From the other side of the bench
by David Seidemann
Issue of November 20, 2009/ 3 Cheshvan 5770
When I was a child, I collected baseball cards. In addition to my soda bottle cap …
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11/18/09
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From the other side of the bench
by David Seidemann
Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770
The following conversation did not take place although I wish it had. It is not meant to …
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11/11/09
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of November 6, 2009/ 19 Cheshvan 5770
He’s not even Jewish — Irish Catholic I believe — but he considers himself …
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11/3/09
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of October 30 2009/ 12 Cheshvan 5770
My children probably will not like this article, and from hearing many of the conversations …
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10/27/09
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I don't know if G-d is a Democrat or a Republican. But one thing I do know for sure is G-d is not a Socialist, a Communist or a Fascist. He does not believe in totalitarianism. G-d does not believe …
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10/21/09
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770
A Broadway producer couldn’t have staged it better. There I stood in the middle of an …
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10/13/09
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of Oct. 2, 2009 / 14 Tishrei 5770
Rosh Hashana, I’m too scared to eat. Yom Kippur, I’m not allowed to eat. Sukkos, I can eat …
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9/29/09
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Well, it’s been a year now since we last prayed for a year of peace, prosperity and blessing. And by all measures, it has been a most difficult and troubling year. The forces of good are still …
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9/16/09
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In close to 20 years of “lawyering” I would estimate that I have appeared in front of at least 100 different judges. Municipal court, civil court, Supreme Court, district court or the appellate …
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9/9/09
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he swell of emotion and affection that has followed the passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy may have caught some of us by surprise. Perhaps those born after the Camelot years don't quite get the …
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9/2/09
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