Jewish Studies Series for a Better World/Reproductive Rights: A Religious Perspective

Reproductive Rights: A Religious Perspective 
March 11, 12 & 23 | Free

Saturday, March 11 | 9:30 a.m. | Shabbat Service | Attend in person or on Live Stream
Kiddush lunch to follow
RSVP not required
Hazzan Dulkin, Rev. Jia Starr Brown, and Rev. Kelli Clement will deliver the D’var Torah to honor NCJW’s Repro Shabbat and will hold a Q&A following lunch. The Q&A will be moderated by Erica Solomon, Executive Director of NCJW Minnesota.

Sunday, March 12 | 10:30 a.m.-noon | Zoom
RSVP Here for the Zoom Link
Life, Personhood, Great Need, and Great Pain in Halakhic Sources 
Presented by Earl Schwartz and moderated by Rabbi Kravitz.

Thursday, March 23 | 7 p.m. | Adath
RSVP Required Here
Roe by Lisa Loomer – A reading of the play*
This is a reading of the play with no staging. Run time is approximately 2 hours, including a short intermission.

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa Loomer cuts through the headlines and rhetoric to reveal the divergent personal journeys of lawyer Sarah Weddington and plaintiff Norma McCorvey (“Jane Roe”) in the years following the fateful decision. In turns shocking, humorous, and poignant, Roe reflects the polarization in America today while illuminating the heart and passion each side has for its cause.

The Jewish Studies for a Better World Series is sponsored by The Fischer Family Jewish Studies for a Better World Fund, The Bertram and Charlotte Cooper Adult Education Fund, and The Andrew Seitel Memorial Fund. In partnership with Hadassah Minneapolis St. Paul, NCJW Minnesota ​and Women of Adath.

​*The reading of Roe is presented in partnership with Adath’s TAMID (Theater, Arts, Music, Israel, Dance) Committee. ROE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)