After Dobbs: Jewish Advocacy for Abortion Rights
Sep 11, 2023 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
The Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and Ethics The U.S. Supreme Court overturned 50 years of constitutional protection for abortion in June 2022. Since the landmark ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, many states have banned or severely limited abortion access, leading the Jewish community to become increasingly involved in advocacy efforts […]
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Hate on Trial: The Charlottesville Case
Mar 30, 2022
In August 2017, white nationalists orchestrated a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia—with torch-carrying marchers chanting, “Jews will not replace us.“ The result was intimidation, violence, and death. In November 2021, at a landmark trial in Charlottesville, a jury found the rally organizers liable and awarded more than $25 million in damages.
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HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
Oct 9, 2018 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
A discussion with Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor, New York Law School; former President, American Civil Liberties Union.
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Supreme Court Cases and Jewish Values
Apr 10, 2018 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
Seth P. Waxman, former Solicitor General of the United States and leading Supreme Court advocate, discusses three high-profile, momentous cases are currently before the US Supreme Court.
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The Criminal Justice System: Honoring Tradition, Championing Reform
Apr 4, 2017 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
Flaws in the criminal justice system threaten the social fabric of our country. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. shares new approaches to criminal justice reform, including initiatives to promote alternatives to incarceration, address implicit bias, and enhance relations between law enforcement and the communities they serve. He also addresses contemporary public safety issues like human trafficking and cybercrime.
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Free Speech vs. Hate Speech: The Changing Contours of Free Expression
Mar 28, 2016 By The Jewish Theological Seminary | Public Event video
Frederick M. Lawrence—Yale Law School senior research scholar, past president of Brandeis University, and a leading expert on civil rights, free expression, and bias crimes—explores the boundaries of free expression in the 2016 Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture.
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Defeating DOMA: The Changing Nature of Equality Under the US Constitution
Mar 18, 2015
Roberta Kaplan, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, who successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court the landmark U.S. V. Windsor marriage equality case, which struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), explores this groundbreaking ruling. Dozens of courts have relied explicitly on this case to accord gay couples equal rights under the law.
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Making Our Democracy Work
Oct 5, 2012
The 2012 Bernard G. Segal Memorial Lecture in Law and Ethics
Why does the American public accepts the Court’s decisions? What must the Court do to maintain the public’s trust? How do our courts make our democracy work? This and more is discussed in this lecture by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the United States Supreme Court.
