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Mini-course The Making of HanukkahMonday, December 1, 2008 - 5:00 pm Participants explored texts and discovered how Jews changed the meaning of... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Calvin and the JewsSunday, November 23, 2008 - 5:00 pm Dr. Dean Bell explored Calvin’s writings and his impact on Christian/Jewish... More > |
Lecture | Discussion From Maimonides to MicrosoftThe Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of PrintMonday, October 27, 2008 - 5:00 pm The 12th Annual Conference of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association, which... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Benjamin DisraeliThe Imagination of PowerSunday, October 19, 2008 - 3:00 pm [AUDIO] Author Adam Kirsch illustrated how Disraeli turned... More > |
Symposium Judaism and PsychoanalysisA Continuing DialogueSunday, October 5, 2008 (All day) An innovative conference featured a discussion about the relationship... More > |
Author Event | Booksigning Jewish Life in Small-Town AmericaSunday, September 21, 2008 - 3:00 pm Dr. Lee Shai Weissbach discussed how small-town life differed from the... More > |
Lecture | Discussion The Jewish Graphic NovelSunday, September 14, 2008 - 2:00 pm [AUDIO] Dr. Rachel Rubinstein introduced Jewish... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Private Lives of Public FiguresHow Moral Do Our Leaders Need To Be?Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 5:00 pm Dr. Hal M. Lewis lead a discussion looking at classical... More > |
Performance Michael Tilson Thomas and the ThomashefskysMusic and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish TheaterTuesday, May 27, 2008 - 7:00 pm Spertus was proud to host Michael Tilson Thomas in a discussion with Chicago... More > |
Performance Imaginary Coordinates: A Concert and ConversationTuesday, May 6, 2008 - 7:00 pm Andrew Patner and Mina Zikri curated a program of music and conversation in... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Unbuttoned: Clothes and the Making of American Jewish ComedySunday, April 13, 2008 - 3:00 pm Ted Merwin explored the symbolic use of clothing in the work of such diverse... More > |
Performance Osvaldo GolijovJewish Influences in My MusicSunday, April 6, 2008 - 3:00 pm Grammy award-winning composer Osvaldo Golijov lead a conversation about the... More > |
Mini-course Women Reading and Interpreting TorahTuesday, April 1, 2008 - 2:00 pm This course investigated the history of women's Torah commentary More > |
Lecture | Discussion Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's Relevance for TodayThursday, February 21, 2008 - 5:00 pm Acclaimed Jounalist and Biographer Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's... More > |
Film | Discussion Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of CircumcisionSunday, February 10, 2008 - 7:00 pm This film asks what happens when Jewish tradition collides with modern... More > |
Performance Vanessa HidaryThe Hebrew MamitaSaturday, February 9, 2008 - 7:00 pm [VIDEO] Vanessa Hidary (the Hebrew Mamita) presented an... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Israel Through My LensSunday, February 3, 2008 - 5:00 pm Renowned photojournalist David Rubinger and coauthor Ruth Corman reflected... More > |
Lecture | Discussion Paul Goldberger on Contemporary Jewish ArchitectureSunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:00 pm Spertus welcomed esteemed writer and critic ... More > |
Lecture | Discussion A Brief History of Jewish DanceSunday, January 20, 2008 - 5:00 pm In this multimedia program, ... More > |
Performance U.S. Premiere of Israeli-Palestinian Comedy TourSaturday, January 12, 2008 - 7:00 pm The internationally acclaimed Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour came to... More > |
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