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11-05-08 Univ of Chicago Law School Professor Richard Posner is asked to opine regarding
ADL’s refusal to opine on corruption/racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish-legal
community.
Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 16:12:14
To: rposner@law.uchicago.edu,
From: joseph zernik <jz12345@earthlink.net>
Subject: Request for a legal ethics opinion

Professor Richard Posner

University of Chicago Law School

Dear Professor Posner:

I write to request your personal opinion on a question of legal ethics.

Recently, I have filed a request with Mr Abraham Foxman, National Director of

the Anti Defamation League (ADL), for ADL's opinion regarding my writing,
which details public corruption and racketeering in the courts by leading figures of
the Los Angeles Jewish-Legal community (see May 8, 2011 press release, below).

I believe that you are uniquely qualified to opine on such matters.

Is it ethically reasonable for Mr Foxman not to respond at all on my request for

ADL's opinion on this matter, given the stated mission of ADL "to stop the
defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all?

Your response on this question would be greatly appreciated.

Truly,

Joseph Zernik, PhD

Human Rights Alert (NGO)
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LINKS:
[i] 11-05-05 ADLs Abraham Foxman is asked to opine on allegations of Public Corruption,
Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish Community
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54664741/
[ii] 11-05-05 Addendum to request for opinion by ADLs Abraham Foxman in re:
Corruption/Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish/Legal community-s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54719683/
[iii] 10-04-19 Human Rights Alert (NG0) submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for
the 2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States as incorporated into the UPR staff report,
z Page 2/5 May 8, 2011

with reference to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession".

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
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Tikkuns Rabbi Lerner opines on ADLs National Director Abraham Foxman
Institutionalized corruption of Bet Tzedek, the Los Angeles "House of Justice" - a prominent affiliate of
the Los Angeles Jewish Federation - and racketeering in the courts as the institutional culture, have
been the core of Dr Zernik's writing on the subject. ADL so far has refused to opine if such writing
amounts to defamation. Rabbi Lerner's response raises concerns that ADL is not much different than
Bet Tzedek.

Los Angeles, May 8 - Tikkun's Rabbi Michael has Lerner provided his opinion regarding refusal of
ADL's National Director Abraham Foxman to respond regarding racketeering in the courts by leading
Los Angeles Jewish-legal community leaders.

Rabbi Michael Lerner has written:

"I know nothing about the circumstances about which you are talking, and don't want to publicly
comment on Mr. Foxman because the only honest things I could say might easily bring me a law suit
for slander." [[i]]

Tikkun's motto is: "to heal, repair, and transform the world."

ADL was asked to opine on Dr Zernik's writing, which detailed racketeering in the courts by leading
figures in the Los Angeles Legal-Jewish community

Dr Zernik has recently filed a request with Mr Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti
Defamation League (ADL), for ADL's opinion regarding Dr Zernik's writing, which detailed public
corruption and racketeering in the courts by leading figures of the Los Angeles Jewish-Legal
community. Dr Zernik's writing pertains to current and former officers of BET TZEDEK - the Los
Angeles "HOUSE OF JUSTICE", an affiliate organization of the Greater Los Angeles Jewish
Federation. [[ii],[iii]]

Dr Zernik has expressed his concern that his writing, and the positions held by such individuals, are
likely to lead people to conclude that the Los Angeles Jewish community holds in high esteem, or even
as its leaders, individuals, who are engaged in corruption of the courts and violations of Human Rights.
Moreover, Dr Zernik has pointed out the large number of readers of his writings.

In order to remove any doubts on such important matter, and knowing that ADL has a good-size legal
department and considerable resources, Dr Zernik has requested a formal opinion by ADL on such
writing. With the letter, large volume of evidence has been provided to ADL.

ADL's stated mission is "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair
treatment to all."

Dr Zernik's writing pertains to senior officers of Bet Tzedek, the House of Justice, and are supported by
z Page 3/5 May 8, 2011

opinions of fraud experts of the highest reputation

Terry Friedman David Pasternak Sandor Samuels

Dr Zernik's writing is supported by opinions of fraud experts of the highest reputation, and are part of
conduct that was opined in the 2010 Human Rights Council of the United Nations as "corruption of the
courts and the legal profession in California." [[iv]]

Over the past several years, Dr Zernik has often written, published online, and distributed by email to a
large recipient list materials, which may be deemed by some as defamatory of key Jewish
organizations in Los Angeles, California:
• BET TZEDEK, the "HOUSE OF JUSTICE", and

• THE GREATER LOS ANGELES JEWISH FEDERATION, with whom it is affiliated.

His writing detail public corruption and racketeering in the courts by current and former senior officers of
BET TZEDEK:
• SANDOR SAMUELS, current and former President;

• DAVID PASTERNAK, former President (possibly current member of the Board of Directors)

• TERRY FRIEDMAN, former Executive Director.

SANDOR SAMUELS also lists himself as a Board Member in a number of other prominent Los
Angeles Jewish organizations:
• AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES

• ZIEGLER SCHOOL OF RABBINIC STUDIES

• SHALHEVET SCHOOL

• ADAT ARI EL SYNAGOGUE, VALLEY VILLAGE

Bet Tzedek's motto is the biblical command "Justice, justice you shall pursue!" (Deut. 16:20)

LINKS
[i] 11-05-08 Tikkun's Rabbi Michael Lerner opines on response, or lack thereof, by ADL's National Director Abraham Foxman re:
racketeering in the courts by Los Angeles Jewish-Legal community leaders s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54917771/
[ii] 11-05-05 ADLs Abraham Foxman is asked to opine on allegations of Public Corruption, Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish
Community
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54664741/
[iii] 11-05-05 Addendum to request for opinion by ADLs Abraham Foxman in re: Corruption/Racketeering in the Los Angeles
Jewish/Legal community-s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54719683/
[iv] 10-04-19 Human Rights Alert (NG0) submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2010 Review (UPR) of
Human Rights in the United States as incorporated into the UPR staff report, with reference to "corruption of the courts and the
legal profession".
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)
z Page 4/5 May 8, 2011

Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice
systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Human Rights Alert
focuses on the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of the integrity of the justice
system in the United States.
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/
* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when
innocent people are convicted."
Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/27433920/
* "Innocent people remain in prison"
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306 /
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* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."
United Nations Human Rights Council Staff Report (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
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systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."
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* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/49586436/
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* "The American legal system has been corrupted almost beyond recognition..."
Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, Edith Jones, speaking before the Federalist Society of Harvard Law School
(February 2003)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50137887/
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