why did I join IAJLJ

Members of our Board share their thoughts and feelings as to why they joined the IAJLJ

				Jonathan Lux Why it’s important (to me) to be a member of IAJLJ: Some of the greatest lawyers in the UK (and, no doubt, in many other countries) are Jewish and it’s important that there be an organisation whereby Jewish lawyers can contribute to worldwide legal thinking and jurisprudence. My second reason has darker overtones. Today Israel is unremittingly being delegitimized and demonised around the world. Jewish lawyers need to be very astute to ensure that the law is not subverted to become an instrument bent to the cause of our enemies. Jonathan Lux For the last 30 years I have been a Partner of international commercial law firm Ince & Co LLP. I am also a practising Arbitrator and Mediator and Honorary Consul to Cape Verde in London.

				Dr. Edna Kaplan-Hagler The importance of the Association lies in its capacity to create a direct link between Jewish jurists throughout today’s world - a complex world in which collective interests unite us. Each of us faces problems created in the particular state in which we live but our common denominator is that we are all Jews with a Jewish identity, each expressing it as we will, in our own work. The latest wave of growing antisemitism that has raised its ugly head should concern every civilized person; however, the primary goal of Jewish jurists should be to do their utmost to give warning of this danger, to eradicate it and to punish those who wage a war of hate. The IAJLJ does not only concern itself with Jewish issues. Rather, in the light of centuries of experience in which the Jews were persecuted as a minority people, the IAJLJ also works to protect other minorities and warn of imminent harm to them. Employing all its resources, holding direct meetings designed to bring people together in order to clarify and disseminate ideas, there are no words to describe the importance of an organization that acts as this one does. Judge (ret.) Edna Kaplan-Hagler is Former Deputy President of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court. Judge Kaplan-Hagler was awarded with the Pinchas Rosen Prize for Excellence in Legal Research as well as the Zeltner Prize. She holds a PhD in Legal Studies from Tel Aviv University.

				Dov Shefi My decision to join the IAJLJ was based on my belief that people whom I hold in high regard are of the opinion that Israel and the image of the Jewish people have been under attack throughout the whole world for decades. Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected as President of the Moslem Republic of Iran, Israel has come closer to the real threat of a new Shoah. The Moslem world understands that it is difficult to destroy Israel by force and therefore they make use of propaganda in which they deny Israel’s right to exist. In addition, the phenomenon of antisemitism has become widespread and there is an urgent need to explain why it is illegitimate and unjust. The IAJLJ is committed to this task.

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