presentation for the Drachler Program Alumni Institute, June 23-24, 2002.
As the organized Jewish community shifts its focus from "rescue" to "renaissance," professionals are confronted with hard new realities. Shifra Bronznick identifies six ways to improve the quality of Jewish professional life.
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