When Spouses Cheat: Adultery in Jewish and American Law

Hosted by Beth Am Israel 1301 Hagys Ford Road, Penn Valley, PA 19072 9:00 am – 12:15 pm Professor Theresa Glennon Rabbi Margot Stein Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Tiger Woods…recent news stories have been full of high profile men cheating on their wives and the political, financial and legal fallout that ensues. Rabbi Stein will begin this course with a review of Jewish law regarding adultery, how it is defined differently for men and women, and how the Rabbis have interpreted the legal and ethical inequities and attempted remedies in post-Biblical Jewish society. Professor Glennon will follow with a discussion on marital infidelity in American legal statutes, how laws differ from state to state and how public