In this vulnerable time for Jews everywhere, keeping our community safe is vital. The climate on many college campuses has become hostile to Jewish people. To gain a legal perspective on these disturbing circumstances, please attend Antisemitism, Hate Speech, and the First Amendment on May 28th.*

*Additional speakers to be announced. MCLE credit request pending.

Who: JFEDLA’s Legal Network
What: Antisemitism, Hate Speech, and the First Amendment
When: Tuesday, May 28th • 6:00 PM
Where: Jewish Federation Los Angeles | 6505 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048
Cost: $50 per guest, $36 for $1,000 + donors

Light refreshments will be served. No walk-ins will be permitted.

Erwin Chemerinsky became the 13th Dean of Berkeley Law on July 1st, 2017, when he joined the faculty as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law.

Prior to assuming this position, from 2008-2017, he was the founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law and Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law at University of California, Irvine School of Law. Before that, he was the Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University from 2004-2008, and from 1983-2004 was a professor at the University of Southern California Law School, including as the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science. From 1980-1983, he was an assistant professor at DePaul College of Law.

He is the author of 16 books, including leading casebooks and treatises about constitutional law, criminal procedure, and federal jurisdiction. His most recent books are Worse than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism (2022) and Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (2021).

He also is the author of more than 200 law review articles. He is a contributing writer for the Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times, and writes regular columns for the Sacramento Bee, the ABA Journal, and the Daily Journal. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court.

In 2016, he was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2017, National Jurist magazine again named Dean Chemerinsky as the most influential person in legal education in the United States. In 2022, he was the President of the Association of American Law Schools.

 

Dan Gold is the Executive Director for Hillel at UCLA. Prior to this role, Dan served as the Vice President of Israel Education and Advocacy at Jewish Federation Los Angeles for over 13 years. Born and raised in Western Massachusetts in a family dedicated to Jewish communal life, Dan earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Tufts University and a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel. While at the Federation, Dan planned and led missions to Israel for educators, community leaders and legislators in Los Angeles. He also led efforts in both government relations and grassroots community organizing around Israel education, public education, and community relations. Dan’s proudest achievement at the Federation was launching and running the Campus Impact Network (CIN), a leadership training program for Jewish college student leaders. Through CIN, Dan worked with local Hillels to help Jewish student leaders become change makers on their campus - in fighting BDS or by their involvement in many other issues.

Dan is a subject matter expert on Israel, the Middle East, antisemitism, and community relations. His dynamic and unique presentations on modern Israel, Israel-Palestine, Middle East geopolitics, and BDS have benefitted a wide range of audiences. He leads formal and informal sessions that help break down complicated realities while also providing a safe space for all people to explore a wide range of opinions.

 

Jasmine Beroukhim is the Sylvia Price Campus Impact Network Program Manager at Jewish Federation Los Angeles. Jasmine graduated from UCLA, where she earned degrees in Linguistics and Psychology. Throughout her time on campus, she demonstrated an unwavering commitment to protecting Jewish students. As Chair of Hillel International's Israel Leadership Network, Jasmine developed best practices for advocacy and Israel education. Her leadership extended to over 100 campus leaders across the United States.

Jasmine has advocated for the experiences and concerns of Jewish students on local and national stages. In April 2023, she was selected as one of eight Hillel representatives to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at his residence in Jerusalem, providing an update on the sentiments towards Israel on U.S. campuses. Jasmine also served as the President of Bruins for Israel, creating impactful campaigns and programming within the campus community at UCLA.

 

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