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Email spertusPR@spertus.edu or call Susan Baum, Media Relations Manager, at 312.322.1724 if you need assistance or further information.

Celebrate Passover

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Passover!

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Spertus is Coming to Your Neighborhood!

Initiative brings creative Jewish learning opportunities to northside and suburban locations. Begins with partnership between Spertus and North Suburban Synagogue Beth El in Highland Park.

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What Does It Say To You? Exhibition and Related Programs

Exhibition invites visitors to share their impressions. Special exhibition-related programs offered second Thursday of every month invite visitors to explore the ways we experience objects and the roles they play in our lives.

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Ground Level Projects continues

Ground Level Projects continues with a new video by Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus. Entitled The top of the tree gazed upon by Anne Frank while in hiding (Amsterdam 2008), this work is on display through January 17, 2010. An installation by artist Jan Tichy follows from March 10 through June 27, 2010.

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Spertus Awarded Silver LEED Certification

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies is pleased to announce it has been awarded the Silver Level LEED® certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Changes to Hours/Programming for Spertus Museum and Gray Children's Center

In July, the Gray Children's Center at Spertus shifts from being open for drop-in visits to being open instead for facilitated family programs. In the fall, Spertus Museum's main galleries will shift to a similar programmatic model.

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Spertus Announces New President. Dr. Howard A. Sulkin Appointed Chancellor.

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies names Dr. Hal M. Lewis, an expert on Jewish organizational leadership, its eighth President. Dr. Howard A. Sulkin becomes the Institute's Chancellor.


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About Spertus

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