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    • "People Vs." Mock Trials

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    Cleveland-Marshall hosted "The People versus Joseph's Brothers," a dramatic mock trial and panel discussion, presented by Kol HaLev, Cleveland's Reconstructionist Jewish Community. Distinguished members of Cleveland's legal community will argue and preside over the trial of the biblical story of Joseph, with the audience acting as jury. Following the trial, a panel of prominent local religious leaders and scholars will discuss the moral and ethical implications of the case.

    CONSPIRACY! KIDNAPPING!

    Has parental favoritism paved the way for criminal intent?
    Join us for this dramatic, live courtroom battle, and YOU, the audience-as-jury, will decide!

    Presiding Judge: The Honorable Dan Aaron Polster, U.S. District Court
    Defense Attorney: Jonathan B. Leiken, Senior V.P, Chief Legal Counsel & Secretary, Diebold, Inc. 
    Prosecuting Attorney: Steven M. Dettlebach, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Ohio
    Expert Witnesses: Andrew Edwards, MSW, M.Div., Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., CSU School of Social Work
    Deborah Isaak-Shapiro, LISW, MAJCS, Jewish Family Service Association

    Cast your ballot, then engage in discourse with our distinguished panel as they wrestle
    with the social and ethical implications of this formative tale, presented as a City Club Forum:

    Rabbi Steve Segar, Kol HaLev, Cleveland’s Reconstructionist Jewish Community
    The Rev. Leah C.K. Lewis, The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
    Cathleen A. Lewandowski, Ph.D., LSCSW, Cleveland State University School of Social Work
    Panel Moderator: Jill Miller Zimon, JD, MSSA, Attorney and Freelance Writer, Writes Like She Talks

     


     

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    Office: 2245 Warrensville Center Road, Suite 215 . University Heights, OH 44118 . (216) 320-1498

    Kol HaLev is affiliated with Reconstructing Judaism and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

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