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11-05-10 Tikkun’s Rabbi Lerner’s Response on Additional Jewish Ethics Questions

1) On May 12, Joseph Zernik wrote:

Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 02:15:32
To: Michael Lerner <rabbilerner@tikkun.org>
From: joseph zernik <jz12345@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Additional Jewish ethics questions re: the California and US justice systems

Rabbi Michael Lerner

Tikkun Magazine

Dear Rabbi Lerner:

I am sorry that you fee this way.

I published all previous correspondence with you and others, and copies were
forwarded to you routinely. Therefore, there was no secret about it.

My efforts are not for private use, but for public awareness of the level of
corruption that the California and US justice systems have descended to.

However, I can understand it if you feel you do not wish to answer on the questions
below.

Truly,

Joseph Zernik, PhD

Human Rights Alert (NGO)

2) At 08:00 AM 5/11/2011, Rabbi Lerner wrote:

I had no idea you were going to publish my answer to your last question, and do not wish to
continue corresponding with you. I think doing that without my permission was quite unethical.

Rabbi Michael Lerner

Editor, Tikkun Magazine www.tikkun.org
Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progressives (www.spiritualprogressives.org)
Rabbi, Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in S.F. and Berkeley (www.beyttikkun.org)
rabbilerner@tikkun.org
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Office: 510 644 1200

3) On May 10, 2011, at 4:40 PM, joseph zernik wrote:

Rabbi Michael Lerner

Tikkun Magazine

Dear Rabbi Lerner:

Thanks again for your previous, candid and expedient responses on

ethics matters pertaining to the Los Angeles Jewish-legal community
and ADL.

As part of the ongoing discussion, I would like to ask for your Jewish
ethics perspective on the following questions:

1) In view of the 2010 Professional Staff Report of the UN Human

Rights Council, which noted "corruption of the courts and the legal
profession - in California", is Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the US
Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, bound by duty to initiate corrective
actions?

2) In view of the 2010 Professional Staff Report of the UN Human

Rights Council, which noted "corruption of the courts and the legal
profession- in California", is Anthony Kennedy, Justice of the US
Supreme Court, who oversees the 9th Circuit, bound by duty to
initiate corrective actions?

3) In view of the 2010 Professional Staff Report of the UN Human

Rights Council, which noted "corruption of the courts and the legal
profession- in California", is Richard Posner, US Circuit Judge,
bound by duty to press his personal friends/colleagues Alex Kozinski
and Anthony Kennedy to initiate corrective actions? (see below:
Ethics questions addressed to Professor Richard Posner.)

4) In view of the 2010 Professional Staff Report of the UN Human

Rights Council, which noted "corruption of the courts and the legal
profession- in California", are California and US Jewish religious
leaders bound by duty to press for the initiation of corrective actions?

Truly,
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Joseph Zernik, PhD

Human Rights Alert (NGO)
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Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law Professor, Asked for Ethics Opinions Regarding
Racketeering in the Los Angeles Courts, Bet Tzedek, and ADL
Institutionalized corruption of Bet Tzedek, the Los Angeles “House of Justice” – an 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. US
judges refuse to initiate corrective actions.

Los Angeles, May 10 –Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law School Professor, was asked to
provide opinions on ethics questions pertaining to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession”
in California: [i ,ii ]

• Is it reasonably ethical for Anti Defamation League (ADL) National Director Abraham Foxman
not to respond on request for opinion regarding public corruption and racketeering in the courts by
leaders of the Los Angeles Jewish-legal community?

• Are US judges bound by an ethics duty to initiate corrective actions regarding “corruption of the
courts and the legal profession”, based on their Oaths of Office?

• Are US judges bound by an ethics duty to initiate corrective actions regarding “corruption of the
courts and the legal profession”, based on the Code of Conduct of US Judges?

• Is Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, bound by an ethics duty to
initiate corrective actions in view of an official 2010 Professional Staff Report of the United
Nations (UN) Human Rights Council regarding “corruption of the courts and the legal profession”
in California?

• Is Anthony Kennedy, Justice of the US Supreme Court, who oversees the 9th Circuit, bound by an
ethics duty to initiate corrective actions in view of an official 2010 Professional Staff Report of the
United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council regarding “corruption of the courts and the legal
profession” in California?
The Oath of Office states: "I... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States..."
Ethics questions regarding ADL and racketeering by Bet Tzedek leaders have been previously
addressed to UCLA Law Professor Richard Steinberg, and Tikkun Rabbi Michael Lerner
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UCLA Law School Professor Richard Steinberg, Director of the Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights
Law Project, has so far failed to respond regarding refusal of ADL National Director Foxman to
respond regarding public corruption and racketeering in the courts by Los Angeles Jewish-legal
community leaders. [iii ]
The Project’s mission is “to advance the cause of human rights and international justice around the world.”

Tikkun Rabbi Michael Lerner wrote:

“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”. [iv ]
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 leaders of Bet
Tzedek – the Los Angeles “House of Justice” – an affiliate of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation
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 leaders 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. [v ,vi ]
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.”

Current and former senior officers of Bet Tzedek, the "House of Justice" are involved in racketeering
in the courts.

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”. [vii ]
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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 Univ of Chicago Law School Professor Richard Posner is asked to opine regarding ADL’s refusal to opine on corruption/racketeering in the
courts by Los Angeles Jewish-legal community leaders
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/54944520/
ii
11-05-09 Ethics Questions Forwarded to University of Chicago Law Professor Richard Posner
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/54969700/
iii
11-05-07 Press Release - UCLA Law Professor Richard Stein Berg, A Human Rights Expert, Is Asked to Opine Regarding Human Rights in Los
Angeles, California
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/54839618/
iv
11-05-08 Press Release: Tikkun’s Rabbi Lerner opines on refusal by ADL to respond on Public Corruption/Racketeering in the courts by Los Angeles
Jewish-legal community leaders.
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/54938457/H
v
11-05-05 ADL Abraham Foxman is asked to opine on allegations of Public Corruption, Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish Community
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/54664741/
vi
11-05-05 Addendum to request for opinion by ADLs Abraham Foxman in re: Corruption/Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish/Legal community-s
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/54719683/
vii
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".
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/H
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)

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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Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/27433920/
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Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/
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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)
Hhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/50137887/
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Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009)
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