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URL:https://jewishlifect.org/events/jewish-community-center-sherman-alan-d
 ershowitz/
SUMMARY:JCC Sherman: Alan Dershowitz on "The Correspondence between Thomas 
 Jefferson and New Milford Senator Elijah Boardman\, Its Relevance to Today
 's Middle East"
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe legendary lawyer\, professor\, and public
  intellectual Alan Dershowitz will discuss the interrelated themes of two 
 of his (more than 50) books\, one with special resonance for New Milford\,
  and the other with special resonance for the ongoing Middle East conflict
 .&nbsp\;\nThe 2008 book\, Finding Jefferson:&nbsp\; A Lost Letter\, A Rema
 rkable Discovery\, and the First Amendment in an Age of Terrorism\, discus
 ses a long-lost letter from Thomas Jefferson to New Milford’s own Elijah
  Boardman\, of a founding New Milford family.&nbsp\; Written on July 3\, 1
 801\, the letter contains Jefferson’s only published discussion of a key
  free speech issue that is especially relevant now:&nbsp\; when the govern
 ment may restrict speech for fear that it could lead to terrorism.&nbsp\; 
 Alan Dershowitz\, who is a passionate collector of historical memorabilia 
 and a passionate Jefferson scholar\, acquired the letter from a New York b
 ookstore in 2006\, prompting him to write this book.&nbsp\; The Jefferson 
 letter has special significance for New Milford not only because its addre
 ssee was Elijah Boardman\, but also because its subject was a famous sermo
 n that had been delivered in 1800 by the Reverend Stanley Griswold\, the p
 astor of New Milford’s First Congregational Church\, and later a U.S. Se
 nator from Ohio.&nbsp\;\nThe 2024 book\, The Ten Big Anti-Israel Lies and 
 How to Refute Them with Truth\, carries forward the themes of how best to 
 protect both free speech and safety to today’s fierce debates about the 
 Middle East\, presenting Professor Dershowitz’s views about how these de
 bates have gone wrong.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\nIn the spirit of Jefferson’s disag
 reements with his New Milford correspondents\, Professor Dershowitz welcom
 es a lively discussion.&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nView Event →\n\n
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