In a globalized world, with advances in technology that have made connections between people across the world more feasible, one could argue that a poor community across the world could be considered to be within one’s primary sphere of obligation, even in terms of proximity. According to this argument, modern microfinance is a logical extension of Jewish charitable values, and an innovative method for fighting global poverty.

The Elders of Zion had it right—money and Jews go hand in hand. Philanthropy runs through the Jewish world like veins run though our bodies.

You make less money, but you are doing “good” work, so it’s worth it. You trade less money for a more flexible schedule, so you can take care of your family. You work for an organization that is struggling for money, so it doesn't bother you that your boss failed to find funding to get you a long-deserved raise. These are only a handful of the excuses that lead people in general, but particularly women, to accept lower salaries in socially-conscious professions.