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11-05-18 Request for Jewish Ethics Perspective by Rabbi Robert Wexler, American
Jewish University, Los Angeles

Rabbi Robert Wexler,

President
American Jewish University, Los Angeles
sott@ajula.edu
Fax: (805) 526-1398
RE: Request for Jewish Ethics Perspective by Rabbi Robert Wexler
Dear Rabbi Wexler:
It has been a while since I saw you or your family last time, and I hope you are all well.
I write to ask for your Jewish ethics perspective on the following question:
Should you, the American Jewish University, Los Angeles, and the Ziegler School of Rabbinic
Studies be considered direct beneficiaries of gains from racketeering by Sandor Samuels, who
lists himself as Member of the Board?
Please see additional information in this regard below.
All the best,

Joseph Zernik, PhD

Human Rights Alert (NGO)
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11-05-18 Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard and Adat Ari El, Valley Village – willful beneficiaries
of Sandor Samuels’ criminality
Starting early 2007 Dr Zernik has reliably informed Rabbi Bernhard of Samuels’ racketeering in the courts.
Rabbi Bernhard has done nothing to stop the retaliation that ensued, and Samuels continues to be listed as
Member of the Board of the synagogue regardless of his well-publicized track record in the intervening years.

Jonathan Bernhard Sandor Samuels

Adat Ari El, Valley Village

Los Angeles, May 18 – Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO) has requested Rabbi Jonathan
Bernhard’s Jewish ethics perspective regarding racketeering in the courts by leaders of the Los Angeles
Jewish-legal community, including, but not limited to, Sandor Samuels – Member of the Board of Adat Ari El
synagogue. [i] Dr Zernik first met Rabbi Bernhard in early 2007, to reliably inform him of the conduct of
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Samuels, a major donor to the synagogue. At that time Samuels was Chief Legal Officer of Countrywide, and
was listed as responsible for all litigation matters in the corporation:
• In early 2007, in their first meeting, Dr Zernik provided Rabbi Bernhard evidence of Samuels'
racketeering in the courts. [i]
• In direct response, Samuels initiated retaliation, which continued from 2007 till 2010, and in
itself is part of the racketeering pattern. [ii]
• In January 2008 Countrywide collapsed, following the publication by the New York Times of
fraud by Countrywide's counsel in the US Court in Pennsylvania - filing of "recreated letters"
as evidence – part of the same pattern. [iii]
• In March 2008 news was published that the Hon Jeff Bohm, US Bankruptcy in Texas, issued
a 72 page Memorandum Opinion, based on a yearlong study by the US Trustee's office,
detailing conduct of Countrywide in courts across the United States, additional evidence of
racketeering in the courts. [iv] According to the Memorandum Opinion, Countrywide
promised the Hon Bohm to cease such conduct.
• The evidence shows that Mr Samuels nevertheless continued the same conduct as Associate
General Counsel of Bank of America. [v]
Sandor Samuels was central to one of the biggest frauds in history against homeowners, against
shareholders, and against the US Treasury. Rabbi Bernhard has been reliably informed in the matter
since 2007. Regardless, Samuels continues to be listed a Board Member of Adat Ari El, Valley
Village.
“Most likely, Rabbi Bernhard and Adat Ari El synagogue continue to accept Samuels’ donations to
this date, making Rabbi Bernhard and Adat Ari El direct beneficiaries of criminality,” says Dr Zernik.
“The fact that Samuels and his like are not prosecuted, is only a reflection of corruption of the US
justice system today. It is no excuse for the Jewish community to live in denial of reality.” [vi]
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LINKS:
[I] 11-05-15 Request for Jewish ethics perspective by Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard (Adat Ari El) regarding public corruption/racketeering in the
courts by leaders of the Los Angeles Jewish-legal community
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55444214/
[ii] 07-07-06 Samaan v Zernik (SC087400) Countrywide: Ex parte application for a Protection/Gag Order
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25002347/
[iii] 08-01-08 Case of Borrower Hills (01-22574) - in the US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. Countrywide's
Three "Recreated Letters" and a Transcript
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25003494/
[iv] 08-03-05 Case of Borrower William Parsley (05-90374), Dkt #248: Judge Jeff Bohm's Memorandum Opinion, rebuking Countrywide's
litigation practices, Countrywide's false outside counsel scheme - appearances by counsel who are not Counsel of Record, with "no
communications with clients" clause:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25001966/
[v] 10-07-06 Complaint Filed with US Attorney Office Los Angeles against Sandor Samuels and others, alleging Racketeering
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33971099/
[vi] 11-04-21 PRESS RELEASE: NYT: "In Financial Crisis, No Prosecutions of Top Figures" - Because of widespread corruption of the justice
system, they are effectively immune
http://www.scribd.com/doc/53520603/
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11-05-13 Los Angeles Rabbis Sharon Brous (Ikar Synagogue), Chaim Nochum Cunin
(Chabad), Susan Leider (Temple Betham), Chaim Seidler-Feller (UCLA Hillel)
are Asked to Opine on Public Corruption/Racketeering in the Courts by
Jewish-legal community leaders
The questions originated from fraud and racketeering by Bet Tzedek current and former leaders: Sandor
Samuels, David Pasternak, Terry Friedman, and refusal of ADL National Director Abraham Foxman to
respond on the matter. Additional questions addressed the ethics duties of US judges such as Alex Kozinski,
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Richard Posner, and Anthony Kennedy and Jewish religious leaders in view of “corruption of the courts and
the legal profession” in California.

Rabbi Brous Rabbi Cunin Rabbi Leider Rabbi Seidler-Feller

Los Angeles, May 13 - Requests for Jewish ethics opinions, have been addressed to four Los Angeles area
rabbis, concerning public corruption and racketeering by Bet Tzedek's leaders, and "corruption of the courts
and the legal profession" in California. [i]
The four rabbis are:
• Rabbi Sharon Brous Ikar Synagogue, Los Angeles;
• Rabbi Chaim Nochum Cunin Chabad, Los Angeles;
• Rabbi Susan Leider - Temple Betham, Los Angeles;
• Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles
Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), who addressed the rabbis, has gained substantial
experience in analyzing computer fraud in the state and US courts in recent years, and his findings were
presented in international computer science and criminology conferences and published in international peer-
reviewed journals. His opinions were also supported by opinions of top fraud and computer science experts,
and incorporated into an official UN Human Rights Council report. [ii]
Dr Zernik has repeatedly highlighted in his writing in recent years the prominent role of Jewish attorneys and
judges in racketeering in the Los Angeles courts.
Three of the Los Angeles rabbis, Brous, Leider, and Seidler-Feller were previously willing to join protest
against the death penalty in California, in view of the widespread corruption of the California justice system.
[iii]
The questions now addressed to the rabbis pertained to:
1) Should Mr Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti Defamation League (ADL), opine on
defamation, or lack thereof, in stating that leading figures of the Los Angeles Jewish-legal
community engage in public corruption and racketeering in the courts?
2) Should Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, and Anthony Kennedy,
Justice of the US Supreme Court, who oversees the 9th Circuit, and Richard Posner, US Circuit
Judge, initiate corrective actions 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".
3) Should California and US Jewish religious leaders press for corrective actions relative to such
conditions.
Asking Jewish rabbis to opine on public matters is a tradition going back at least 1,500 years.
Tikkun Rabbi Michael Lerner has provided partial response on such questions
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Regarding refusal by Mr Abraham Foxman to respond on defamation, or lack thereof, in stating

racketeering and corruption by Jewish-legal Los Angeles leaders, 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]
Rabbi Lerner refused to respond on the ethics duties of US judges and Jewish religious leaders in view
of “corruption of the courts and the legal profession”.
Rabbi Lerner was clear in his opposition to the death penalty in California.
Tikkun’s motto is: “to heal, repair, and transform the world.”
Similar questions were addressed to Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law Professor.

Similar questions were previously addressed to Richard Posner, University of Chicago Law School
Professor, regarding “corruption of the courts and the legal profession” in California: [v,vi]
• 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?
Richard Posner failed to respond on the questions.
The Oath of Office states: "I... do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States..."
UCLA Human Rights expert Professor Richard Steinberg was also asked to opine regarding refusal
of Mr Foxman to respond on the matter.
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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. [vii]
Richard Steinberg failed to respond on the questions.
The Project’s mission is “to advance the cause of human rights and international justice around 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. [viii,ix]
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.
Abraham Foxman failed to respond on the question.
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”. [x]
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:
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• 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 and the Greater Los Angeles Jewish Federation have refused to respond on requests to
state whether they have grievance procedures, to address complaints of public corruption and
racketeering in the courts by their leaders.
Bet Tzedek’s motto is the biblical command “Justice, justice you shall pursue!” (Deut. 16:20)
LINKS
i
11-05-12 Los Angeles Rabbis Sharon Brous (Ikar Synagogue), Chaim Nochum Cunin (Chabad), Susan Leider (Temple Betham), Chaim Seidler-Feller
(UCLA Hillel) are Asked to Opine on Fraud/Racketeering in the Courts by Jewish- Legal community leaders
http://www.scribd.com/doc/55310953/
ii
11-05-08 Joseph Zernik,PhD, Biographical Sketch
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46421113/
iii
Online Petition: Stop the execution of Kevin Cooper. Impose a moratorium on the death penalty in California
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-cooper-execution-end-death-penalty-in-caifornia/
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54938457/
v
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
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54944520/
vi
11-05-09 Ethics Questions Forwarded to University of Chicago Law Professor Richard Posner
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54969700/
vii
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
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54839618/
viii
11-05-05 ADL Abraham Foxman is asked to opine on allegations of Public Corruption, Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish Community
http://www.scribd.com/doc/54664741/
ix
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/
x
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)

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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WHAT DID THE EXPERT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS?
* "...a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50753639/
Prof Paul Krugman, MIT (2011)
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?
* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."
Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)
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"
* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated
relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."
LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306 /
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?
* "...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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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE STATE COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES?
* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important
speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable
from courts of third world nations."
Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute (2010)
http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?
* "More than 100 law professors have signed on to a letter released today that proposes congressional hearings and legislation aimed at fashioning
"mandatory and enforceable" ethics rules for Supreme Court justices for the first time. The effort, coordinated by the liberal Alliance for Justice, was
triggered by "recent media reports," the letter said, apparently referring to stories of meetings and other potential conflicts of interest involving Justices
Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas among others."
More than 100 law professors, as reported by the Blog of the Legal Times (February 2011)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49586436/
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WHAT DID CHIEF JUDGE OF THE US COURT OF APPEALS, 5TH CIRCUIT, SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* "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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WHAT DID THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE US JUSTICE SYSTEM?
* In a speech in Georgetown University, Senator Leahy, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" on
the US Department of Justice.
Transcript of Senator Leahy speech (2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38472251/
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