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. 11
