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4/12/11: JWLS second annual gala reception
honoring Judge Albert Rosenblatt with U.S.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivering the keynote address.
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4/12/11: Second annual gala reception honoring Hon. Albert Rosenblatt (Judge, New York State Court of Appeals - retired) at the Rye Town Hilton with keynote speaker, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. Details about the event are listed below (in President's Report).
 
   

4/15/10: First annual gala reception honoring Hon. Jonathan Lippman (Chief Judge, New York State Court of Appeals) at the DoubleTree Hotel, Tarrytown, NY from 6:30 - 9:00 PM (click here for invitation) (click here to register online) (click here to download RSVP).


4/15/09:
Executive meeting

3/31/09:
Executive meeting

3/10/09:
Executive meeting

2/4/09:
Executive meeting

9/19/08:
Tentative date for Lawyers Shabbat at a Temple Israel in New Rochelle hosted by JBWLS. (more info to follow)

7/22/08:
Executive meeting

6/25/08:
Executive meeting

6/9/08:
"Shavout discussion" at office of Delbello Weingarten

3/26/08 - 4/17/08:
Jewish Film Festival at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. (Click for more information.)

12/4/07:
Chanukah Party at the home of Hon. Joan Lefkowitz at which time the first officers of the Justice Brandeis Westchester Law Society were installed by Hon. George Marlow (Associate Justice Appellate Division, 1st Dept.), and Hon. Sondra Miller (Associate Justice Appellate Division, 2nd Dept. (Ret.))

 
The Justice Brandeis Westchester Law Society is an association of attorneys who are interested in maintaining ties with the Jewish people. The Society was created to provide a social vehicle to network, encourage civility and build camaraderie among attorneys while celebrating their Jewish heritage and Jewish values in the law. The Society's members seek to combine aspects of their lives unique to being both attorneys and Jews. The Society, in furtherance of these purposes, shall serve as a forum for the advocation and education of issues and topics of mutual interest and concern to its members.
 
 
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President's Message July 10, 2011

Greetings and Shalom,

Over the course of this last year our organization has held numerous events, expanded our membership and we are now an organization which represents the Jewish legal community in all five counties of the 9th J.D. Our Executive Committee likewise now reflects membership from three of the five counties. Our name has recently changed to the Justice Brandeis Law Society and we shall soon be updating this website to make it more user friendly and interactive.

During the last year we have held several interesting free lectures for our members involving Judaism, the law and other current topics, provided a CLE free to members on e-Filing, held a summer BBQ at the home of Faith Miller and our Administrative Judge and this past June 12, 2011 we held our second Annual Gala event with well over 200 in attendance at a Champagne Brunch held at the Rye Town Hilton. Judge Albert Rosenblatt received our Second Lifetime Achievemnt Award and our Keynote Speaker was U.S.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. You may find photos from the event by clicking here [photos of 2011 Gala Reception]. Both speakers spoke eloquently on current topics near and dear to us as attorneys, judges and Jews.

Earlier this year we had the honor of hosting Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach, Ret. of the Israel Supreme Court at the Judicial Institute. He was a lead prosecutor in the Adolph Eichmann trial in 1961 and the topic was "Ushering in the 50th Anniversary of the Eichmann Trial." His insights into that event and subsequent experiences he had as Israel's States Attorney and then Supreme Court Justice was simply spell binding to all in attendance. We also hosted Holocaust Remembrance events in the Rockland and Orange Courthouses last year.

After this summer we shall hold an open meeting for our entire membership and discuss ideas including establishment of a student and young lawyers committee, a scholarship program, more free CLE programs, and of course the annual discussion of the "trip to Israel." Unfortunately, a planned trip this year was postponed due to the uprising throughout the middle east and lack of interest in current travel. NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM!

Have a pleasant summer and please tell your friends about our organization. Applications for membership can be downloaded from this site.


Shalom,

Jeff Cohen
President
JBLS

 
Hon. Jeffrey A. Cohen
Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz
Hon. Lawrence H. Ecker
Mark S. Tulis, Esq.
Rita K. Gilbert, Esq.
James Garfein, Esq.
Philip Hersh, Esq.
Lynn Maier, Esq.
Linda Markowitz, Esq.
Andrew Rubin, Esq.
Hon. Barry Warhit
  President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
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Recording Secretary
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Justice Brandeis Westchester Law Society
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120 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605