General Training Tools and Resources

IMPLICIT BIAS: TOOLS AND RESOURCES

Here is the link to an implicit bias test. Search committees both in the business world and the nonprofit sector often use these brief, illuminating tests. After learning about implicit bias together as a group, each member of a search committee should take the test privately. The results should not be shared or revealed. After the group completes their tests, they should discuss their results in general and follow through with learning methods to reduce the influence of bias. It is important to engage with education and training after taking the test, as studies have shown that just taking a test can actually increase implicit bias. Incorporating bias training through the hiring process is vital.

• Implicit Bias (Unconscious Bias): Definition & Examples
• WRJ page on Implicit Bias
• Videos/articles
  • TEDx: Unconscious Bias: Stereotypical Hiring Practices- Gail Tolstoi-Miller
  • TEDx: Why Gender Equality Is Good for Everyone — Men Included | Michael Kimmel
  • Article- “I am a Woman, and I have Gender Bias,” Rabbi Esther Lederman
• Links to CCAR Taskforce on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate materials
  • Implicit Bias Tools
  • Task Force on the Experience of Women in the Rabbinate
  • Resources and Bibliography
• WRN Resources
  • WRN Training PWPT

THE CLERGY AND EDUCATOR MONOLOGUES

“The Clergy Monologues” video is a teaching tool designed to highlight ongoing gender bias in Jewish spaces. A companion video, “The Educator Monologues,” video, which addresses gender bias that Jewish educators experience, is also available, along with discussion questions.

• “The Clergy Monologues” Video
• “The Clergy Monologues” Discussion Guide
• “The Educator Monologues” Video
• “The Educator Monologues” Discussion Guide

COST OF LIVING TOOLS

• 2023 Cost of Living Calculator (bestplaces.net)
• Cost of Living Calculator (payscale.com)
• Cost of living: How far will my salary go in another city? (CNN Money)

RPEI AND PAY EQUITY TRAININGS (HIGHLIGHTS)

Recent Trainings

• January 25, 2024 - RPEI Equitable Interviewing and Negotiation presentation at HUC-JIR NY
• December 7, 2023 – RPEI Equitable Interviewing and Negotiation presentation at HUC-JIR LA/CINN
• June 14, 2023 - WRJ Economic Justice Webinar- ​​​​​​​Watch Rabbi Mary Zamore and Dr. Amy Beacom’s webinar on pay equity
• May 15, 2023 – RPEI training for educators (ARJE & ECE-RJ)
• Jan 23, 2023 – WRN presentation at SWARR (Southwest Association of Reform Rabbis, region of CCAR) 1.5 hours on pay equity including Paid Leave
• Jan 26, 2023 – RPEI Equitable Interviewing and Negotiation presentation at HUC-JIR Cinn
• Jan 19, 2023 – RPEI Equitable Interviewing and Negotiation presentation at HUC-JIR NY
• December 1, 2022 – RPEI Equitable Interviewing and Negotiation presentation at HUC-JIR LA