Monday, October 26 | The Bernard Wexler Lecture on Jewish History 2009
Melvin Urofsky | Louis D. Brandeis: A Life
7:30 pm | Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
FREE
We are no longer taking reservations at this time. Please email Margalit C. Rosenthal or call (202) 777-3251 to be added to the waiting list. Seating will be open to those no on the waitlist beginning 10 minutes prior to the program.
Followed by light refreshments.
This masterful biography traces the development of Louis D. Brandeis, considered one of the greatest justices ever to sit on the Supreme Court. Learn about Brandeis as a reformer, pioneering lawyer and jurist; a man who in his multiple roles helped transform our ideas of free speech, right to privacy, pro bono legal work and the necessity of federal regulation in economic affairs. This biography also explores how Brand
eis transformed Zionism from a marginal activity into a powerful force in American Jewish affairs. Melvin Urofsky is Professor of Law & Public Policy and Professor Emeritus of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, and the author of American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust.
The Bernard Wexler Fund for Jewish History was established in 1996. This endowment fund supports an annual lecture that brings outstanding speakers, scholarly research and contemporary issues to the forefront of learning at the 16th Street J.
Presented in partnership with the 16th Street J’s Leo & Anna Smilow Center for Jewish Living and Learning.
Co-sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society.
We are no longer taking reservations at this time. Please email Margalit C. Rosenthal or call (202) 777-3251 to be added to the waiting list. Seating will be open to those no on the waitlist beginning 10 minutes prior to the program.
