Justice Brandeis, Thomas Jefferson, and America at 250
Hosted By: 70 Faces Media, The Weitzman National Museum Of American Jewish History
On September 23rd, Professor Jeffrey Rosen joins our landmark virtual series to explore the intellectual foundations of Justice Louis Brandeis. As a self-described Jeffersonian, Brandeis famously drew inspiration from Jefferson’s Bill for Religious Freedom when authoring his landmark free speech opinion in Whitney v. California.
In this session, Rosen will examine how Brandeis uniquely synthesized Jewish and Jeffersonian traditions within the American context. This discussion offers timely insights into Brandeis’s enduring legacy as we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Presented by The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and 70 Faces Media as we commemorate 250 years of the Jewish experience in America and explore the profound ways Jewish identity and the American story have shaped one another. Through a series of monthly conversations over the course of this year with the nation’s leading historians, we will journey from the arrival of the first colonial settlers to the vibrant, diverse communities of the modern era.
