JTS in the Berkshires 2023-Session III
Date: Aug 04, 2023
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sponsor: JTS Learning in Your Community
Location: Massachusetts
Category: Community Courses JTS in the Berkshires
Session III: Law in Context: Uncovering the Mother’s Perspective in Traditional Sources on Abortion
Friday, August 4, 2023
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Shakespeare & Company
Elayne P. Bernstein Theater
70 Kemble Street
Lenox, Massachusetts
With Dr. Shira Billet, Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought and Ethics, JTS
Can a closer look at Jewish sources move us beyond the entrenched simplistic pro-life/pro-choice binary of American public discourse today? This session examines traditional sources that have played a central role in constructing Jewish perspectives on abortion. We’ll explore the complex interplay between the legal aspects of these sources and the stories from women’s lives in which they are embedded to uncover a complex and nuanced Jewish perspective on abortion.
Tickets: $15 per session
Shakespeare & Company Discount: Anyone who registers for JTS in the Berkshires is eligible for a 20% discount on tickets to Shakespeare & Company’s August production of Golda’s Balcony. Contact the box office and request the discount code.
Questions? Contact Lynn Feinman at (212) 678-8821 or lyfeinman@jtsa.edu
Session I is July 7: The first session of JTS in the Berkshires 2023 is Revisiting Zionist Thought: Charting a Path Forward with Prof. Arnold M. Eisen.
Session II is July 21: The second session of JTS in the Berkshires 2023 is “In the Narrow Places”: Jeremiah and His Artistic Interpreters with Rabbi Gordon Tucker.
