Emory Law School On Monday, October 23, Northwestern Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich will speak to Emory Law’s LDB Law Student Chapter. Professor Kontorovich’s research spans the fields of constitutional law, international law, and law and economics. He is also one of the world’s preeminent experts on international law and the Israel-Arab conflict, having written and lectured extensively about the legal aspects of it. His scholarship has been relied on in important foreign relations cases in the federal courts, and historic piracy cases in the U.S. and abroad.
Download PDF Washington, D.C. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to welcome its newest Civil Rights Legal Fellow, Roee Talmor. Talmor’s appointment marks LDB’s continued expansion, as the Washington, D.C.-based civil rights group grows to face the resurgent problem of anti-Semitism on American University campuses. Roee Talmor graduated with a degree in political science from UCLA in 2013, and from the University of Chicago Law School in 2017. Talmor was born in Israel, and served in the Israel Defense Forces between 2005 and 2008. Talmor, speaking on his appointment to this position, stated that he, “joined the Brandeis Center because, given the alarming increase in anti-Semitism, especially in the last year, I felt compelled as a grandson to holocaust survivors to contribute my skills and education towards creating a safer atmosphere for Jewish students.” LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus commented, “We are delighted to bring Roee onboard. He will compliment the excellent staff of lawyers whom we have already assembled as we continue to fight anti-Semitism on college and university campuses across the United States.” ### ABOUT THE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CENTER The Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc., or LDB, is an independent, nonprofit organization established to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. The Brandeis Center conducts research, education and advocacy to combat the resurgence of anti-Semitism on college and university campuses. It is not affiliated with the Massachusetts University, the Kentucky law school, nor any of the other institutions that share the name and honor the memory of the late U.S. Supreme Court justice. Contact: Edward Kunz at ekunz@brandeiscenter.com.
Rabbi Michael Ragozin was particularly fired up during his 2016 Kol Nidre sermon at Congregation Shirat Hayam. The topic was anti-Semitism on college campuses, an issue he said “Gets me in the kishkes. It was in college that my Jewish identity solidified and set me on my trajectory. I don’t know that I would have grown in the same way if I had been under attack simply for being Jewish.” Read Full Article