Constitution Day Lecture, Book Talk, Martin Siegel, Judgment and Mercy: The Turbulent Life and Times of the Judge Who Condemned the Rosenbergs, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, 12pm (The University of Akron School of Law, Room 180), followed by book signing
Martin Siegel discusses his new book featured in The New York Review of Books. He offers an insightful and absorbing biography of Judge Irving Robert Kaufman, the federal appellate judge infamous for condemning Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death for atomic espionage. Siegel 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.
This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
