dr. dalin come to us as a speaker and helped us connect with both dr. dalin and seth waxman. what a pair for tonight. i want to welcome frank gilbert, a past president of the jewish historical society who is also the grandson of justice lewis brandeis. thanks to frank's generosity the society is fortunate to have in our collection justice brandeis' law school notebook and a beautiful oil portrait. as many of you may know, the jewish historical society is planning a new lillian and albert small jewish museum in washington as part of the capitol crossing development project which is a few blocks from here. last november our historic 1876 synagogue was cut from its base and moved for the second time in its life 50 feet into the middle of third street northwest where it's going to remain until the third and final move to the newly reopened corner of 3rd and f streets northwest and there it will become the centerpiece of our brand new museum complex. tonight's topic of jewish supreme court justices

dr. david dalin is a author, co-author or editor of 11 books including religion and state. his articles and book reviews have appeared in a variety of publicatio publications. tonight he will talk about his book which many of you have in your hands, jewish justices of the supreme court which has already received excellent reviews since is release in april. in this first history who have served or currently served on the u.s. supreme court he examines their lives and legal careers as well as the changing role of jews within the american legal profession. he will be joined in conversation with seth who is himself a distinguished leader in the washington and national legal communities. he taught as a visiting fellow from school of government and as a visiting processer at the georgetown university law center. he has argued 33 cases before the supreme court and has tried and argued dozens of other high profile complex civil and criminal cases in federal and state courts across the country. so now i'm sure you're ready and i am too to invite him to the stage. >> so good to be he

dr. david dalin, historian and rabbi, is the author, co-author or editor of 11 books, including religion and state in the american jewish experience, co-authored with one of our prior panelists, dr. jonathan sarna and the president of the united states and the jus. his articles and book reviews have appeared in a variety of publications, tonight dr. dalen will talk about his just published book, "jewish justices of the supreme court from brand toys kagan." in its first history of the eight jews who have served or currently serve, dr. dallin examines their lives and careers as well as the changing role of jews. dr. dallin will be joined in conversation with seth waxman, himself a distinguished leader in the washington and national legal communities. mr. waxman served as the 41st solicitor general of the united states from 1997 until january 2001. after leaving government, mr. waxman taught both as a visiting fellow at harvard john f. kennedy's school of government and as a visiting professor at the georgetown university law center. mr. waxman has argued 33 cases before the supreme court. a