History
The organization was founded in 2002 by Dr. Edward Beck, Dr. Judith Jacobson, Columbia University and Dr. Ruth Contreras of Vienna Austria. Members of the Board of Directors have included: Matthias Küntzel, Ernest Sternberg, Laurie Zoloth, Gerald M. Steinberg, Efraim Karsh, Daniel Pipes, Richard Landes, Stanley Dubinsky, John R. Cohn, Rev. India E. Garnett, G. Don Morris, Leila Beckwith, Joel Fishman, Richard Cravatts, Philip Carl Salzman, Donna Robinson Divine, Kenneth L. Marcus, David Menashri, Tammi Rossman Benjamin and many others. The organization states that it has nearly 40,000 members from 3000 campuses worldwide. Its network includes college and university presidents and Nobel Laureates.
In 2008, SPME was in a partnership with Jewish National Fund. MediaWatch International, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, Technion, Ben Gurion University and University of Haifa initiated the Faculty Fellowship to Israel Summer Institute. The Program was offered again in 2010
In, November 2009, Dr. Edward Beck stepped down as Founding President and became President Emeritus. He was succeeded by Prof. Rabbi Peter Haas of Case Western Reserve University who stepped down in 2011 and was succeed by Stanley Dubinsky of the University of South Carolina and Judith Jacobson, Columbia University who served as President Pro-Tems until a new President was elected in January 2012. At that time, Richard Cravatts, of Simmons College in Boston, was elected as the new President. The other current officers are Judith Jacobson, Columbia University, Vice President for Internal Relations; Ruth Contreras, Vienna, Austria, Secretary; and Shlomo Dubnov, University of California San Diego, Treasurer. Asaf Amirowsky serves as Acting Executive Director
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