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30 May

Judge Matthew Solomson on Orthodox Judaism and American Public Service: A conversation with one of the highest-ranking observant Jews in the federal judiciary

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JL;DR SUMMARY Judge Matthew Solomson discusses the intersection of his Orthodox Jewish faith and public service, highlighting the possibilities for deeply observant Jews to engage meaningfully in American governance. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Orthodox Judaism  Campus Antisemitism  Jewish Observance  Chillul Hashem  Public Service  American Democracy  October 7th Attacks  Legal Ethics  Federal Judiciary 

Places mentioned

Washington, Washington DC, United States
"My father joined the army first as a dentist and then became an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in a residency at Walter Reed here in the District of Columbia when I was very young."
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"Before I was in eighth grade, I lived, in Louisiana, Texas, West Point, Silver Spring once, Savannah, Georgia for two years, suburbs of San Francisco for one year, three years in Hawaii, Augusta, Georgia for a year, and then back up here to the D.C. suburban area, the metro D.C. area."
Savannah, Georgia, United States
"Before I was in eighth grade, I lived, in Louisiana, Texas, West Point, Silver Spring once, Savannah, Georgia for two years, suburbs of San Francisco for one year, three years in Hawaii, Augusta, Georgia for a year, and then back up here to the D.C. suburban area, the metro D.C. area."
San Francisco, California, United States
"Before I was in eighth grade, I lived, in Louisiana, Texas, West Point, Silver Spring once, Savannah, Georgia for two years, suburbs of San Francisco for one year, three years in Hawaii, Augusta, Georgia for a year, and then back up here to the D.C. suburban area, the metro D.C. area."
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
"In Hawaii, you know, there was no such thing. I went to a year of public school for the first time in my life, and then two years to a kind of an elite prep school called Punahou, where President Obama graduated from, a big prep school on the island of Oahu."
Augusta, Georgia, United States
"Before I was in eighth grade, I lived, in Louisiana, Texas, West Point, Silver Spring once, Savannah, Georgia for two years, suburbs of San Francisco for one year, three years in Hawaii, Augusta, Georgia for a year, and then back up here to the D.C. suburban area, the metro D.C. area."
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
"My family was largely centered since the late 1800s. Or early 1900s in rural Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut."
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
"What in that process, my father actually made me apply to Brandeis University because he said he had wanted to go there as a high school grad, and his parents couldn't afford it."

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