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SUMMARY:25 Years of Asking Questions: What is Justice?
DESCRIPTION:What does justice really mean\, and can it ever be fully achieved?\nFrom the Nuremberg Trials to modern war crimes\, and from Supreme Court decisions to local community courts\, justice often feels both essential and incomplete. This lecture invites reflection on what we expect from justice\, what it asks of us\, and how Robert H. Jackson’s belief in law as a moral force continues to resonate today. \nThis lecture is part of our 25 Years of Asking Questions lecture series. We are thankful to the Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union for sponsoring this series. Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union\, supporting individuals and organizations who also impact\, empower\, and achieve within our community. \nAbout the Speaker\nHon. Stephen J. Sfekas is a Senior Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. He served as an associate judge from 2010 until his retirement in 2017\, and previously worked as an assistant attorney general for Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene\, a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Joseph Young\, and in private practice. \nA longtime educator\, Judge Sfekas has taught health care law at the University of Baltimore Law School for 15 years. He earned a B.A. in International Relations and a J.D. from Georgetown University\, and an M.A. in History from Yale University. He is also the host of the podcast\, Trials that Shaped Us.
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/25yaq-what-is-justice/
LOCATION:The Robert H. Jackson Center\, 305 E 4th ST\, Jamestown\, NY\, 14701\, United States
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SUMMARY:2026 Jackson After Dark
DESCRIPTION:Tickets on Sale Now!\n\nIt's not an event. It's an experience.\n\n\nLISTEN | Let Mandy Majtan's cello wash over you from the front porch\, then follow Norm Karin's guitar into the historic Kent Mansion. This year's headliner is Lucas West\, from NBC's The Voice. Watch him in action here. Lucas will perform two sets at Jackson After Dark\, at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.\, in the Center's Cappa Theatre.\nTASTE | Sip specialty cocktails featuring spirits provided by Evans Wines & Liquors and wines from Johnson Estate Winery\, or reach for a craft beer from Wicked Warren's.\nSMELL | Follow your nose to a Chef Action Station by Studio D\, where enticing aromas draw you in before the first bite.\nFEEL | Wander the elegant rooms of the Jackson Center as night falls\, surrounded by history.\nSEE | Sukanya Burman Dance company members weave through the evening with improvisational performances that find you wherever you roam.\n\n\nTickets are $85 per person\, with all proceeds supporting programming and operations at the Robert H. Jackson Center.\n\nPurchase tickets by September 7 through the form below\, or contact us at (716) 483-6646 or info@roberthjackson.org.\nThank you to our sponsors:
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SUMMARY:Nuremberg at 80: An International Reflection - Application of the Nuremberg Principles to Modern Day Atrocities
DESCRIPTION:This panel is part of the greater International Law Weekend Midwest at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland\, OH. \nEighty years ago\, on October 1\, 1946\, the Nuremberg Tribunal issued its historic judgment\, convicting leaders of Nazi Germany of war crimes\, crimes against humanity\, and the crime of aggression.  In this international conference\, historians\, international prosecutors\, ambassadors\, and leading academics will explore the legacy of the Nuremberg Judgment\, from its application to the modern international tribunals to its relevance to contemporary events. \nFeatured Speakers for this panel:\n\nChair: Milena Sterio\, Cleveland State University College of Law\nAmb. Todd Buchwald\, Professorial Lecturer in Law\, George Washington University School of Law\, former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice\nAmb. Stephen Rapp\, former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues\, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone\nAmb. David Sheffer\, Professor of Practice\, Arizona State University School of Law\, former Ambassador at Large-for-War Crimes Issues\nAmb. Beth Van Schaack\, Distinguished Fellow\, Stanford University Center for Human Rights and International Justice\, former Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice\nDr. Paul Williams\, President of the Public International Law & Policy Group\, and Rebecca I. Grazier\, Professors of Law and International Relations at American University\nAmb. Clint Williamson\, Senior Director for International Justice at Georgetown University and former Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues.\n\nFor more information\, please visit Case Western Reserve University's website for the weekend. \n1:30pm EDT in Jamestown\, Washington DC\, Cleveland\, and New York // 18:30 BST in London\, Leicester\, and Cambridge // 19:30 CEST in Nürnberg // 12:30pm CDT in Chicago and Independence \nClick Here to Register for the Webinar\n 
URL:https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/ns80-case-modernday/
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SUMMARY:Youth Confronting History Keynote: Ellen Dubie
DESCRIPTION:Youth Confronting History engages middle and high school students in Western New York\, Northwestern Pennsylvania\, and the surrounding region in an in-depth exploration of justice\, moral courage\, and civic responsibility. Over three years\, students will examine the Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials through the themes of voice\, justice\, and action. The goal is to connect historical events to the choices young people face today. \n\n\nThis program is generously funded by the Arnold and Jill Bellowe Family Foundation which means students and teachers have no cost to participate. \nMore information about the Youth Confronting History program and registration can be found here. \nTeachers please note:\nThe fall keynote is open to all middle and high school students and participation in the full Youth Confronting History program is not required to attend. However\, we strongly encourage teachers to register their students for the full program and participate in the workshops and spring Student Showcase. The keynote is designed to serve as the opening experience for the year\, with the winter workshops and spring showcase providing opportunities for students to explore the topic more deeply and put their learning into action. You are welcome to bring your students to the keynote on its own\, but we encourage you to take advantage of the full Youth Confronting History experience! \nAbout the Speaker:\n\nEllen Dubie is a second-generation Holocaust survivor\, born in Boston\, MA\, and moved to Buffalo 9 years ago and was a former HRC Board member. Her father\, Stephan H. Lewy (1925-2021)\, was a Holocaust Survivor\, who was an active speaker in Massachusetts\, New Hampshire\, and Western NY for several years. Ellen is the Program Administrator of the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program at the University at Buffalo. \nAbout Her Father:\nStephan Lewy was born Heinz Stephan Lewy in Berlin in 1925. Stephan grew up in the Auerbach Orphanage where he lived through Kristallnacht hiding in the orphanage’s synagogue. Stephan was then sent on a Kindertransport to France in 1939\, living in both occupied and unoccupied zones. In 1942\, Stephan was able to get passage to the United States and in 1943 he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After the war Stephan returned to the U.S. where he still lives. \n“I have hope that I can make a difference…I hope that the world has learned a lesson.” – Stephan Lewy
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SUMMARY:The Al & Marge Brown WWII Lecture: The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück with Lynne Olson
DESCRIPTION:Join bestselling historian and author Lynne Olson for a conversation about her latest book\, The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp. \nAbout the Book\nDuring World War II\, more than 100\,000 women from Nazi-occupied Europe\, many of them members of their countries’ resistance movements\, were sent to Ravensbrück\, the only German concentration camp designed specifically for women. Among them was an extraordinary group of French women that included Germaine Tillion\, a brilliant anthropologist; Jacqueline d’Alincourt\, an elegant young countess; Anise Girard\, an exuberant college student\, and Genevieve de Gaulle\, the quiet\, reserved niece of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. \nIn the midst of the camp’s terror and brutality\, these four\, along with dozens of their countrywomen\, refused to behave like victims. Instead\, they formed a sisterhood\, joining forces not only to keep each other alive but to continue their battle to resist the Nazis\, this time by defying their orders to work in the German war effort. “It was our way of taunting our captors\, to prove that we were not defeated\,” one of them later said. Knowing full well they risked death if they were discovered\, they went even further\, creating a satirical musical revue making fun of their SS tormentors. \nAfter the war\, when many in France wanted nothing more than to focus on the future and forget about those who’d resisted the enemy\, the surviving members of the sisterhood refused to allow their achievements\, needs\, and sacrifices to be erased. They banded together once more\, first to support one another in healing their bodies and minds\, and then to continue their crusade for freedom and justice—an effort that would have major repercussions for their country and the world into the twenty-first century. \nAbout the Author\nLynne Olson is a New York Times bestselling author of ten books of history\, most of which focus on World War II. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has called her “our era’s foremost chronicler of World War II politics and diplomacy.” \nHer latest book\, The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp\, will be published by Random House on June 3\, 2025. It follows Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Woman Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples From Extinction\, which came out in 2023. \nThree of Lynne’s earlier books were immediate New York Times bestsellers\, among them Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against the Nazis and Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest\, Finest Hour. \nBorn in Hawaii\, Lynne graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona. Before becoming a full-time author\, she worked as a journalist for ten years\, first with the Associated Press as a national feature writer in New York\, a foreign correspondent in AP’s Moscow bureau\, and a political reporter in Washington. She left the AP to join the Washington bureau of the Baltimore Sun\, where she covered national politics and eventually the White House. \nLynne lives in Washington\, DC with her husband\, Stanley Cloud\, with whom she co-authored two books. \n  \n  \nThe Sisterhood of Ravensbrück is available now for purchase through The Robert H. Jackson Center's partnership with Good Neighbor Bookstore at this special link: Purchase your book here! \nThe Al & Marge Brown WWII Lecture Series explores the people\, events\, and enduring lessons of the Second World War through conversations with historians\, authors\, and scholars. \n  \n  \nThis is a Virtual Only event. Click here to register for the Zoom Webinar.
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