pioneer in the international protecting of human rights. The seminar taught future lawyers how to defend foreign dissident clients and how to promote human rights in other nations.
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now a cabinet member of the Israeli government. When I represented him his name was Anatoly Sharansky and he was an imprisoned Soviet refusenick. His mother and wife asked me
Sharansky and I were on a panel together discussing human rights. When it was over we got onto the same elevator. Remarkably
and the list includes some performers who “were not aware of the cultural boycott.”
especially among lawyers who had represented left-wing causes and individuals. Battle lines were quickly drawn. Some
to choose sides. The guild changed dramatically in the late 1960s and early 1970s
[check year] he asked me to help him in an informal capacity as an advisor on human rights and matters of international law.
many leftists dismissed the atrocities as western propaganda. Activists Gareth Porter and George Hilderbrnd wrote
it did so in tepid terms compared to its treatment of Israel. The General Assembly simply noted “with great concern that the armed conflict in Kampuchea [Cambodia] and is seriously threatening the peace and stability of South-East Asia.” In contrast
but were told to go to a special room where we could watch and listen to his talk. We assembled in that room and watched as Ahmadinejad was greeted with applause by many of the delegates. When he began to speak
especially in light of my undistinguished elementary and high school performance
Jr. viewed the role of the lawyer as a predictor of future legal decisions and trends. 110 But the Talmud cautioned that prophecy ended with the destruction of the second temple and that he/she who tries to prophecy the future is either a fool or a naïve. Or as a contemporary...
reputed to be the richest Jew in history and among the handful of wealthiest Americans. The son of a Boston cab driver
I was picked up by a paralegal and driven to Rikers Island where I spent the morning conferring with my client Gigi Jordan
I boarded the Acela train and went home for a good long night’s sleep.