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Midwest is really conservative," she
powerful CEOs — these are the
says, noting that she is aware of gender
women we want on our boards and
parity being closer to achievement in
these are the women who will be least
East and West Coast Jewish communi-
attracted to our community, unless
ties. "But I think the changes we are
we do a much better job at creating
seeing in the Detroit Jewish communi-
tangible opportunities for leadership."
ty in the last few years have definitely
To accomplish this goal, Bronznick
been steps in the right direction."
hosted 36 of the most powerful
Penny Blumenstein, a beneficiary
Jewish women leaders in December.
of the Women's Department's training
The group nailed down a four-step
programs, is one who believes change
plan to gather information, raise
is in the works, but that it will take
awareness as well as groom and pro-
time. When she started
mote women in communities
volunteering
almost 30
across America. Bronznick
Jewish Home and
years ago, there were
predicts the change will be
Aging Services is
many women who gave
seen in the coming years.
headed by Carol
their time to ORT where
"There are still in our
Rosenberg, associate
she started, but few at
community too many places
director, left, and
Federation. As Federation
where women cannot have a
Margot Parr,
president, she sees it as
significant role," she says,
executive director.
her responsibility to bring
adding that the desired
more women into the
change may cost a significant
boardroom.
chunk of resources. She says,
"I don't want them to be segregat-
"Nothing changes without great
ed. I want them to be integrated.
effort and resources."
Women who get positions in leader-
Locally, Sandra Jaffa, executive
ship don't always bring along their
director of the Federation Women's
peers," she says. "I don't want that to
Campaign and Education Depart-
be said of me."
ment, is helping to change the pic-
But it is not all a numbers game to
ture. Through its leadership, women
her either. Putting women on boards
in the federated system have been
simply because it achieves some sort
offered extensive training and educa-
of gender balance puts the females in
tion programs on a regular basis. This
leadership in a position of defending
year's program, Spring Forum, will
their abilities.
offer seminars on the role of the
"I don't think it is positive if we
Jewish community in Detroit and
think
we are only there because we
abroad as well as other sessions on
are
women,
not because we have the
honing interpersonal skills used in
ability
to
match
the same thing that a
leadership.
man can do," Blumenstein says. "We
National trends aside, Jaffa is hope-
have to be there because we are quali-
ful about the local changes that have
fied." ❑
been seen most recently. "The