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News Fri Jun 20 2008
Spertus Closes Exhibit for Good
To update you on a story posted last month on A/C: The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies has decided to pull their exhibit "Imaginary Coordinates" permanently. In May Spertus closed down the exhibition to address some "maintenance" issues only to re-open it with several changes, including making it accessible solely on guided tours. The Chicago Reader quotes an announcement from Spertus acknowledging that the exhibit was cancelled before its September 7 end date due to criticism that it depicted Israel unfavorably. Hopefully you were able to see the exhibit before it closed as it received excellent reviews for, in the unintentionally ironic words of the Sun-Times, "mapping [Spertus'] independence."