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.
An All–Ages Event
Something Else!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Author Event | Booksigning
Resurrecting Hebrew
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Author Event | Booksigning
Two Memories
Growing Up Jewish and Female in Chicago
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Special Program | Booksigning
Refuge Denied:
The Search for the Passengers of the St. Louis
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Jewish Book Club
Dignity of Differenece
How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Mini-Course
Making of Hanukkah
Mondays, December 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2008
Lecture
Calvin and the Jews
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Lecture
Literary Archaeology
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Exhibition-Related Program | Reception
Seminal Notions
The Idea and Practice of Perspective
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Lecture | Booksigning
Modern Philosophy and
the Rise of Secularism
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Panel Discussion | Booksigning
Polytheism/Monotheism
Monday, November 3, 2008
Spertus | Lectures
From Maimonides to Microsoft:
The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print
Monday, October 27, 2008
Spertus | Author Event | Booksigning
Benjamin Disraeli:
The Imagination of Power
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Spertus | All Day Conference
Judaism and Psychoanalysis:
A Continuing Dialogue
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Spertus | Teacher Open House
Educator Reception and Workshop
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Spertus | Jewish Studies | Chicago
Mini-Courses
Sundays, September 7, 21, October 5, 19, November 2, 2008
Spertus | Author Event | Booksigning
Jewish Life in Small Town America
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Spertus Gourmet
Two Tarts Cooking
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Multimedia | Lecture
The Jewish Graphic Novel
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Spertus | Film | Discussion
Hats of Jerusalem
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Opening Reception | Lecture
Depot Display
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Lecture | Discussion | Study Session
Private Lives of Public Figures:
How Moral Do Our Leaders Need To Be?
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Author Event | Booksigning
Louis Zukofsky
The Modernist Poet as Jew
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Book Launch
Celebrate Student Authors
in North Lawndale
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Multimedia Presentation
Michael Tilson Thomas and the Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of Life in the Yiddish Theater
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Radio Program Screening | Discussion
The Lemon Tree
Monday, May 19, 2008
Jewish Book Club
Rashi's Daughters
Book 1: Joheved
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Mother's Day at Spertus
Join Us for Mother's Day Brunch!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Performance
Imaginary Coordinates
A Concert and Conversation
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Mini-Course
A Short History of Anti-Semitism
Monday, May 5, 2008
Yom HaShoah
(Holocaust Remembrance Day) Program
Poetry of the Holocaust
New Texts and Enduring Debates
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Exhibition Opening
Counter Cartographies of Ambivalence
Opening Reception and Program
with Irit Rogoff
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Jewish Book Club
Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Lecture | Demonstration | Booksigning
Unbuttoned
Clothes and the Making of American Jewish Comedy
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Panel Discussion
Re-envisioning Difference
Notes from the Forefront of Culturally Specific Museums
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Discussion | Performance
Osvaldo Golijov
Jewish Influences in My Music
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Mini-Course
Women Reading and Interpreting Torah
April 1-29, 2008
Lecture | Demonstration
The Children of Esther
Ancient and Contemporary Jewish Contributions to Persian Culture
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Jewish Book Club
The Misunderstood Jew
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Lecture
Zionist Dreams, Israeli Nightmares?
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Lecture
David A. Hollinger on Post-Jewish Themes
in Modern American History
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Performance | Booksigning
Extraordinary Women of the Bible
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Lecture
Reflections on Jewish-Catholic Relations
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Lecture
A Century of Israeli Music
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Lecture | Reception | Booksigning
Acclaimed Journalist and Biographer Walter Isaacson Reveals Einstein's Relevance for Today
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Mini-Course
The Ideology and Ethics of War in Jewish Law and Lore
February 18-21, 2008
Film | Panel Discussion
Cut: Slicing Through the Myths of Circumcision
Sunday February, 10, 2008
Performance
Vanessa Hidary: The Hebrew Mamita
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Illustrated Lecture | Booksigning
Israel Through My Lens
With photojournalist David Rubinger and Ruth Corman
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Lecture
Paul Goldberger on Contemporary Jewish Architecture
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Jewish Book Club
Among the Righteous
Lost Stories From the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Lecture | Lesson
A Brief History of Jewish Dance
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Comedy Performance
Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour
Saturday, January 12, 2008