{"id":20796,"date":"2013-10-18T17:49:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T21:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=20796"},"modified":"2013-10-21T12:03:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T16:03:29","slug":"october-18-2013-12-years-a-slave-lawyers-for-justice-conservative-judaism-centennial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/10\/18\/october-18-2013-12-years-a-slave-lawyers-for-justice-conservative-judaism-centennial\/20796\/","title":{"rendered":" 12 Years a Slave, Lawyers for Justice, Conservative Judaism Centennial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We preview\u00a0the new movie &#8220;12 Years a Slave&#8221; which opens nationwide this weekend and depicts the complex relationships between slaves, slaveowners, and religion; talk with a New York lawyer who wants to make legal services available to all in Southeast Asia; and look at the challenges facing Conservative Judaism as the movement celebrates its centennial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complex relationships between slaves, slaveowners, abolitionists, and religion in the new movie &#8220;12 Years a Slave&#8221;; 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