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Uncovered & Rediscovered: Stories of Jewish Chicago
Uncovered & Rediscovered: Stories of Jewish Chicago
Chapter Four: Let There Be Learning
Uncovered & Rediscovered was part of an evolving eight-part exhibit that explores the Chicago Jewish experience. The exhibit unfolds over time in a series of intimate chapters (each on display for 3-6 months in the ground floor vestibule of the Spertus building). Admission including a multi-media screening station on the second floor, is free.
Let There Be Learning explored the importance of education for Chicago’s Jewish community. It shared the stories of the educational modes and models implemented by Chicago’s Jews, from the settlement houses and Yiddish folk schools in the early days of Jewish Chicago to groundbreaking educational initiatives being undertaken today. With artifacts from notable Chicago Jewish institutions, this chapter of Uncovered & Rediscovered looked at education as a vehicle for forging a new American identity, as a means of preserving cherished Jewish traditions, and as an avenue for Jewish community invovlement.
Visit the Uncovered & Rediscovered exhibit page for a slideshow gallery of highlights from past chapters and for the Chicago Jewish Memory Map, a custom interactive map of personal stories of Chicago Jewish life. MORE>
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Spertus exhibits supported, in part, by a CityArts Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and by the Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation.
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