Past Programs
Past Programs
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View February 1, 2026 Program
Spectacular Outcry: The Anti-Nazi Spectacles of American Jews (1933-1946)
View December 7, 2025 Program
History and tour of The Ark, the Jewish social service organization
May 27, 2025 Program
“From Sears to Eternity: The Julius Rosenwald Story”
Co-Presented by CJHS and Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago
View May 4, 2025 Program
Robb Packer, historian and photographer of Chicago's synagogues
“170 Years of Chicago Synagogue History – South Suburbs and Beyond”
March 23, 2025 Program
Co-sponsored with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois
Dr. Tobias Brinkmann, Professor of Jewish Studies and History, Penn State University
East-European Jewish Migration Between the World Wars
View February 23, 2025 Program
Mark Jacob, author, and Abra Berkley, granddaughter of Abe Saperstein
“Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook up the World of Sports"
View June 30, 2024 Program
Co-sponsored with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois
Neal Samors, Chicago author
"Memories of Growing Up in Chicago: Recalling Life in the 20th Century"
View February 25, 2024 Program
Dr. Jessica Kirzane, Instructor and Coordinator, Yiddish Language Program, University of Chicago
"The Yiddish Young Chicago Poets"
May 7, 2023 Program
Dr. Daniel Greene, Adjust Professor of History, Northwestern University; subject matter expert at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
“Americans and the Holocaust”
View March 15, 2023 Program
Robb Packer, historian and photographer of Chicago’s synagogues
“The Synagogues of Chicago’s South Side”
View November 13, 2022 Program
Michael Petterson, Corporate Historian of Shure Inc.; musician, composer, audio technology expert
“Sidney and Rose Shure: The Shures Behind Shure Incorporated”
View June 26, 2022 Program
David Marienthal, creator/executive producer; son of George Marienthal, co-owner of Mister Kelly’s and London House
“Live at Mister Kelly's"
View March 6, 2022 Program
Trent Spoolstra, Associate Regional Director of Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Midwest
“The History and Work of the ADL”
View January 19, 2022 Program
Stephen Durchslag, attorney and collector
Collection of more than 5,000 Haggadahs, the largest private collection of its kind in the world
View December 19, 2021 Program
Andrew Feiler, photographer and author
"A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 Schools that Changed America"
View October 10, 2021 Program
Robb Packer, historian and photographer of Chicago’s synagogues
“Historic North Side Shuls: Albany Park, Division Street, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and West Town"
View June 13, 2021 Program
Joel R. Greenberg, naturalist, writer, birder; Josh Engel and Nathan Goldberg, birders and guides
"CJHS Presents an At-Home Birding Adventure"
View April 25, 2021 Program
Beverly Siegel and Ellen Doppelt, Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago
"Driving West Rogers Park: Chicago's Once and Future Neighborhood"
View April 20, 2021 Program
CJHS presents Dr. Rachelle Gold, Dr. Irving Cutler, Dr. Ed Mazur, and Matt Nickerson
“The Three Patriots Statue (Robert Morris, George Washington, Hyam Salomon): Why It Matters”
View February 7, 2021 Program
Michael Lorge, founder and Chair of the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
"The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival - Creating the Heart and Soul of Jewish Chicago"
View January 10, 2021 Program
Jerry Kaye, Director, 1969-2017, Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, Union for Reform Judaism camp in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
“Come Away with Camp"
View November 11, 2020 Program
Historian, CJHS Board Member Matt Nickerson
"Early Chicago Jewish Political and Civic Leader Abraham Kohn"
View October 18, 2020 Program
Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen and attorney Michael Dorf, authors
"Clear It with Sid! Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service"
View August 2, 2020 Program
Dr. Joe Kraus, Professor of English, University of Scranton; author
"The Kosher Capones: A History of Chicago's Jewish Gangsters"
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