Programs & Events

Past

Film Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness A film by Joseph Dorman Friday, August 26, 2011 (All day) - Thursday, September 15, 2011 (All day) This acclaimed film tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an... More >	Panel \| Discussion Memory and Reflections Viewing the Holocaust on Stage and Screen Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 6:30 pm A compelling evening examines the impact and complexity of memory in the... More >
Lecture Rooted Judaism Exploring Jewish Connections to the Land Sunday, July 10, 2011 - 12:00 pm Farmer and environmentalist Elan Margulies invites you to learn the rich... More >	Certificate Workshop Health and Healing in Judaism Thursday, July 7, 2011 (All day) - Thursday, July 14, 2011 (All day) What does Judaism have to say about health and healing? How can faith... More >
Mini-course Spertus In the Suburbs Rethinking Jewish History Exciting and Untold Chapters of the Jewish Past Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 11:00 am - 1:00 pm This innovative mini-course examined four intriguing themes in Jewish... More >	Lecture The Intersection of Religion and Health Care Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 2:00 pm When we need to grapple with significant health issues, what shapes our... More >
Lecture An Accidental Anarchist How I Got Drawn into the Lazarus Averbuch Affair Sunday, June 12, 2011 - 2:00 pm Dr. Joe Kraus, co-author of An Accidental Anarchist, talked about his book... More >	Lecture \| Discussion From Victims of Nazism to Survivors of the Holocaust Jewish Displaced Persons in Germany, 1945-1957 Sunday, May 1, 2011 - 2:00 pm In commemoration of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Spertus... More >
Cooking Passover Boot Camp Chef Laura Spices Up Passover Traditions Tuesday, April 5, 2011 - 6:30 pm Chef Laura Frankel showed how to make confit vegetables, poached fish, and... More >	Lecture \| Discussion Israel's Ellis Island The Challenges of Aliya and Acclimation at Sha'ar ha-Aliya Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 2:00 pm Sha'ar ha-Aliya’s story is revealing of central defining themes that Israel... More >
Exhibit Uncovered & Rediscovered: Stories of Jewish Chicago Chapter Three: North, South, East, And West Sunday, April 3, 2011 (All day) - Thursday, September 22, 2011 (All day) Third chapter of the Uncovered & Rediscovered exhibit displays... More >	Lecture \| Discussion On the Threshold of Forgiveness Law and Narrative in the Talmud Monday, March 21, 2011 - 7:00 pm The 2011 Bernardin lecture was delivered by Dr. Moshe Halbertal, Gruss... More >
Lecture \| Discussion Spertus In the Suburbs The Dean of Chicago Jewish Artists Todros Geller & the Chicago Context Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 7:45 pm Artist Todros Geller worked in a range of media and pursued subjects and... More >	Lecture \| Discussion Music in the Nazi Ghettos and Camps An Advocacy of Life Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 6:30 pm During the Nazi occupation of Europe, music materialized in various ways... More >
Symposium A Jewish Theologian in Chicago Themes in the Thought of Eliezer Berkovits Monday, March 7, 2011 - 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm [AUDIO] This symposium brought together leading scholars to... More >	Performance Spertus In the Suburbs Three Jewish Composers - Three Centuries Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 2:00 pm Pianist Inna Faliks gave a rare musical exploration of three outstanding... More >
Lecture \| Discussion The Medieval Haggadah Art, Narrative, and Religious Imagination Tuesday, February 22, 2011 - 12:00 pm Dr. Marc Michael Epstein shared images from beautiful medieval haggadot (... More >	Film \| Discussion U.S. Premiere! Finding Leah Tickotsky: A Discovery of Heritage in Poland Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 6:30 pm Sarah Golabek-Goldman produced Finding Leah Tickotsky, a documentary that... More >
Author Event \| Booksigning When Oysters Were Kosher The 19th-Century Reform Jewish Kitchen Sunday, December 19, 2010 - 2:00 pm Aunt Babette’s Cook Book provided the 19th-century Jewish homemaker with... More >	Author Event \| Booksigning Lenin, Jews, and Communism Sunday, December 5, 2010 - 2:00 pm For 100 years there have been rumors that Vladimir Lenin was of Jewish... More >