Mr. Joel Z. Eigerman This is Me

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1. 1. Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

   www.jewishalliance.org/sec/who - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/3/2008   Last Visited: 2/3/2008

   Joel Z. Eigerman
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   Joel Eigerman has been a civil litigator in Boston for 35 years. A graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he has served as a law clerk to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and as a disciplinary hearing officer for the Board of Bar Overseers for two terms. As a member of JALSA and, previously, of the American Jewish Congress, he has chaired both the Committee on Law and Social Action and JALSA's weekly working group meeting. He has authored several briefs amicus curiae for both organizations, and has been active primarily on issues regarding education, the separation of church and state, and threats to civil liberties. In addition to his work with JALSA, Mr. Eigerman has for many years served as an alumni admissions interviewer for applicants to Harvard College, and for several years has chaired the interview group for Cambridge.

2. 2. Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

   www.jewishalliance.org/news/nr - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/14/2001   Last Visited: 2/3/2008

   "Our new organization will be true to the progressive heritage of the American Jewish Congress," said Joel Z. Eigerman, a founder of the Alliance and vice-president of AJCongress and chair of its Commission on Law and Social Action. "JALSA," he added, "will focus on domestic policy issues at the local and national levels.

3. 3. Alternative Religions Educational Network - Archives

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   Published on: 8/12/1998   Last Visited: 12/16/2007

   Joel Eigerman, a lawyer and vice president of the American Jewish Congress, asked Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Herbert Wilkins for the change after a new lawyer noticed it on her certificate of admission to the Massachusetts bar.
   
   "I don't think it would have bothered me, but I understand why it bothered her," Eigerman said.
   
   He said the words "in the year of our Lord" is sectarian, and can seem insensitive to non-Christians.
   
   "I don't think it's a conscious decision to make a religious endorsement, but just something no one has examined," he said.