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COMMUNITYBRIEFS Penn Law Deletes Public Statement on RBG’s Death
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Carey Law School
deleted its public statement on Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg’s death because it included a critical quote from
Amy Wax, a controversial Jewish law professor there, the Daily
Pennsylvanian reported.

The statement was posted on the law school’s Facebook page
on Sept. 23 and removed later that day after students complained.

Wax’s quote came from a review she wrote for the Claremont
Review of Books on Jane Sherron De Hart’s “Ruth Bader
Ginsburg: A Life.” The quote starts out with “Let us now praise
Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” then mentions several favorable aspects
of her career.

“But these accounts paid a price for their relentlessly lauda-
tory tone,” Wax wrote. “Missing was any serious appraisal of her
professional legacy, its place within larger judicial and legislative
debates, and its implications for the shifting and often conflicting
roles of women in modern society.”
Later in the review — but not included in the Penn Law state-
ment — Wax described Ginsburg’s work ethic as an outlier for
women. “Although perhaps she inspires a few women to greater
heights, RBG and the worship that attends her may lead others to
feel ashamed of the lives they have chosen or of what they really
want from work, men, and family life,” Wax wrote. Students
who objected to Wax’s inclusion in the Penn statement cited her
negative appraisal of RBG as inappropriate for the moment.

Wax is no stranger to controversy.

In 2017, she claimed that she had not seen a Black student
graduate in the top quarter of the law school’s class. That
prompted prominent Penn trustee emeritus and Penn Law
School overseer Paul S. Levy to step down. And Wax was barred
from teaching a required first-year civil procedure course.

Last year, Wax argued at a conservative conference for an
immigration policy favoring Western country immigrants over
those from non-Western countries. She said the United States
would be “better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites.”
PICC Honors Temple Dental School
The Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce honored Temple
University’s Maurice H. Kornberg School Dentistry and its
Bridge to Peace Initiative on Sept. 30 with its 2020 Life Sciences,
Bio and Healthcare Innovation Award.

PICC said the award is presented to “regional businesses
and academic institutions that exemplify the organization’s
goals of broadening business and research ties between Greater
Philadelphia and Israeli innovators in life sciences, bio and
healthcare.” “Under the leadership of Dean Amid Ismail, [the school] was
instrumental in bringing together investigators from Hebrew
University Hadassah School of Dentistry, Al Quds University
School of Dentistry and 40 additional research institutes to
advance dental care for disabled children and adults as part
of the Bridge to Peace program,” PICC President Matthew I.

Fingerman said.

Temple joined 40 other dental schools and organizations in
2011 in signing a charter to transform Bridge for Peace into an
expanded enterprise called the Alliance for Oral Health Across
Borders. The alliance, which is headed by Ismail, promotes peace
and builds relationships of understanding through oral health.

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M A RRIAG E S
NCJW Walks to Honor RBG
The National Council of Jewish
Women Greater Philadelphia
Section members held two
commemorative walks on
Oct. 2 to mark the end of the
mourning period for Supreme
Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18.

Attendees circled the U.S.

Court House at Sixth and
Market streets in Philadelphia,
as well as the Bucks County
Justice Center in Doylestown.

Prior to the shiva walk in
Philadelphia, a prayer circle
was conducted by Rabbi
Annie Lewis and Hazzan
Jessi Roemer.

Einstein Joins Health
Systems in Addressing
Racism Einstein Healthcare Network
announced that it was joining
38 other health systems in
addressing racism and public
health disparities caused by
racism. Participants are members
of the Healthcare Anchor
Network, a national collabo-
ration of health care systems,
which published the “Racism
is a Public Health Crisis”
document. “The higher rates of disease
and death from COVID-19
among African American
and communities of color, has
magnified the systemic racism
and healthcare disparities that
exist in society,” said Barry
R. Freedman, president and
CEO for Einstein Healthcare
Network. Einstein and its partners
in the Healthcare Anchor
Network said they are
committed to improving
primary and specialty care,
helping communities overcome
chronic diseases, and hiring
from, procuring from and
investing in local communi-
ties, among other pledges.

Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia also has signed
on to the “Racism is a Public
Health Crisis” document. l
B I RT H S
DUPONT-BUCKMAN RUTHIE FAYE SLAVIT
Gail and Keith DuPont of
Weddington, North Carolina,
and Amy and Terry Buckman of
Bala Cynwyd and Ventnor, New
Jersey, announce the marriage
of their children, Emily Frances
DuPont and William Frederick
Buckman, on Aug. 1.

Rabbi David Straus of
Main Line Reform Temple
Beth Elohim officiated at the
intimate ceremony in the backyard of the groom’s childhood
home. The couple’s parents, siblings and the maid of honor
attended, while other friends and relatives watched via Zoom. A
larger celebration is planned for July 31, 2021, in Gwynedd.

The bride is a compensation analyst at NFI in Camden, New
Jersey. The groom is a third-year student the Beasley School of
Law at Temple University and an intern in the Chester County
District Attorney’s Office.
Photo by Erin Keough Photography
Debbie and Edward Hoffman
of Holland and Sandy and
Howard Slavit of Palm Beach,
Florida, announce the birth of
their granddaughter, Ruthie
Faye Slavit, on June 8. Ruthie
is the daughter of Kate (née
Hoffman) and David Slavit of
Potomac, Maryland.

Ruthie Faye is named in
loving memory of her paternal
great-uncle Ronald Glancz and maternal great-grandmother
Faye Kay. Joining in welcoming Ruthie are maternal great-great-
aunt Florence Reid and paternal great-grandmother Frances
Pensler, in whose honor she is also lovingly named.

Also celebrating her arrival are aunt Jeramy Zimmerman and
uncle Josh Hoffman, cousin Sidney Hoffman and aunt Wendy
Slavit. Photo by Kate Slavit
EMERY DOROTHY SETZMAN
GOTTLIEB-NEWMARK Andrea and Richard Gottlieb of
Merion Station and Kimi and
Harry Newmark of Beachwood,
Ohio, announce the marriage of
their children Gracie Gottlieb
and Tony Newmark on Aug. 20.

Gracie graduated from
Muhlenberg College, where she
double majored in business and
Jewish studies. She is pursuing
a dual master’s degree in public
administration and Jewish studies at New York University. Tony is a
graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in computer engineering.

He is a software engineer.

Joining in the simcha were Gracie’s siblings, Avraham and
Hadas Gottlieb, and Charlie Gottlieb; Tony’s siblings, Yossi,
Rachel and Mendy Newmark; Gracie’s grandparents, Don and
Phyllis Stoltz; and Tony’s grandmother, Marcy Newmark.

Photo by Donald Stoltz
ANNIVERSARY MARCOVITZ-SNYDER
Hal Marcovitz and Gail Snyder
celebrated their 40th wedding
anniversary on Oct. 5. They met
on a blind date orchestrated by
Hal’s future sister-in-law and
were married at Beth Sholom
Congregation in Elkins Park.

Joining the couple for the
anniversary celebration were
their daughters Michelle and
Ashley, son-in-law Jonathon,
and Ashley’s partner Geoff.

Jenna Leibowitz and Rob
Setzman of Gladwyne announce
the birth of their daughter,
Emery Dorothy, on Aug. 11.

Sharing in their happiness
are grandparents Lynn and
Mike Setzman of Richboro,
and Karen Brodsky and Don
Leibowitz of West Windsor,
New Jersey; aunt Jocelyn
and uncle Scott Setzman and
cousins Sydney and Payge; and
aunt Mara and uncle Michael Fox and cousin Ethan.

Emery Dorothy is named in loving memory of maternal
grandmother Evelyn Leibowitz and paternal grandmother
Dorothy Babbitt.
Photo by Rob Setzman
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