The Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs featuring author of Judgement and Mercy, Martin J. Siegel

Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment (SAJE) Presents: In _Judgment and Mercy_
**:** _The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs_
, **Martin J. Siegel** offers an insightful and compelling biography of Irving
Robert Kaufman, the judge infamous for condemning Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
to death for atomic espionage.
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Absorbingly told, _Judgment and Mercy_ brings to life a complex man by turns
tyrannical and warm, paranoid and altruistic, while revealing intramural
Jewish battles over assimilation, class, and patriotism. Siegel, who served as
Kaufman’s last law clerk, traces the evolution of American law and politics in
the twentieth century and shows how a judge unable to summon mercy for the
Rosenbergs nonetheless helped expand freedom for all.
Recently nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award: John Leonard
Prize for best first book in any genre.

**Martin J. Siegel** practices and teaches law in Houston. After clerking
for Judge Kaufman, he served as an Assistant US Attorney in Manhattan and on
the staff of the US Senate Judiciary Committee. His writing has been published
in the _New York Times_ , the _Los Angeles Times_ , the _Houston Chronicle_ ,
and legal journals.

Mr. Siegel will be joined in conversation by Judge Michelle Appel. Judge Appel
obtained her Juris Doctorate law degree from the University of Detroit. She
worked at a private law firm for twenty years and served as an Oakland County
Commissioner before being elected judge to the 45B District Court in Oak Park
in 2003.
** _SAJE is endowed by a generous gift from Cis Maisel and supported by Carol
& Ronald P. Fogel, Sheri & David Jaffa, and Elaine & Michael Serling through
The J’s Pillar of Light Program._**

This program is co-sponsored by the Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Henry & Delia
Meyers Library, JLearn, and University of Michigan Jewish Law Student
Association.

Books available for purchase at the event through a partnership with Schuler
Books.

Organized by: The J, The Detroit Jewish Book Fair, Seminars for Adult Jewish
Enrichment (SAJE)

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