Educators and Thought Leaders

Jewish Learning for Jewish Adults New Approaches for New Times

For those who work in the Jewish communal world, the website eJewishPhilanthropy.com is an important industry resource. In a recent opinion piece, Spertus Director of Jewish Studies Dr. David N. Gottlieb challenged fellow educators to creatively incorporate sources, mediums, and materials that reflect the rich variety of Jewish life and experiences. Read Gottlieb’s piece at spertus.edu/news

Every year, Spertus partners with the Archdiocese of Chicago and a committee of local organizations on the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture, which continues the Catholic-Jewish dialogue that Cardinal Bernardin advocated. Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Associate Professor of Theology at Fordham University, will deliver this year’s lecture, hosted online by DePaul University, on March 22. See spertus.edu for details.

Spertus continues to add new talent to our faculty roster

Mordy Walfish is the newest member of the Spertus faculty, where he teaches Strategic Management to our MA in Jewish Professional Studies students. Walfish is the Chief Operating Officer of Leading Edge, an organization that strengthens how Jewish nonprofits attract, develop, and retain top talent. He previously served as VP for Programs at Repair the World, where he played a key role in the organization’s redesign and oversaw community-based service programs. Walfish has an MPA (Master of Public Administration) from NY University and was a Schusterman and Wexner Graduate Fellow. He is board chair emeritus of JQY, which serves LGBTQ youth in the Jewish community.

At our core—learning with lasting impact

For nearly 100 years, Spertus Institute has been dedicated to learning that is rich, rigorous, and deeply relevant to the issues that shape Jewish life.

While we proudly present programs in an array of formats—for participants in Chicago and around the world—at our core are the degree and certificate programs that offer students the opportunity to passionately engage with Jewish ideas in the service of their personal and professional advancement.

Learn about these opportunities at spertus.edu or contact Assistant Director for Recruitment Amie Barrish at abarrish@spertus.edu.