JTA: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Talks About Jewish Upbringing
By Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, appearing at a Jewish day school in Brooklyn, spoke about her Jewish background and how her family jumped from synagogue to synagogue. “I had a very strange Jewish upbringing actually,” Kagan, 58, told journalist Dahlia Lithwick, who moderated the Wednesday evening conversation. “You would think Lincoln Square Synagogue, she comes from a Modern Orthodox family. Actually my family didn’t really know what it was.” Read more…
Brooklyn Eagle: Supreme Court Justice Kagan speaks at Brooklyn school about challenges to SCOTUS
By Rob Abruzzese, Legal Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle While all the talk surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court surrounds the confirmation hearing of Hon. Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan dropped by a Jewish day school in Brooklyn to talk about her upbringing and some of the challenges the court faces today. Read more…