Certificate in Jewish Leadership
Gain new strengths professionally and personally. Discover your own leadership style and build on your unique aptitudes.
Presented by Spertus Institute in partnership with Northwestern University for the professionals, trustees, and lay leaders of Jewish organizations.
Learn to manage challenge and change from a position of strength.
Complete your certificate in 3 months and put your new skills to work.
Be part of an engaging, skill-building, interactive learning experience.
View the video above to hear what Certificate in Jewish Leadership students have to say.
Take the Next Step on Your Leadership Trajectory
- Participants learn to manage challenge and change from a position of strength
- Courses meet during seminars at our downtown Chicago campus or online, to accommodate the schedules of busy professionals.
- Faculty members are leading real-world practitioners who draw from extensive nonprofit, foundation, and corporate experience.
- Learn with a cohort of Jewish organizational leaders from across North America and beyond.
Cohort 18 Program Dates
This is a hybrid program with six online sessions plus one 3-day seminar at Spertus’ award-winning campus in Chicago. The session dates are:
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6-9 pm CST (online)
- Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 6-9 pm CST (online)
- Monday, June 9 – Wednesday, June 11, 2025: Seminar at Spertus in Chicago
- Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 6-9 pm. CST (online)
- Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6-9 pm. CST (online)
- Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 6-9 pm. CST (online)
- Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 6-9 pm CST (online)
You will be surrounded by colleagues interested in pursuing change in themselves to bring out change in others.
RABBI DR. GAVRIEL BROWN
Head of School
Margolin Hebrew Academy, Memphis
Program Components
One of the most effective programs I’ve had the opportunity to be part of.
REBECCA LENKIEWICZ
Donor Engagement Manager
JCC Chicago
Cost
The total cost of the program is $2,500 which includes tuition. For those cohorts that include an in-person seminar, this includes seminar meals, but not transportation or lodging. Professionals on staff at a Jewish organization can apply for a Certificate in Jewish Leadership Scholarship of up to $500.
Next Step
Click the button below to make an appointment to talk to Amie Barrish, Associate Director for Recruitment, to find out if the Certificate in Jewish Leadership is right for you.
Ready to Apply?
Application Deadlines
- February 10, 2025 — Preferred Admission Deadline
($50 application fee waived) - March 31, 2025 — Final Application Deadline
Certificate in Jewish Leadership Learning Outcomes
Certificate in Jewish Leadership students learn to:
- Understand the key qualities of effective leadership
- Understand what it means to be an effective Jewish leader
- Apply models and frameworks to practical, real-time leadership challenges
- Demonstrate effective communications skills
- Sharpen ability to lead through influence v. authority
- Be able to implement visioning and planning processes
- Develop change management strategies
- Know how to build effective teams
- Learn to supervise more effectively
- Understand ethical principles and how to apply them
- Develop techniques for better relations with lay boards
