In 2005, the Arthur J. Naparstek Scholarship Fund (the “Naparstek Fund”) was established at the Mandel Center through significant gifts from the Mandel Supporting Foundations and several other donors.  The Naparstek Fund was established to honor the high ideals and standards exemplified by Arthur J. Naparstek. The funds are to be used for direct scholarship support for highly talented students enrolling in the Master of Nonprofit Organizations degree program, with first preference given to a student from the State of Israel.

Arthur J. Naparstek was a professor and former Dean of the Case School of Applied Social Science (now the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences).  Professor Naparstek worked for over four decades in neighborhood revitalization through educational activities and community work both in the United States and in Israel.  As past chairman of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland’s Partnership 2000, Professor Naparstek played a key role in strengthening the economic base of the northern Israeli city of Beit Sha’en and the surrounding region. He also served as Senior Vice President for the United Jewish Communities (UJC) where he helped connect North America Jewish Federations with Israel and Jewish communities throughout the world. Professor Naparstek was also directly involved in the formation of the Mandel Center.

For more information on the Mandel Center’s graduate programs, visit www.case.edu/mandelcenter/grad.
For more information on the Naparstek Fund, contact the Center’s Director of Recruitment at 1-800-435-6669.