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Marketing from the Heart
July 12, 2012
— By Lori M. Finkel for Spertus —
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema Director Cindy Stern talks about making the leap from the corporate world to the not-for-profit arena.
Stinking Flower
June 18, 2012
— By Spertus Executive Chef Laura Frankel —
Jews have had a long and tempestuous relationship with garlic. The Talmud suggests that men eat garlic on the Sabbath because Friday night was the night devoted to conjugal love.
Letter from the President
June 11, 2012
— Dr. Hal M. Lewis for Spertus —
Once there was a myth that summer was a time that organizations, particularly in the Jewish community, went on hiatus. It is certainly not true at Spertus.
Mark F. Mehlman to Become Next Chairman of Spertus Board of Trustees
June 6, 2012 — Mark F. Mehlman to become the next Chairman of Spertus Institute’s Board of Trustees, effective July 1, 2012.
Spertus nominated for Best 21st Century Building
May 30, 2012
— By Lori M. Finkel for Spertus —
Spertus’ award-winning building has been nominated for “Best 21st Century Building” in Chicago Magazine’s Best of Chicago 2012.
Tradition faring fine when you can dance with a bottle of wine
May 21, 2012
— By Lori M. Finkel for Spertus —
Steve Weintraub is a guy who knows how to get a party started. From family bar mitzvahs to community festivals to high-profile celebrity events, the eccentric curly-mopped, mutton-chopped Yiddish dance instructor just wants everyone to have a good time — the way it’s been done in Eastern Europe for hundreds of years.
Hassidic Courts
May 2012
As a photojournalist for Reuters, Gil Cohen-Magen was assigned to take pictures of customs in Mea Shearim, a longtime enclave for the Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, Jewish community.
The Catholic Priest Who Discovered He Was a Jew
April 19, 2012
— By Aviva Lori for Haaretz.com —
Jacob Weksler was raised a Catholic and became a priest. He later learned he was Jewish and came to Israel, where he found ultra-Orthodox relatives, a mixed welcome at a kibbutz ulpan and a confrontation with the Law of Return.
Faculty Profile: Laura Mannion
April 19, 2012
— By Lori M. Finkel for Spertus —
Like many of the people who go through the Spertus Graduate Program in Nonprofit Management, Laura Mannion has a unique story to tell.