BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:810@wlcj.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T190000 DTSTAMP:20230823T204300Z URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/jts-after-dobbs-jewish-advocacy-for-aborti on-rights-in-person/ SUMMARY:JTS - After Dobbs: Jewish Advocacy for Abortion Rights (In-Person) DESCRIPTION:AFTER DOBBS: \;JEWISH ADVOCACY FOR ABORTION RIGHTS\nA FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION\nThe Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in L aw and Ethics\n\nMonday\, September 11\, 2023\, at 7:00 p.m. \;ET\nIn- Person at JTS  \;\n3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street) \;\nNew York Ci ty \;\n\n\n\nLast summer\, the US Supreme Court overturned 50 years of constitutional protection for abortion. Since the landmark ruling in Dobb s v. Jackson Women’s Health\, many states have banned or severely limite d abortion access\, leading the Jewish community to become increasingly in volved in advocacy efforts around abortion rights. \; \;\n\nJoin u s for a screening of the acclaimed new documentary short \;“Under&nb sp\;G-d.” \;The film\, which will be introduced by its award-winning director and producer \;Paula Eiselt\, \;chronicles efforts by me mbers of the Jewish community to ensure abortion access\, including the su ccessful legal challenge of an Indiana abortion ban based on the principle of religious freedom. \; \;\n\nFollowing the screening\, we’ll hear from two experts on abortion rights: \;Dr. Michal Raucher \;( JTS List College\, ‘05)\, scholar of reproduction and religion and Assoc iate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University\, and \;Dr. Chr istine Ryan\, Associate Director of Columbia Law School’s Law\, Rights\, and Religion Project\, who directs its program on religious liberty and r eproductive rights. Our speakers will reflect on various legal strategies to counter abortion restrictions and their prospects for broader\, long-te rm success\, as well as other initiatives within and beyond the Jewish com munity to secure and support the right to abortion. \;\n\nAdmission is free\, but reservations are required. \; \;\n\nThis program will not be live-streamed\, but a recording of the panel discussion will be pos ted on the JTS website at \;www.jtsa.edu/torah \;and on \;JTS ’s YouTube channel. \;\n \;\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n \;\nABOUT TH E PROGRAM \;\n“Under G-d” \;is a documentary short film\, whic h premiered as an official selection of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival\, about the Jewish response to the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs\, told through the lived experiences of impacted Jewish women and the variou s lawsuits currently being brought by rabbis\, Jewish organizations\, and interfaith leaders challenging the overturning of Roe v. Wade state by sta te. Through the lens of maintaining the separation of church and state\, t hese nationwide efforts are predicated on ultimately protecting religious freedom—and democracy—for all. The film weaves together the stories of a Jewish mother and activist in Indiana\; a rabbi in Florida\; and lawyer s throughout the country who are seeking to fight abortion bans in part by placing them in the legal and cultural context of religious freedom. The film was produced and directed by \;Paula Eiselt \;and produced by  \;Darcy McKinnon. \; \; \; \;\n\n\n\nDr. Michal Rauch er \;is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Rutgers University. H er research lies at the intersection of the anthropology of women in Judai sm\, reproductive ethics\, and religious authority\, and she has a backgro und in religion\, gender studies\, anthropology\, and bioethics. Her first book was \;Conceiving Agency: Reproductive Authority among Haredi Wom en\, \;and she is working on a new book\, \;The New Rabbis\, which explores how religious authority is changing within American Orthodox Jud aism with a focus on women rabbis. She is currently conducting research on abortion and religion in America\, and has been teaching public audiences for several years on issues related to reproduction and abortion among Je ws and in Jewish texts. Her work has been featured in NBC News\, JTA\, the  \;Conversation\, and the \;Feminist Studies in Religion \;blo g\, and she has been quoted in the \;New York Times. She has degrees f rom Columbia University\, JTS\, and University of Pennsylvania\, and a PhD from Northwestern University. \; \;\n\n\n\nDr. Christine Ryan\,&n bsp\;a reproductive rights attorney\, is Associate Director of Columbia La w School’s Law\, Rights\, and Religion Project\, where she directs its r eligious liberty and reproductive rights program. Prior to her position at Columbia\, she was the legal director of the Global Justice Center in New York\, where she led the center’s legal and advocacy work on reproducti ve rights. She also served as senior legal and gender advisor to the Unite d Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief for four yea rs\, where she documented human rights violations globally and worked with countries to enhance protections for religious minorities. A scholar of g ender\, human\, and constitutional rights\, she holds an SJD (Doctor of Ju ridical Science) from Duke University School of Law as well as degrees fro m University College London and University College Cork in Ireland. \; \nABOUT THE SEGAL MEMORIAL LECTURE \;\nThe annual Bernard G. Segal Mem orial Lecture was established by JTS in honor of the late philanthropist a nd community leader. Mr. Segal was the first Jewish president of the Ameri can Bar Association and the first Jewish chancellor of the Philadelphia Ba r Association. \;\n \;\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n \;\nGENERAL INFORMA TION \;\n\n Please arrive 15–20 minutes prior to the program for ch eck-in. \;\n JTS is wheelchair accessible. So that we can best accomm odate you\, please notify us at least three business days in advance at&nb sp\;publicevents@jtsa.edu \;about guests who will be in a wheelchair o r have any other special needs. \;\n ASL interpretation is available upon request. Please notify us at \;publicevents@jtsa.edu \;at lea st 10 business days prior to the program and indicate “ASL Request” in the subject line so that we can arrange for an interpreter. \; \;  \;\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wlcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ JTS-event-sept-11-2023.png CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR