We are pleased to have Dr. Alan Mittleman in residence at Spertus for two days of important programs. On Sunday, September 17 Dr. Mittleman lectures on The End of Secular America.
These programs are funded, in part, by the Solomon Goldman Lecture series, endowed by Rose and the late Sidney Shure.
Lectures, Discussions, Panels
Lunch and Learn
Religion and the Public Square Program Series
- Jewish Policies and Christian Politics
- Monday, September 18
- 12 noon–1:30 pm
- $18 | $15 members
- Kosher lunch included.
- For reservations call 312.322.1743 or email rsvp@spertus.edu
In spite of whatever perception exists of America as a secular nation, for much of their experience in this country American Jews have coped with a de facto establishment of Christianity in public culture, schools, law and politics. How did Jews advance and defend their interests within this reality? What lessons does the American Jewish experience in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries hold for Jews today, when religion has returned to the public square?
Led by Alan Mittleman, this Lunch & Learn features discussion of primary source materials from different eras of American Jewish history.
Alan Mittleman is Professor of Modern Jewish Thought and Director of the Louis Finkelstein Institute at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York. He is the editor of Jewish Policy and American Civil Society, Jews and the American Public Square, and Religion as a Public Good.