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Film | Discussion Making TroubleThree Generations of Funny Jewish WomenSunday, December 13, 2009 - 5:00 pm At the legendary Katz’s deli in New York, four of today’s funniest Jewish... More > |
Performance Vagabond OperaThursday, November 19, 2009 - 5:00 pm Vagabond Opera presented Old World Music with New World Flair—lusty voices... More > |
Lecture | Discussion An Evening with Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgSunday, September 13, 2009 - 7:00 pm Spertus provided a rare... More > |
Lecture | Discussion True Torah or Living Torah?Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 5:00 pm Is scholarship the sole motive for religious law or are there other... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Evan Fallenberg on Light FellSunday, July 12, 2009 - 3:00 pm What happens when love, faith, and desire pull in fiercely different... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Danya Ruttenberg on Surprised by GodTuesday, June 2, 2009 - 5:00 pm [AUDIO] Rabbi Ruttenberg discussed her journey, a story... More > |
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 > |
