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Lecture | Discussion

Paul and Judaism

Ten New Perspectives

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture is an annual program that... More >

Lecture | Discussion

From People to Purpose

The New Ethos of Innovative Jewish Leaders

Monday, March 8, 2010 - 3:00 pm

[AUDIO] Jewish leaders under age 40 have created new... More >

Author Event | Booksigning

A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs

Sunday, February 14, 2010 (All day)

[AUDIO] David Lehman imparted some of his vast knowledge in... More >

Seminar

The Economic Downturn and the Future of the American Jewish Community

Monday, February 8, 2010 - 9:00 am

[AUDIO] Dr. Sarna examined the economic downturn and its... More >

Mini-course

Home and Identity

Monday, February 1, 2010 - 3:00 pm

This mini-course taught by Dr. Miriam Ben-Yoseph, co-editor with Deborah... More >

Lecture | Discussion

In Behalf of the Israelites

Abraham Lincoln’s Jewish Controversies & He Was Like One of Us: American Jewry and the Idealization of Abraham Lincoln

Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 7:00 pm

Dr. Gary Zola explored issues about why so many of Lincoln’s Jewish... More >

Author Event | Booksigning

36 Arguments for the Existence of God

Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 7:00 pm

[AUDIO] Award-winning author Rebecca Goldstein spoke at... More >

Author Event | Booksigning

Louis D. Brandeis

A Life

Monday, December 14, 2009 - 7:00 pm

[AUDIO] Author Melvin I. Urofsky came to Spertus to discuss... More >

Film | Discussion

Making Trouble

Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

Sunday, December 13, 2009 - 5:00 pm

At the legendary Katz’s deli in New York, four of today’s funniest Jewish... More >

Performance

Vagabond Opera

Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 5:00 pm

Vagabond Opera presented Old World Music with New World Flair—lusty voices... More >

Lecture | Discussion

An Evening with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 7:00 pm

Spertus provided a rare... More >

Lecture | Discussion

True Torah or Living Torah?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 5:00 pm

Is scholarship the sole motive for religious law or are there other... More >

Author Event | Booksigning

Evan Fallenberg on Light Fell

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 3:00 pm

What happens when love, faith, and desire pull in fiercely different... More >

Author Event | Booksigning

Danya Ruttenberg on Surprised by God

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 - 5:00 pm

[AUDIO] Rabbi Ruttenberg discussed her journey, a story... More >

Panel | Discussion

Beyond Distancing

What it Means if American Jews Detach from Israel

Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 2:00 pm

[AUDIO] Major sociological and demographic surveys have... More >

Author Event | Booksigning

Josh Kun on And You Shall Know Us By The Trail of Our Vinyl

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 6:30 pm

[AUDIO] With music and visual images, Josh Kun shared how... More >

Mini-course

Gender and Judaism

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 3:00 pm

Students explored representative changes, innovations, and revivals of... More >

Film | Discussion

Rescuing Hope

Learning from the Heroes of the Holocaust

Sunday, April 19, 2009 - 5:00 pm

Author and scholar Dr. Patrick Henry presented a special program on rescuers... More >

Mini-course

Comparative Judaism

Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 1:00 pm

This course examined the major movements within American Judaism.

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