ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, JEREMY SPIEGEL
Jeremy’s passion for creating Jewish community and making a more equitable world for all, align in his role as Assistant Director of the JCRC.
Jeremy is a Cincinnati native excited to be returning home and joining the JCRC team. After graduating from Sycamore High School, Jeremy attended the University of Maryland where he graduated with a double degree in Journalism and History. Following college, Jeremy taught English and American culture at a Bilingual Secondary School in Madrid Spain, where he developed his passion for teaching, learning about other cultures, and traveling. Jeremy comes to the JCRC team after five years at Hillel at the University of Illinois, where he empowered Jewish student leaders to take control of their Jewish experience in college and worked with university and community partners to better Jewish life on campus. Following his work at UI, Jeremy spent two years as the Youth Engagement Director at Congregation Beth Tikvah in Columbus. Jeremy earned his master's degree in Jewish Professional Studies from the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in May.
When he is not working, you can probably find Jeremy hiking, exploring local bookstores, adding to the list of new countries and states he has visited, or commiserating over the latest Cincinnati sports heartbreak.