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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.
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.
Film director Miguel Kohan takes viewers on a voyage of discovery, unearthing Jewish history in South America and the Caribbean extending back to the time of the Spanish Inquisition.
Spertus Institute proudly presents the North American Premiere of the 2019 Spanish language documentary, La Experiencia Judia De Basavilbaso a Nueva Amsterdam (The Jewish Experience from Basavilbaso to New Amsterdam). The film’s award-winning director, Miguel Kohan, takes viewers on a rare voyage of discovery, unearthing Jewish history in the Americas extending back to the time of the Spanish Inquisition.
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.
Spertus Institute proudly welcomes two new members—Barbara Grant Bereskin, Principal and Founder of Lincoln Avenue Partners, and Spertus alumna Marilyn Diamond, Honorary Consul General for Morocco in Illinois—to its Board of Trustees.
New for communal professionals all 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.
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.
The Jewish Experience: North American Premiere
Film director Miguel Kohan takes viewers on a voyage of discovery, unearthing Jewish history in South America and the Caribbean extending back to the time of the Spanish Inquisition.
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.
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 Jewish Leadership Seminar
Spertus Institute was thrilled to present the Kaplan Leadership Initiative's first Global Jewish Leadership Seminar with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). This program serves Jewish professionals in Europe, Russia, the FSU, and Latin America.
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.
Is today's antisemitism something new?
Is today’s resurgence of antisemitism the same as previous peaks, 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 Mark Roseman and Günther Jikeli.
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.
The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt extended through August 18
Spertus Institute's Ground Level Arts Lab exhibition The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt has been extended through August 18, 2019.