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Home » Spertus Institute

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Posted inArts & Culture

Ellen Rothenberg finds new ways to view the refugee crisis in ISO 6346: ineluctable immigrant

by Aimee Levitt January 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Spertus reopens its gallery with an installation that blends the past and present.

Posted inNews & Politics

Is this the year the Cubs win it for Judith Sherwin?

by Tal Rosenberg July 7, 2016August 18, 2021

As the All-Star break approaches, the team is currently the best in baseball. But for a diehard fan of nearly 60 years, a Cubs World Series wouldn’t change a thing.

Posted inBlogs

Spertus’s first Sunday Cinema series takes audiences on journeys

by Andrea Gronvall February 12, 2016August 18, 2021

The films in the Jewish museum’s series all address expeditions taken by its protagonists and makers.

Posted inBlogs

Laura Frankel’s Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes aren’t just for Shabbat

by Mike Sula November 13, 2015August 18, 2021

The chef at Wolfgang Puck’s Kosher Catering at the Spertus Institute shares a recipe for dafina.

Posted inBlogs

I went to the movies and saw my grandmother get stabbed to death

by Ben Sachs November 3, 2014August 18, 2021

On how my grandmother acted in the Yiddish-language musical Kol Nidre

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sun 1/13: Indoor farmers’ markets, Nerds at Heart, and Jonathan Safran Foer

by Drew Hunt January 13, 2013August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013

Posted inBlogs

All this and air-conditioning too: the week’s movies

by J.R. Jones July 27, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Irrational exuberance, institutional scale

by Deanna Isaacs February 8, 2012August 19, 2021

Like Roosevelt University, Spertus Institute went deeply in debt for a new building

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Food and Drink Events

by Sam Worley March 31, 2011August 19, 2021

Jelly bean cakes, Passover lessons, beer dinners, and more.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Food and Drink Events

by Sam Worley January 20, 2011August 19, 2021

A Greek food fair, an oyster tasting, a braising class, and more.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Food and Drink Events

by Sam Worley December 16, 2010August 19, 2021

An African luncheon, a warehouse sale, a whiskey tasting, and more.

Posted inBlogs

This Week’s Food and Drink Events

by Sam Worley August 12, 2010August 19, 2021

Farm dinners, fish dinner, wine dinners, and more.

Laura Frankel
Posted inArts & Culture

Chicago Earth Day Events

by Lauri Apple April 15, 2010August 19, 2021

The celebration turns 40 this year.

Posted inBlogs

Wolfgang Puck goes kosher downtown

by Elizabeth Tamny April 13, 2007August 19, 2021

Wolfgang Puck to open downtown kosher cafe.

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