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Lawers of the Lubavitch movement.
18-CJ Happy Chanukah
So you got the potato pancakes ready, your children excited for their presents, and you just bought the "most beautiful menorah in the world." Before you light yours, hear Rabbi Israel Fried and Corporate Attorney Peretz Bronstein discuss the great legal debate about public menorahs in the streets of the U.S.A., in an enlightening discussion about separation of state and religion.
20-CJ The Noahide Laws
Put together Torah, chasidic rap music praising the 7 Noahide Laws, "circling up," nationally televised black-white basketball games, Dr. Laz and Project C.U.R.E., lots of colorful video footage, and how much in common "Yo!" has with "Oy!"--all with the Rebbe's blessing and inspiration, and you have one unbeatable show of how a handful of chasidic Jews are helping to bring peace to the world--and keeping the peace strong in Crown Heights, too. A must-see!
27-CJ Torah Vs-CJ Civil Law
Is capital punishment revenge, justice, or knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die? "Judaism and Torah Law teach us not to be absolute about anything," says Judge Jerome Hornblass, who compares today's New York State civil law in the USA to the Torah way of law and order. Take notes with a legal pad.
44-CJ The Rebbe (5) and the Judge
What's it like to be an Orthodox Jewish Judge sitting on the New York State Supreme Court bench? Listen in, as Judge Jerome Hornblass discusses his meetings with the Rebbe and his impact on urban USA. Hear Judge Hornblass's mind-blowing reaction to the Rebbe, who said to him: "Be not afraid to help a Jew--and be a Jew."
45-CJ The Rebbe (6) and the Lawyer
Attorney Joseph Aronow and Rabbi Benny Krasniansky of Chabad of the Upper East Side discuss the Rebbe's reaching-out to the community at large through the Chabad House, and of the Rebbe's message of joy.
53-CJ Jewish Legal Defense
With Hy Dechter, the lone Jewish lawyer who fights for Jewish civil rights. He shares thirty years of experience.
64-CJ Medical Ethics and Jewish Law
It's said, "From Moses to Moses, there was none like Moses." Moses Maimonides connected Torah, given to us by Moses, with medicine. Find out how religion mixes with medicine today, why Judaism's approach to medicine is holistic. Dr. Moshe Akerman and Rabbi Tzvi Flaum share some fascinating facts regarding the cooperation of medical science and Torah Judaism. You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy the healing benefits of this show.
72-CJ Prayer in School
"Bring back prayer into school and you will reduce the prison population," says Rabbi Noach Bernstein, and lawyer Yitzchok Wagshul says there is nothing unconstitutional about that. Find out how the non-threatening, non-denominational prayer or moment of silence can make all the difference in the world of public schools and our social fabric.
118-CJ Victory in Israel
Guests Dr. Ernest Bloch of Pro Israel, Dr. Manfred Lehmann, scholar and writer, and NRP leader, Israel Fried-man, take us to post-election Israel, to enjoy the sobering joy and trepidation most Jews feel. Want to know what's in store for Hevron . . . Jerusalem . . . Golan . . . Israel's security . . . land for peace . . . and what to expect as a result?
133-CJ Don't Sell Out Hevron!
So Israel and Arafat signed a "peace"--or "pieces"--accord over a place called Hevron and you don't even know what they were fighting for--or what it physically looks like--or if the so-called peace agreement with Arafat is worth the paper it's written on. Certainly, the Oslo Accord and now the Hevron Agreement are not even legal questions, international law experts say, but political questions. Find out very good reasons why, no matter what treaty Israel and the PLO have signed, it will endanger, G-d forbid, thousands of Jews and will eventually lead to war. Herbert Zweibon and Helen Freedman, both from "Americans for a Safe Israel," will tell you why.
135-CJ Religion Vs-CJ State
World-renowned Jewish attorney Nathan Lewin discusses the new attitudes connecting religious and secular law, why and how the U.S. Supreme Court itself has made religion a proper subject to discuss, all to the benefit of Jewish cultural and religious symbols, and forces you, the viewer, to rethink the question in your own life, "What is religion?" The answers you hear from Lewin's mouth about today's views about religion and state will astound you.
136-CJ Hevron Giveaway - "Is It Legal?"
As far as Washington attorney, Nathan Lewin, and Cardoza School of Law, Professor Malvina Halberstam, two renowned international lawyers, are concerned, "According to the Geneva Convention, Israel has no legal obligation to comply with the Oslo agreements," and their column, "Breach of Contract," published in countless newspapers around the world, spells out the legal do's and don'ts both Israel and the PLO are subject to, once they signed the Oslo and Hevron agreements, since the PLO failed to carry out its part of the deal in too many instances. Get set for an earful of legal arguments that can help prevent any massive assault, G-d forbid, on Israeli property and people.
138-CJ Rehabilitating Justice
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Joe Hynes and NYC Judge Charles Posner have successfully initiated a flagship court system of rehabilitation via "Project Legalize," throughout the Brooklyn system of justice. And they've also instituted the program as a learning tool in more than 300 Brooklyn schools--public, private, yeshivahs, and parochial schools. Now, it's coming your way, as Project Legalize has been adopted in more than 120 cities in America, and is growing in leaps and bounds. Find out everything you need to know about a new slant on "Justice and Rehabilitation in America. Their program is based on the Torah verse "Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof" - "Pursue Justice."