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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.
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.
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.
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.
Today’s resurgence of antisemitism is regularly in the news. Is this wave the same as previous peaks in antisemitism, or is it a different problem with its own distinctive characteristics?
To address this question, Spertus Institute presents two leaders in the field, Indiana University Professors Dr. Mark Roseman and Dr. Günther Jikeli. Roseman will discuss themes of continuity and change in antisemitism over the last centuries, while Jikeli will draw on his recent research to analyze characteristics of today’s antisemitism.
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.
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—who explore the relationship between the physical and the spiritual.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Global Center for Jewish Leadership
Spertus students and alumni serve Jewish organizations of every size and description, in our hometown of Chicago, and—without exaggeration or hyperbole—around the world.
Spertus Institute Welcomes New Trustees
Spertus Institute proudly welcomes two new board members—Barbara Grant Bereskin, Principal and Founder of Lincoln Avenue Partners, and Spertus alumna Marilyn Diamond, Honorary Consul General for Morocco in Illinois.