USA Supreme Court - Jewish justices of the Supreme Court: from Brandeis to Kagan

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The publication of this book affords me the welcome opportunity to acknowledge my thanks to several colleagues and friends who have spoken with me about material relating to the book. I would like to express my deep appreciation to each of the following individuals, whose sharing of their thoughts and general encouragement have helped make this a better book: Allan Arkush, Stephen F. Beiner, Judith Beiner, Gerard V. Bradley, Luis Fleischman, Robert P. George, Joseph R. Goldyne, Deborah Goldyne, Daniel Gordis, Michael A. Kahn, Carolyn Hessel, Yehudah Mirsky, David Novak, Michael Novak, Arnold Resnicoff, Daniel Rosenthal, Laura Rothstein, Edward S. Shapiro, Howard Shub, Kurt F. Stone, Daniel Terris, and Melvin I. Urofsky. I also wish to thank Andrew L. Kaufman, the Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor at Harvard Law School, who served as Justice Felix Frankfurters law clerk from 1955 to 1957 and who later wrote the acclaimed judicial biography Cardozo, for taking the time to meet and talk with me about Justices Benjamin Cardozo and Frankfurter.

For assisting me in my research, I am delighted to thank the staff of the Historical and Special Collections Division of the Harvard Law School Library and Linda Grant of the Harvard Law School Communications Office; the staff of the Manuscript Reading Room in the James Madison Building at the Library of Congress; the staff of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas; Clare Cushman, the director of publications at the Supreme Court Historical Society in Washington, D.C.; Charlotte Bonelli, director of the American Jewish Committee archives; and the staffs of the Jewish Theological Seminary Library in New York and the Florida Atlantic University Library in Boca Raton, Florida. Special thanks go to Kevin Proffitt and his archival staff at the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati for answering questions and sending me material relating to my research. Kevin and his staff also gave me permission to publish one of the photographs included in this book.

I would also like to acknowledge my special appreciation to Steve Petteway, the curator of the Photograph Collection at the Supreme Court of the United States, and his staff for their gracious assistance in helping me locate and secure many of the photographs that I have included in this volume. I am likewise very grateful to Alan M. Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter Professor Emeritus at Harvard Law School, who served as a law clerk for Justice Arthur J. Goldberg, for giving me permission to publish a photo of him and Justice Goldberg, from his private collection, in this volume.

My son, Barry Dalin, helped locate digital copies of some photographs that have been included in this book. I shall always be grateful for Barrys wonderful research assistance and his continuing love and encouragement throughout the writing of this book. My daughter, Simona Dalin, who recently came to hear me speak about Justice Brandeis at her alma mater, Brandeis University, has also been a source of continuing love and encouragement throughout my researching and writing. Simona and Barry, who have enriched my life in so many ways, continue to be a source of support and inspiration in all that I do.

I was aided in travel and research related to this book by a generous grant from the Earhart Foundation.

I owe a special debt of gratitude to Phyllis Deutsch, my editor at the University Press of New England, for inviting me to write this book for Brandeis University Press. Her continuing faith in this book, and her many excellent suggestions for its improvement, have been invaluable throughout. Amanda Dupuis, the managing editor of the University Press of New England, showed unfailing patience in answering my many questions throughout the editing process. Jason Warshof did a superb and meticulous job of copyediting the final manuscript. I would also like to thank Gil Troy, who carefully read and gave numerous constructive and insightful comments on an early draft of the manuscript for Brandeis University Press. I am very grateful to Gil, a preeminent historian of the American presidency, who has a vast knowledge of American Jewish history, for taking the time from his busy schedule to critically review the early draft.

I owe a special debt of gratitude to my good friend Jonathan D. Sarna for graciously inviting me to include this book among the publications of the Brandeis University Press series on American Jewish History, Culture, and Life, of which he is the editor. Jonathan, who has read almost everything I have published over the past thirty-five years, carefully read and commented on every chapter of this book manuscript and made numerous suggestions for its improvement. His encyclopedic knowledge of American Jewish history, and his willingness to share his knowledge and insights with colleagues and friends, has been an inspiration to me in completing this book, as it has been in all my other published work in the field of American Jewish history. I remain ever grateful to Jonathan for his continuing advice, encouragement, and friendship.

I owe a special debt of thanks to John F. Rothmann, my cherished friend of fifty years, who also carefully read and commented on every chapter of this book manuscript. His invaluable suggestions and insights, deriving from his vast knowledge of American presidential and judicial history and biography, as well as American Jewish history, have helped make this a better book. I am additionally grateful to John for putting me in touch with San Franciscos Lowell High School Alumni Association, which graciously sent me Justice Stephen G. Breyers high school yearbook graduation photo. The publication of this book gives me the welcome opportunity to express my enduring gratitude to John Rothmann for his continuing encouragement, wise counsel, and friendship.

My greatest debt of gratitude goes to my wonderful wife, Miriam Sanua Dalin, whose loving support throughout the process of my researching and writing this book has been a source of inspiration. Over numerous breakfasts, dinners, and evening walks, she has never tired of hearing and discussing my evolving ideas about the eight Jewish justices of the Supreme Court, their lives, and legacies. She has been forever patient during the long hours that I have been preoccupied with my work on the Jewish justices. A published historian and professor of American Jewish history, Miriam has read, commented on, critiqued, and helped me edit each chapter in this book. Her faith in me and in the importance of this book never faltered. I could not have written this book without her continuing support and encouragement. It is to her that this book is lovingly dedicated.

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