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American civil rights lawyer (died 2004)

Jeremiah S. Gutman (c. 1924 – February 25, 2004) was an American civil rights lawyer and founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Biography

Gutman served in World War II as a corporal in the 2nd platoon, Company G of the 273rd Infantry Regiment in the 69th Infantry Division, receiving a Purple Heart. During the 1948 Palestine war, he collected light arms to smuggle to the Haganah.

As a student at the New York University School of Law, Gutman edited the New York University Law Review. In 1949, he joined the law firm Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan, where his father was a partner. In 1951, hoping to combat McCarthyism, Gutman became a founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Over the course of his career, Gutman litigated many civil rights cases, with prominent clients including Abbie Hoffman, Douglas Faneuil, Jerry Rubin, and conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. He also defended cult leaders such as Sun Myung Moon and leaders of the Hare Krishna movement; sociologist Stjepan Meštrović described Gutman as "sympathetic to cult movements, express regret that the First Amendment is not applied vigorously to defend them, and refer to 'deprogramming' as a 'dirty business'".

In 2001, Gutman became the chair of the National Coalition Against Censorship, where he had served as an officer since the 1980s. He became president of Meretz USA in the same year. Gutman died from a heart attack on February 25, 2004.

References

  1. ^ Lueck, Thomas J (26 February 2004). "Jeremiah S. Gutman, 80, a Fighter for Free Speech". New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ Moore, Deborah Dash (11 November 2004). GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation. Harvard University Press. pp. 160, 253. ISBN 978-0-674-01509-8. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ Colton, Miriam (19 March 2004). "J. Gutman, Rights Advocate, 80". The Forward. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Jeremiah Gutman - NCAC Chair Dies". National Coalition Against Censorship. 19 April 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. Mestrovic, Stjepan G. (1990). "Cults and New Religious Movements: A Report of the Committee on Psychiatry and Religion of the American Psychiatric Association". Journal of Psychiatry & Law. 18 (1–2): 226. doi:10.1177/0093185390018001- (inactive 1 November 2024). Retrieved 12 April 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)


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