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Past

Mini-course

Women Reading and Interpreting Torah

Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 2:00 pm

This course investigated the history of women's Torah commentary

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Lecture | Discussion

Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's Relevance for Today

Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 5:00 pm

Acclaimed Jounalist and Biographer Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's... More >

Film | Discussion

Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision

Sunday, February 10, 2008 - 7:00 pm

This film asks what happens when Jewish tradition collides with modern... More >

Performance

Vanessa Hidary

The Hebrew Mamita

Saturday, February 9, 2008 - 7:00 pm

[VIDEO] Vanessa Hidary (the Hebrew Mamita) presented an... More >

Lecture | Discussion

Israel Through My Lens

Sunday, February 3, 2008 - 5:00 pm

Renowned photojournalist David Rubinger and coauthor Ruth Corman reflected... More >

Lecture | Discussion

Paul Goldberger on Contemporary Jewish Architecture

Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:00 pm

Spertus welcomed esteemed writer and critic ... More >

Lecture | Discussion

A Brief History of Jewish Dance

Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 5:00 pm

In this multimedia program, ... More >

Performance

U.S. Premiere of Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour

Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 7:00 pm

The internationally acclaimed Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour came to... More >

Lecture | Discussion

Thomas L. Friedman

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 - 5:30 pm

Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author of ... More >

Special Event

Grand Opening Gala for the New Spertus

Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 5:00 pm

The Officers and Trustees of Spertus Institute with Event Chairman Andy... More >

Exhibit

The New Authentics

Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 6:00 pm

Spertus opened The New Authentics, an exhibit that explored... More >

Lecture | Discussion

Author & Journalist Christopher Hitchens

Do Jews Have an Atheist Gene?

Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:30 pm

Christopher Hitchens spoke about “Do Jews Have an Atheist Gene?”

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Lecture | Discussion

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 5:30 pm

The Spertus Center for Public Dialogue lecture series presented a rare... More >

Lecture | Discussion

Wrestling with Rashi

Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 3:00 pm

On the occasion of the Asher Library and Newberry Library's joint... More >

Reading

Yidishkayt Prairie Schooner Presents New Jewish Poetry

Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 2:00 pm

Hilda Raz and Jehanne Dubrow of the prestigious national literary quarterly... More >

Author Event

Kabbalah for the Curious

Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 7:00 pm

Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, is enjoying unprecedented... More >

Film | Discussion

An Architecture of Peace | Moshe Safdie, The Power of Architecture

Sunday, November 5, 2006 - 1:30 pm

In partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival

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Lecture | Discussion

Yonkle Doodle Dandy

Sunday, October 29, 2006 - 5:00 pm

Music historian Jody Rosen explored Jewish dialect songs and early 20th-... More >

Special Event

Benefit for Jewish Learning and Culture

Featuring Senior CNN News Analyst Jeff Greenfield

Friday, October 6, 2006 - 5:30 pm

Senior CNN News Analyst Jeff Greenfield addressed "Is Is there a Jewish Vote... More >

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