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Panel at TI to Tackle Jewish Law and Abortion.........posted Dec 24, 2007

Tikvat Israel will host a panel discussion, "Jewish Law, the U.S. Supreme Court and Abortion: Is There a Conflict??" at 10 a.m. on Jan. 13.

The discussion will feature prominent local thought leaders Rabbi Susan Grossman, member of the Standards and Practices Committee and the rabbi at Beth Shalom congregation in Columbia, Md.; Jamin Raskin, constitutional law professor at American University Washington College of Law and a Maryland House of Delegates member, District 20; and Anne Kaiser, also a Delegate to the Maryland House of Delegates, District 14.

The panel will address Supreme Court decision last spring in Gonzales v. Carhart, how Conservative Judaism has interpreted that decision based on Jewish law and what guidance the case has given state legislatures as citizens press for laws restricting or liberalizing the availability of abortion.

The discussion cost is $5. Breakfast of bagels and coffee will be available for purchase prior to the event. The program is sponsored by Tikvat Israel's adult education committee.

For more information, contact the synagogue, located at 2200 Baltimore Road, at 301-762-7338.