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Exhibit Uncovered & Rediscovered: Stories of Jewish ChicagoChapter Three: North, South, East, And WestSunday, 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 ForgivenessLaw and Narrative in the TalmudMonday, March 21, 2011 - 7:00 pm The 2011 Bernardin lecture was delivered by Dr. Moshe Halbertal, Gruss... More > |
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The Dean of Chicago Jewish ArtistsTodros Geller & the Chicago ContextSunday, 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 CampsAn Advocacy of LifeWednesday, March 9, 2011 - 6:30 pm During the Nazi occupation of Europe, music materialized in various ways... More > |
Symposium A Jewish Theologian in ChicagoThemes in the Thought of Eliezer BerkovitsMonday, March 7, 2011 - 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm [AUDIO] This symposium brought together leading scholars to... More > |
Performance
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Three Jewish Composers - Three CenturiesSunday, 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 ImaginationTuesday, 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 PolandThursday, 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 KitchenSunday, 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 CommunismSunday, December 5, 2010 - 2:00 pm For 100 years there have been rumors that Vladimir Lenin was of Jewish... More > |
Film | Discussion Prisoner of Her PastSunday, November 14, 2010 - 2:00 pm [VIDEO] Prisoner of Her Past tells the haunting story of a... More > |
Performance The Songs of SolomonA Performance of Italian Jewish Music of the BaroqueMonday, November 8, 2010 - 7:00 pm Throughout early modern Italy, musicians composed and performed music for... More > |
Performance Jewish Musicians at the Court of Henry VIIIThursday, October 28, 2010 - 6:00 pm Fretwork features six skilled string musicians who have traveled the globe... More > |
Special Event Nomadic NetworkMonday, October 25, 2010 - 12:15 pm A periodic roundtable for Chicago's Jewish professionals to gather with... More > |
Opening A Celebration of Chicago's Jewish HistorySunday, September 19, 2010 - 3:00 pm The Maxwell St. Junior Klezmer Orchestra kicked off Spertus’ multi-year... More > |
Performance Hershey Felder on the Creation of MaestroThe Art of Leonard Bernstein A Behind-the-Scenes LookThursday, September 2, 2010 - 7:00 pm In advance of performances at Ravinia, Hershey Felder came to Spertus with a... More > |
Special Event Nomadic NetworkMonday, August 30, 2010 - 12:15 pm Spertus invited Chicago's Jewish professionals to gather for periodic... More > |
Film | Discussion A Film UnfinishedSunday, August 1, 2010 - 3:00 pm After World War II, 60 minutes of raw film, shot by the Nazis propaganda... More > |
Lecture | Discussion King David, The Beloved Villain Or, What Does it Mean to be Chosen?Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 2:00 pm The Bible seems to be of two minds regarding the first successful king of... More > |
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Hard ChoicesAllocating Tzedakah in Difficult TimesSunday, June 27, 2010 - 7:45 pm Rabbi Jill Jacobs shared approaches for making tzedakah choices, both... More > |
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