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In this year's pick, Windy City Blues, author Renée Rosen slyly knits a small crew of fictional characters into the real lives of musical icons Muddy Waters, Etta James, and Chuck Berry, along with Leonard and Phil Chess of Chess Records.
Chicago marks Jewish Book Month with One Book | One Community, in which a single book is selected as the focus of activities and events. In this year's pick, Windy City Blues, author Renée Rosen slyly knits a small crew of fictional characters into the real lives of noteworthy Chicagoans. Among the true-to-life figures gracing the book’s pages are musical icons Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James, and Chuck Berry, along with Leonard and Phil Chess of Chess Records, who are key to the unfolding story.
I have long believed that the identification, training, and nurturing of the next generation of leaders is critical to an organization’s future. These responsibilities are not tangential; they are the very definition of what it means to lead effectively.
I have long believed that the identification, training, and nurturing of the next generation of leaders is critical to an organization’s future. These responsibilities are not tangential; they are the very definition of what it means to lead effectively.
By Spertus Director of Enrollment Management Anita Silvert for eJewish Philanthropy — Cultural literacy is vital to feeling part of a group, part of a community.
By Spertus Director of Enrollment Management Anita Silvert for eJewish Philanthropy — You know where “yada yada yada”comes from, right? Of course, because Seinfeld is a known cultural reference point that brings people together through shared experience. How about “standing on one foot?” Maybe not, if you aren’t versed in Rabbinic midrash. The difference comes down to cultural literacy.
These 36 community-building leaders have studied at Spertus Institute. The work they do is necessary, far-reaching, and transformative — and it is changing the Jewish world.
These 36 community-building leaders have studied in Spertus Institute’s MA in Jewish Professional Studies (MAJPS) program or Certificate in Jewish Leadership program, a joint venture of Spertus Institute and Northwestern University. The work they do (and the work of their fellow students and alumni) is necessary, far-reaching, and transformative.
One Book | One Community 2017
In this year's pick, Windy City Blues, author Renée Rosen slyly knits a small crew of fictional characters into the real lives of musical icons Muddy Waters, Etta James, and Chuck Berry, along with Leonard and Phil Chess of Chess Records.
Letter from the President — Fall 2017
I have long believed that the identification, training, and nurturing of the next generation of leaders is critical to an organization’s future. These responsibilities are not tangential; they are the very definition of what it means to lead effectively.
Jewish Literacy for Jewish Professionals
By Spertus Director of Enrollment Management Anita Silvert for eJewish Philanthropy — Cultural literacy is vital to feeling part of a group, part of a community.
36 Ways Spertus Students & Alumni Are Changing the World
These 36 community-building leaders have studied at Spertus Institute. The work they do is necessary, far-reaching, and transformative — and it is changing the Jewish world.
Spertus Welcomes New Trustees
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership proudly welcomes four new members — Lauri Konik Zessar, Dr. Michele Sackheim Wein, Odette Olson, and Dr. Jessica Lederhausen — to its Board of Trustees.
Student Profile: Ellie Gettinger
Ellie Gettinger is the Education Director of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. As a student in Spertus Institute's graduate program for Jewish professionals, she's adding new knowledge to her already considerable expertise.
Interview with author Renée Rosen
In this year's pick, Windy City Blues, author Renée Rosen slyly knits a small crew of fictional characters into the real lives of musical icons Muddy Waters, Etta James, and Chuck Berry, along with Leonard and Phil Chess of Chess Records.
Commencement Remarks, Israel, 2017
Read remarks from Spertus President and CEO Dr. Hal M. Lewis to the first group of Israeli students to complete Spertus Institute's professional leadership program.
Gender Issues
By Dr. Hal M. Lewis — As a Professor and the CEO of an Institute dedicated to growing lay and professional leaders, I am increasingly concerned that even our most enlightened programs are failing to address critical issues related to gender in the nonprofit workplace.
Alumni Profile: Lillian Brodkey, Class of 1937
Happy 100th birthday to Spertus Alumna Lillian Brodkey, a remarkable woman whose studies with us in the 1930s launched a lifetime of Jewish learning and leadership.