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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 > |
Lecture | Discussion Unbuttoned: Clothes and the Making of American Jewish ComedySunday, April 13, 2008 - 3:00 pm Ted Merwin explored the symbolic use of clothing in the work of such diverse... More > |
Performance Osvaldo GolijovJewish Influences in My MusicSunday, April 6, 2008 - 3:00 pm Grammy award-winning composer Osvaldo Golijov lead a conversation about the... More > |
Mini-course Women Reading and Interpreting TorahTuesday, April 1, 2008 - 2:00 pm This course investigated the history of women's Torah commentary More > |
Lecture | Discussion Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's Relevance for TodayThursday, February 21, 2008 - 5:00 pm Acclaimed Jounalist and Biographer Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's... More > |
Film | Discussion Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of CircumcisionSunday, February 10, 2008 - 7:00 pm This film asks what happens when Jewish tradition collides with modern... More > |
Performance Vanessa HidaryThe Hebrew MamitaSaturday, February 9, 2008 - 7:00 pm [VIDEO] Vanessa Hidary (the Hebrew Mamita) presented an... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Israel Through My LensSunday, February 3, 2008 - 5:00 pm Renowned photojournalist David Rubinger and coauthor Ruth Corman reflected... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Paul Goldberger on Contemporary Jewish ArchitectureSunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:00 pm Spertus welcomed esteemed writer and critic ... More > |
Lecture | Discussion A Brief History of Jewish DanceSunday, January 20, 2008 - 5:00 pm In this multimedia program, ... More > |
Performance U.S. Premiere of Israeli-Palestinian Comedy TourSaturday, January 12, 2008 - 7:00 pm The internationally acclaimed Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour came to... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Thomas L. FriedmanWednesday, 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 SpertusThursday, November 29, 2007 - 5:00 pm The Officers and Trustees of Spertus Institute with Event Chairman Andy... More > |
Exhibit The New AuthenticsArtists of the Post-Jewish GenerationTuesday, November 20, 2007 - 6:00 pm Spertus opened The New Authentics, an exhibit that explored... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Author & Journalist Christopher HitchensDo Jews Have an Atheist Gene?Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:30 pm Christopher Hitchens spoke about “Do Jews Have an Atheist Gene?” More > |
Lecture | Discussion U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay KhalilzadMonday, October 15, 2007 - 5:30 pm The Spertus Center for Public Dialogue lecture series presented a rare... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Wrestling with RashiSunday, 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 PoetrySunday, June 10, 2007 - 2:00 pm Hilda Raz and Jehanne Dubrow of the prestigious national literary quarterly... More > |
