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Boundary-breaking Interfaith Youth Core leader Eboo Patel asserts the need for building bridges at Spertus Institute’s 2020 Leadership Forum.
At the start of 2020, a year in which a contentious election threatens to exacerbate fractures already dividing our country, Spertus Institute presents Eboo Patel, the boundary-breaking founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, to convey the idea that religion can be a bridge, not a barrier.
Spertus Institute announces that its world-class, career-boosting Master of Arts in Jewish Professional Studies (MAJPS) is now available to participants from across North America. Courses begin March 22, 2020.
Spertus Institute announces that its world-class, career-boosting Master of Arts in Jewish Professional Studies (MAJPS) is now available to participants from across North America.
The program is designed so students don’t need to move or leave their jobs. Coursework has immediate application (a signature of the Spertus experience), with projects designed so students can use their own institutions as learning laboratories.
Recent case studies by NY-based Leading Edge highlight CEO transitions at Jewish organizations. The Spertus case study features the transition from Hal Lewis to Dean Bell as an example of best practice.
New York-based Leading Edge released a series of powerful case studies profiling CEO transitions at six different major Jewish organizations across the country, including Chicago’s Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. The Spertus case study features the transition from Dr. Hal M. Lewis to Dr. Dean P. Bell as an example of best practice.
Award-winning journalist Howard Reich discusses life, hope, and his friendship with Elie Wiesel, the subject of his new book. For Jewish Book Month, Reich will appear at Spertus Institute on December 15.
Award-winning journalist Howard Reich discusses life, hope, and his friendship with Elie Wiesel, the subject of his new book. For Jewish Book Month, Reich will appear at Spertus Institute on December 15.
Interfaith Leadership in the Time of Tribalism
Boundary-breaking Interfaith Youth Core leader Eboo Patel asserts the need for building bridges at Spertus Institute’s 2020 Leadership Forum.
For communal professionals across North America
Spertus Institute announces that its world-class, career-boosting Master of Arts in Jewish Professional Studies (MAJPS) is now available to participants from across North America. Courses begin March 22, 2020.
Case study cites Spertus leadership transition as best practice
Recent case studies by NY-based Leading Edge highlight CEO transitions at Jewish organizations. The Spertus case study features the transition from Hal Lewis to Dean Bell as an example of best practice.
Interview with Chicago Tribune journalist Howard Reich
Award-winning journalist Howard Reich discusses life, hope, and his friendship with Elie Wiesel, the subject of his new book. For Jewish Book Month, Reich will appear at Spertus Institute on December 15.
New Exhibition: From Here to There
Opening September 23 in Spertus Institute's Ground Level Arts Lab, visitors will see works by four contemporary Chicago artists—Linda Robinson Gordon, Ellen Holtzblatt, Lilach Schrag, and Michelle Stone—in a new multimedia exhibition.
Letter from the President — Winter/Spring 2019
"Spertus is an institution driven by values," says Spertus President and CEO Dr. Dean P. Bell. "We are committed to advancing Jewish communal leadership and making a real difference in people’s lives."
Fundraisers Forum
Are you a nonprofit professional or lay leader with a sneaking suspicion that your organization isn’t leveraging its volunteer leadership as much as it could be? This September program is for you.
In Memoriam – Rabbi Dr. Peter Knobel
Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership mourns the loss of our long-time friend and faculty member, Rabbi Dr. Peter Knobel.
Letter from the President — Summer/Fall 2019
Each year Spertus Institute identifies a catalyzing theme that addresses important issues in our educational offerings. This year’s coalescing theme is community.
Is today's antisemitism something new?
What are the distinctive characteristics of antisemitism today? To address this question, Spertus Institute presents two leaders in the field, Indiana University Professors Dr. Mark Roseman and Dr. Günther Jikeli.