Lunch & Learn: Exceptions, Exemptions and Leniencies in Law
Lunch & Learn 5786
November 5, December 3,
January 14, February 4, March 4, & April 15
In this six-session online class taught by Rabbi Zeff and Student Rabbi Pulzetti, we will study, in both Jewish and American law, circumstances in which the law does not apply. Some laws apply to certain groups but not others (for example, citizenship and gender); some positive obligations contain exceptions, such as pikuach nefesh, saving a life, an exception to Shabbat observance; and both Jewish and American law contain leniencies lifting certain provisions in the interest of justice.
All are welcome to join this course for all six sessions or on a drop-in basis. Lawyers can receive CLE credit for a fee. Sessions run on Zoom from 12:30 - 1:30 PM on November 5, December 3, January 14, February 4, March 4, & April 15.
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit for PA lawyers is available through S. Freedman and Company, Inc. for an additional $35 per credit hour. If you are requesting CLE credit for this course, please note that an Attorney Affirmation and an Evaluation Form will need to be submitted after each session. You will receive these session-specific documents the morning of each session. These documents are to be returned via email to S. Freedman and Company, Inc. at the end of the course. CLE questions can be emailed to Susan Freedman at susanfreedman@comcast.net.
About the Teachers:
Maria Pulzetti is the Student Rabbi at GJC and a student at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. At GJC, Maria finds sacred connection in learning people’s stories and in celebrating, praying, talking and studying Torah together. Maria practiced law for sixteen years as a public defender and at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, and she is a graduate of Yale Law School.
Rabbi Adam Zeff has served as Rabbi at Germantown Jewish Centre since 2010, after previously serving as Assistant Rabbi (2007-2010) and Student Rabbi (2002-2007). He received a B.A. in Anthropology from Yale University in 1990, a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, and rabbinic ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in 2007. His core conviction is that diversity in Jewish life and in the wider world is the truest expression of the divine.