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THE TRIBUNAL

The Tribunal* is the Newsletter of the

American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ).

www.jewishlawyers.org

 

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December 20, 2012

 

2013 Membership Renewal

 

Dear AAJLJ Members,

 

This has been an exciting year for the AAJLJ.

 

Some of our highlights:

 

We launched our “GEMS for Justice” Lecture series with award winning author, Edwin Black.  The series acronym stands for “Gather Educate and Motivate to Speak for Justice” and features speakers who have devoted extraordinary effort to the pursuit of justice through their work and research. Our inaugural lecture, which was streamed live over the internet, featured Mr. Black discussing the newly released enlarged edition of his book IBM and the Holocaust.  Mr. Black described IBM’s alliance with Nazi Germany; specifically how IBM developed the technology that enabled Hitler to automate his persecution of the Jews.  The Nazis used IBM technology to organize everything from the identification of the Jews in censuses, registrations, and ancestral tracing programs to the running of railroads and organizing of concentration camp slave labor.

 

We partnered with the American Bar Association to bring a German exhibit entitled “Lawyers Without Rights” to Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia as well as to Chicago, Illinois during the ABA Annual Meeting.  The exhibit, coordinated by the German Bar Association, describes how Jewish attorneys were systematically barred from practicing law by the Third Reich while non-Jewish attorneys stood by silently.  The history recounted in the exhibit serves as a painful reminder of the tragedy that follows when the rule of law is ignored by those who pledge to uphold the law.  The ABA and the German Bar Association are working together with the AAJLJ to bring the exhibit to other cities in the U.S.

 

AAJLJ Board member Michael Traison organized one of the premier programs at the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in Chicago in August – a panel on Comparative Constitutional Law featuring Supreme Court Justices from the United States (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg), Israel (Justice Salim Joubran), and Canada (Justice Morris J. Fish).  If you missed this excellent program, you can watch it over the internet at:  http://sbmblog.typepad.com/sbm-blog/2012/08/michigans-michael-traecen-leads-comparative-constitutional-law-panel-anchored-by-justice-ginsburg.html.  In addition to the panel program, the AAJLJ sponsored Shabbat services and Shabbat dinner at the ABA’s Annual Meeting this year.  We also co-sponsored a joint program of the Israeli Bar Association and the International Section of the ABA in Eilat, Israel at the Israeli Bar Association conference in May.
 

In July, the Association filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the case of Zivotofsky v. Clinton, supporting the claim of the Jerusalem-born Petitioner to have “Israel” listed as his country of birth on his U.S. passport.

 

During Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel’s recent military operation in the Gaza Strip, the AAJLJ conducted two telephone briefing sessions for our members together with a representative from the Israeli Embassy who provided updates on the situation.

And we have more programs planned:

 

Next year will bring – additional GEMS for Justice lectures in various US cities; a wine tasting event at the Israeli Embassy, a round-table discussion on the legal justification for military action against Iran; a mission trip to take a group of Law School Deans to Israel (coordinated together with Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (“SPME”)); and the launch of the AAJLJ’s Facebook page.

 

These special activities, and the regular ongoing activities of the AAJLJ such as local chapter educational and networking events with thought leaders on topics of interest to the Jewish and legal communities, newsletters, new member solicitation and member relations, responding to numerous requests for legal referrals, maintaining and updating the website, writing amicus briefs and so forth, depend on the financial support of the AAJLJ’s members.

 

Therefore, my urgent request to you is to renew your membership for 2013 as soon as possible, and to consider increasing your dues contribution level.

 

The AAJLJ is a “voluntary” organization in that we rely almost totally on the voluntary services of the Board and other members. I thank all those who give of their time that is vitally important to the functioning and success of the Association. But we also need everyone’s financial support.  Your contribution is deeply appreciated and will enable the AAJLJ to continue to provide its programs and services.

 

Attached is your 2013 Membership form. Please review and update your contact information as needed, including your e-mail address, and return the form with your check as soon as possible.

 

You can now make membership payments online, saving us significant printing and mailing costs. Go to www.jewishlawyers.org and click on the "Pay your membership dues online" button on the home page. Even if you pay online, please review and update the attached form. Please send any updates you may have to our email address info@jewishlawyers.org.

 

The AAJLJ strives to pursue justice, especially through the legal community.  We need your concrete assistance to continue to do so.   Thank you for your consideration and your generosity.

 

With best wishes for a healthy and happy 2013.

 

Sincerely,

 

Alyza D. Lewin

 

 
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