Past Public Programs
The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Public Program Department offers audiocassettes of many past programs for purchase. Please contact Beth Schenker at 312.322.1743 or bschenker@spertus.edu for more information.
The following is a list of past Spertus programs. Click on title for archived program description.
Jewish Book Club
Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century
Wednesday, April 16
Lecture | Demonstration | Booksigning
Unbuttoned
Clothes and the Making of American Jewish Comedy
Sunday, April 13
Panel Discussion
Re-envisioning Difference
Notes from the Forefront of Culturally Specific Museums
Thursday, April 10
Discussion | Performance
Osvaldo Golijov
Jewish Influences in My Music
Sunday, April 6
Mini-Course
Women Reading and Interpreting Torah
April 1-29
Lecture | Demonstration
The Children of Esther
Ancient and Contemporary Jewish Contributions to Persian Culture
Sunday, March 23
Jewish Book Club
The Misunderstood Jew
Wednesday, March 19
Lecture
Zionist Dreams, Israeli Nightmares?
Sunday, March 9
Lecture
David A. Hollinger on Post-Jewish Themes
in Modern American History
Thursday, March 6
Performance | Booksigning
Extraordinary Women of the Bible
Sunday, March 2
Lecture
Reflections on Jewish-Catholic Relations
Tuesday, February 26
Lecture
A Century of Israeli Music
Sunday, February 24
Lecture | Reception | Booksigning
Acclaimed Journalist and Biographer Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's Relevance for Today
Thursday, February 21
Mini-Course
The Ideology and Ethics of War in Jewish Law and Lore
February 18-21
Film | Panel Discussion
Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision
Sunday February, 10
Performance
Vanessa Hidary: The Hebrew Mamita
Saturday, February 9
Illustrated Lecture | Booksigning
Israel Through My Lens
With photojournalist David Rubinger and Ruth Corman
Sunday, February 3
Lecture
Paul Goldberger on Contemporary Jewish Architecture
Sunday, January 27
Jewish Book Club
Among the Righteous
Lost Stories From the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands
Wednesday, January 23
Lecture | Lesson
A Brief History of Jewish Dance
Sunday, January 20
Comedy Performance
Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour
Saturday, January 12