900 Attorneys and Judges attended the 12th Annual Jewish Law Symposium on Thursday September 13th at the Birchwood Manor, in Whippany. The Symposium featured a panel discussion entitled “Addressing Harassment- Moral Dilemmas in Today’s Transparent World”.
Highlighting the event was New Jersey Supreme Court Justice (ret.) Justice Virginia Long, who was introduced by New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia.
Rabbi Shalom Lubin, Founder of the Jewish Law Symposium and Chabad of SE Morris County moderated a panel discussion featuring: Rosemarie Alito Esq., Neil Mullin Esq., Karen J. Kessler, and scholar Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe.
“The laws and ethics of the Talmud have served as a cornerstone of humanity’s civil and moral infrastructure, while shaping its’ legal judicial systems,” said Rabbi Lubin.
“This year the news has unfortunately been saturated with so many high profile cases of Harassment, and during the High Holiday season, it’s most appropriate to be reflecting on the proper ways to address and respond to these stories. The topic was hotly debated both from legal and moral angles, through the lens of the Talmud and 2,000 years of Jewish ethics and wisdom.
“I find this program to be intellectually stimulating and fascinating; I love attending every year! If you come to the Jewish Law Symposium, you will walk away with a body of knowledge you will never forget!” said Event Chair Cary B. Cheifetz, of Ceconi & Cheifetz, LLC.
Over the past 12 years, the Jewish Law Symposium has become a premier educational event in the New Jersey Legal Community, and past panelists have included Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, Justice Barry T. Albin, and Justice Gary S. Stein, all of the NJ Supreme Court, Hon. John W. Bissell, Chief U.S.D.J. (Ret.), Hon. Stanley R. Chesler, U.S.D.J., Hon. Freda L. Wolfson, U.S.D.J., Past Rutgers Law School Dean John J. Farmer, RWJBarnabas Health CEO Barry H. Ostrowsky, and The Honorable Paul /Fishmanv, former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
The Jewish Law Symposium is a project of Rabbinical College of America. For more information, please visit chabadcares.com.
However you don’t list what was discussed about the #me too movement. Until the s—- harrasment laws are changed to include some kind of a prohibition on provactive clothing, nothing will change. Women are allowed to wear the most degrading, provacative, skimpy clothing and anyone (coworkers, etc) who dares to say they feel uncomfortable about it, gets fired, etc… I call it #PotifaraSyndrome. #DressResponsibly! I say that from experience. I was banned from a local Yeshiva in CH for telling a teacher I was so uncomfortable that she would wear something very not tzniusdik in a Lubavitch Yeshiva that asks… Read more »
Yes, the world renowned gaon Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe.
PS Meileh you can’t read, but at least look at the pics! ; )
Amazing work by Rabbi Lubin!
To #1: Please don’t sully this beautiful article by mentioning a show that sows discord among Jews. I am referring to the Sukkah show, in which they mocked chassidim and called them apikurism.
Was there a Rabbi who spoke about harassment from a torah
Prospective??
The headlines podcast did an episode on this this week
10/13/18 Brett Kavanaugh – What would Halacha say on rumors and removing a Dayan or Rav?
Neemanus of a woman, What is considered a proper “kol”?, Believing an Eid Echad
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