Theatre
Sat 18 Oct to Sun 9 Nov 2014
2014
October 2014
Saturday 18 October 2014
Sat 18 Oct to Sun 9 Nov. PO BOX 16155, St. Paul, 55116. Sarah Rae Helms, 651-647-4315, info@mnjewishtheatre.org. $12 - $28. Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company - [mnjewishtheatre][events]
Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal came to Amsterdam to escape the mass conversions, public burnings, and killing of the Catholic Inquisition. They agreed to police their own community for unorthodox beliefs, so when Baruch de Spinoza, heir apparent to the chief Rabbi, is accused of atheism, he’s summoned to the synagogue to defend himself. This riveting drama, rich with philosophical and political ideologies that echo today, is an exploration of nature, liberty, and the meaning of G-d. “fierce, funny and up-to-the-minute in its moral investigations” - The Washington Post