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Exhibit

The New Authentics

Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 6:00 pm

Spertus opened The New Authentics, an exhibit that explored... More >

Lecture | Discussion

Author & Journalist Christopher Hitchens

Do Jews Have an Atheist Gene?

Monday, November 12, 2007 - 5:30 pm

Christopher Hitchens spoke about “Do Jews Have an Atheist Gene?”

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Lecture | Discussion

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 5:30 pm

The Spertus Center for Public Dialogue lecture series presented a rare... More >

Lecture | Discussion

Wrestling with Rashi

Sunday, 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 Poetry

Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 2:00 pm

Hilda Raz and Jehanne Dubrow of the prestigious national literary quarterly... More >

Author Event

Kabbalah for the Curious

Sunday, November 19, 2006 - 7:00 pm

Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, is enjoying unprecedented... More >

Film | Discussion

An Architecture of Peace | Moshe Safdie, The Power of Architecture

Sunday, November 5, 2006 - 1:30 pm

In partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival

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Lecture | Discussion

Yonkle Doodle Dandy

Sunday, October 29, 2006 - 5:00 pm

Music historian Jody Rosen explored Jewish dialect songs and early 20th-... More >

Special Event

Benefit for Jewish Learning and Culture

Featuring Senior CNN News Analyst Jeff Greenfield

Friday, October 6, 2006 - 5:30 pm

Senior CNN News Analyst Jeff Greenfield addressed "Is Is there a Jewish Vote... More >

Author Event | Booksigning

Cathleen Falsani on The God Factor

Sunday, August 27, 2006 - 2:00 pm

Spirituality and religion play a key role in today’s United States.

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Film | Discussion

The Tribe

Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 2:00 pm

[VIDEO] An unorthodox, unauthorized factual history of the... More >

Special Event

Lee Bienstock

Being an Observant Jew on "The Apprentice"

Monday, July 31, 2006 - 5:30 pm

Apprentice runner-up Lee Bienstock did more than vie for the coveted spot on... More >

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