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Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jan 30, 2018
Ellen Rothenberg finds new ways to view the refugee crisis in ISO 6346: ineluctable immigrant

Spertus reopens its gallery with an installation that blends the past and present.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Art Feature, Ellen Rothenberg, Spertus Institute, immigration, refugees, THFwelcome, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin Wall, Tempohome

News & Politics, Feature Jul 7, 2016
Is this the year the Cubs win it for Judith Sherwin?

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.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Feature, Judith Sherwin, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, World Series, 1969 Chicago Cubs, Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Ladies' Day, Richie Ashburn, Roosevelt University, Jason Sherwin, Rabbi Byron L. Sherwin, Spertus Institute, The Cubs and the Kabbalist, Curse of the Billy Goat, Frank Maloney

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2016
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Spertus's first Sunday Cinema series takes audiences on journeys

The films in the Jewish museum's series all address expeditions taken by its protagonists and makers.
- By Andrea Gronvall
- Tags: Film, History, Piety, Spertus Institute, Sunday Cinema, Carvalho's Journey, Solomon Nunes Carvalho, John C. Fremont, Raise the Roof, Yari Wolinsky, Rick Brown, Laura Brown, Steve Rivo, Robert Shlaer, How to Re-establish a Vodka Empire, Daniel Edelstyn, Maria Victoria Menis, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2015
Laura Frankel's Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes aren't just for Shabbat

The chef at Wolfgang Puck's Kosher Catering at the Spertus Institute shares a recipe for dafina.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Cooking, Kosher food, Laura Frankel, Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes, hamin, cholent, dafina, brisket, Shabbat, Moroccan food, huevos haminados, yaris, Shallots Bistro, Wolfgang Puck, Spertus Institute

Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2014
I went to the movies and saw my grandmother get stabbed to death

On how my grandmother acted in the Yiddish-language musical Kol Nidre
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Piety, Moviegoing, Film, Moviegoing, Yiddish cinema, Kol Nidre, Spertus Institute

Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 1/13: Indoor farmers' markets, Nerds at Heart, and Jonathan Safran Foer

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, January 13, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, farmers' markets, Logan Square Farmers' Market, Congress Theater, Green City Market, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Nerds at Heart, Christian Mingle, Alikewise, Market Pub, Star Trek, Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated, Eating Animals, Spertus Institute, Judaism Writing and Inspiration

Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2012
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All this and air-conditioning too: the week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Music Box, Chicago French Film Festival, Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin, 17 Girls, A Cat in Paris, Gene Siskel Film Center, Umberto Lenzi, Nightmare City, University of Chicago Doc Films. Hayao Miyazaki, Porco Rosso, Sacrifice movie, Chen Kaige, Farewell My Concubine, El Velador, Culiacan, The Watch movie, Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn, Marx Brothers, Leo McCarey, Duck Soup, Logan theater, Harold Lloyd, The Kid Brother, Portage theater, Tim Baker, Frank Borzage, Little Man What Now?, Stuart Schulberg, Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, Spertus Institute, Jame Whale, Show Boat, 50 Years @ 1512: A History of the Better Boys Foundation, Lawndale 10, Block Museum of Art, Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels, David Filipi, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, film festivals, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2012
Irrational exuberance, institutional scale

Like Roosevelt University, Spertus Institute went deeply in debt for a new building
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Architecture, Spertus Institute, Chicago Tribune, Roosevelt University

Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Jelly bean cakes, Passover lessons, beer dinners, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, French Pastry School, Mark Seaman, gateaux de Paques, Alliance Francaise, Khuin, Fred Noinaj, pop-up restaurant, chocolate basket, In Fine Spirits, Fine Vines, anniversary dinner, Jane Ventura, Portuguese wine dinner, Inovasi, Lake Bluff, Passover, Passover Boot Camp, Laura Frankel, City Olive, Karen Rose, Spertus Institute, Bell's Brewery, early spring dinner, Oarsman Ale, Two Hearted Ale, Third Coast Ale, Winter White Ale, Expedition Stout, Cherry Stout, the Saloon, Tour de France, Les Nomades, Vaison-la-Romaine, Marseillaise, Luceram, gateau Basque, Provence

Blogs, Bleader Jan 20, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A Greek food fair, an oyster tasting, a braising class, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Randy Zweiban, Hum Spirited Dinner, Hum Botanical Spirit, Three Floyds, Adam Seger, Saint Andrew's Winter Food Fest, Greek cuisine, Saint Andrew Greek Orthodox Church, The Bluebird, Salon Series, Pamela Michelle Johnson, Exploring Your Creativity, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Daniel Jacob, Sheetal Bhagat, Spicy, Salty, Sweet: Tales from the Maestra Chef, ChicaGourmets, Rowan Jacobson, oyster tasting, A Geography of Oysters, Shaw's Crab House, Spertus Institute, Uncovered and Rediscovered: Stories of Jewish Chicago, The Settlement Cookbook, Laura Frankel, Vie, Back to Basics, Nathan Sears

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

An African luncheon, a warehouse sale, a whiskey tasting, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, European Imports, Pipeworks Brewing Co., Belgian Wit, Smoked Porter, Pastrami on Rye, beer tasting, warehouse sale, Quince, Scott Quint, Northwestern University Robert Launay, Ivory Coast, African luncheon, Washburne Culinary Institute, Sikia, African cuisine, Kansas City, Missouri, Boulevard Brewing, Kitchen Chicago, Kendall College, Angie Jackson, Have Yourself a Very Whiskey Christmas, Koval Lion's Pride Organic Dark Rye Whiskey, Cabin Fever Maple Whiskey, Rowan's Creek Bourbon Whiskey, When Oysters were Kosher, Jame Ziegelman, Bertha Kramer, Aubt Babette's Cook Book, Reform Judaism, Jewish cuisine, Spertus Institute, Black Beer Night, winter solstice, Acre, black beer, Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers, Southern Tier Choklat Stout, Half Acre Big Hug Imperial Porter

Blogs, Bleader Aug 12, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm dinners, fish dinner, wine dinners, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Taste of the Nation, Share Our Strength, childhood hunger, fundraiser, Mindy Segal, Rick Bayless, street food, Stella Artois, Goose Island, Aragon Ballroom, Sunday Dinner, Josh Kulp, Christine Cikowski, farm dinner, Angelic Organics, Green Grocer, Death's Door Spirits, The Real Jane Martin, Spiaggia, Nichols Farm and Orchard, bocce, bus ride, croquet, wine dinner, Maverick Wine Company, Ras Dashen, Quickfire Challenge, Top Chef Masters, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Boot Camp, Spertus Institute, Spertus Kosher Catering, Laura Frankel, Jewish Cooking for All Seasons, Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes, Carnivale, caipirinhas, Caipirinhas 101, Carnivale University, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Philip Foss, Lockwood, Todd Stein, Cibo Matto, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, wild arctic char, Cherry Creek Winery, North Shore Distillery

Arts & Culture, Calendar Apr 15, 2010
Chicago Earth Day Events

The celebration turns 40 this year.
- By Lauri Apple
- Tags: Special Event, Gompers Park, Lincoln Park Zoo, Irish American Heritage Center, Loyola University, Quinlan Life Sciences Building, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Spertus Institute

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2007
Wolfgang Puck goes kosher downtown

Wolfgang Puck to open downtown kosher cafe.
- By Elizabeth Tamny
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Wolfgang Puck, Spertus Institute

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

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

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

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.

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Spertus's first Sunday Cinema series takes audiences on journeys

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

Irrational exuberance, institutional scale

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

This Week's Food and Drink Events

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

This Week's Food and Drink Events

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

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

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The celebration turns 40 this year.

Wolfgang Puck goes kosher downtown

Wolfgang Puck to open downtown kosher cafe.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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

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

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

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

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

The celebration turns 40 this year.

Wolfgang Puck to open downtown kosher cafe.

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