Can the Legacy of Louis Brandeis Save American Democracy?

One hundred and ten years ago, Louis Brandeis was the first contested appointment to the Supreme Court. His written decisions were both groundbreaking and prescient. How did his childhood, Jewishness, and Zionism figure into his Judicial philosophy, and what would he make of today’s Supreme Court? Join this session with Richard Michelson to find out!

Presented by the Orange County Community Scholars Program and sponsored by TBS Adult Learning. Questions? Contact Adult Learning.

Richard Michelson is a poet, children’s book author, and art dealer whose books have been listed among the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The New Yorker; and among the 12 Best Books of the Decade by Amazon.com. Michelson has received a National Jewish Book Award (and twice been a finalist), and two Sydney Taylor Gold Medals from the Association of Jewish Librarians. He is the owner of R. Michelson Galleries, the host of Northampton Poetry Radio, and served two terms as Poet Laureate of Northampton, MA. What Louis Brandeis Knows: a Crusader for Social Justice becomes a Supreme Court Justice was one of Tablet Magazine’s Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2025.