{"id":1383,"date":"2026-08-19T20:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/?page_id=1383"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T00:38:44","slug":"a-time-to-be-born-and-a-time-to-die","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/a-time-to-be-born-and-a-time-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"A Time to be Born and a Time to Die"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Friday On-Campus \u2013 First Four Weeks.<\/strong> <strong>11:05 AM \u2013 12:20 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Limit:\u00a0 30\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Presenter: <strong>Renni Altman<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using one religion as an example (in this case, Reform Judaism), we will explore ways in which traditional Jewish teachings provide guidance on issues such as reproductive rights, genetic engineering and assisted suicide.&nbsp; The class will encourage discussion and invite participants from all backgrounds to share their personal perspectives, as well as insights from their own religion\u2019s teachings and traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rabbi Renni Altman <\/strong>is the Rabbi Emerita of Vassar Temple in Poughkeepsie, a Reform congregation which she served for seven years. Prior to that position, Rabbi Altman was the Associate Dean and Director of the Rabbinical Program on the New York Campus of Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, the seminary of Reform Judaism. Throughout her rabbinate, Rabbi Altman has served both in congregations and in organizations of the Reform Movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday On-Campus \u2013 First Four Weeks. 11:05 AM \u2013 12:20 PM Limit:\u00a0 30\u00a0 Presenter: Renni Altman Using one religion as an example (in this case, Reform Judaism), we will explore ways in which traditional Jewish teachings provide guidance on issues such as reproductive rights, genetic engineering and assisted suicide.&nbsp; The class will encourage discussion and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/a-time-to-be-born-and-a-time-to-die\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Time to be Born and a Time to Die&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1383\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}