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Panel | Discussion Beyond DistancingWhat it Means if American Jews Detach from IsraelSunday, May 17, 2009 - 2:00 pm [AUDIO] Major sociological and demographic surveys have... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Josh Kun on And You Shall Know Us By The Trail of Our VinylWednesday, May 6, 2009 - 6:30 pm [AUDIO] With music and visual images, Josh Kun shared how... More > |
Mini-course Gender and JudaismThursday, April 23, 2009 - 3:00 pm Students explored representative changes, innovations, and revivals of... More > |
Film | Discussion Rescuing HopeLearning from the Heroes of the HolocaustSunday, April 19, 2009 - 5:00 pm Author and scholar Dr. Patrick Henry presented a special program on rescuers... More > |
Mini-course Comparative JudaismThursday, March 5, 2009 - 1:00 pm This course examined the major movements within American Judaism. More > |
Lecture | Discussion Israel’s Conversion CrisisConstructing Jewish Identity in a Pluralist AgeSunday, February 22, 2009 - 5:00 pm Israel’s Conversion Courts had applied an inclusive approach to converting... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning My Father’s ParadiseSunday, January 25, 2009 - 5:00 pm [AUDIO] Ariel Sabar discussed his book, My Father's... More > |
Performance Y-Love and DiwonThursday, January 8, 2009 - 7:00 pm Hip Hop revolutionaries Y-Love and Diwon performed at Spertus. More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Resurrecting HebrewSunday, December 14, 2008 - 5:00 pm [AUDIO] The stirring story of how Hebrew was transformed... More > |
Special Event Refuge DeniedThe Search for the Passengers of the St. LouisWednesday, December 3, 2008 - 5:00 pm In May 1939, the Cuban government turned away Hamburg-America Line's MS St.... More > |
Mini-course The Making of HanukkahMonday, December 1, 2008 - 5:00 pm Participants explored texts and discovered how Jews changed the meaning of... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Calvin and the JewsSunday, November 23, 2008 - 5:00 pm Dr. Dean Bell explored Calvin’s writings and his impact on Christian/Jewish... More > |
Lecture | Discussion From Maimonides to MicrosoftThe Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of PrintMonday, October 27, 2008 - 5:00 pm The 12th Annual Conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association, which... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Benjamin DisraeliThe Imagination of PowerSunday, October 19, 2008 - 3:00 pm [AUDIO] Author Adam Kirsch illustrated how Disraeli turned... More > |
Symposium Judaism and PsychoanalysisA Continuing DialogueSunday, October 5, 2008 (All day) An innovative conference featured a discussion about the relationship... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Jewish Life in Small-Town AmericaSunday, September 21, 2008 - 3:00 pm Dr. Lee Shai Weissbach discussed how small-town life differed from the... More > |
Lecture | Discussion The Jewish Graphic NovelSunday, September 14, 2008 - 2:00 pm [AUDIO] Dr. Rachel Rubinstein introduced Jewish... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Private Lives of Public FiguresHow Moral Do Our Leaders Need To Be?Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 5:00 pm Dr. Hal M. Lewis lead a discussion looking at classical... More > |
Performance Michael Tilson Thomas and the ThomashefskysMusic and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish TheaterTuesday, May 27, 2008 - 7:00 pm Spertus was proud to host Michael Tilson Thomas in a discussion with Chicago... More > |
Performance Imaginary Coordinates: A Concert and ConversationTuesday, May 6, 2008 - 7:00 pm Andrew Patner and Mina Zikri curated a program of music and conversation in... More > |
