Jeremiah S. Gutman (c. 1924 – February 25, 2004) was an American civil rights lawyer and founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
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. [1] [2] During the 1948 Palestine war, he collected light arms to smuggle to the Haganah. [3] [2]
As a student at the New York University School of Law, Gutman edited the New York University Law Review. [1] In 1949, he joined the law firm Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan, where his father was a partner. [1] In 1951, hoping to combat McCarthyism, Gutman became a founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union. [1]
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. [4] He also defended cult leaders such as Sun Myung Moon and leaders of the Hare Krishna movement; [1] [3] sociologist Stjepan Meštrović described Gutman as "sympathetic to cult movements, express[ing] regret that the First Amendment is not applied vigorously to defend them, and refer[ring] to 'deprogramming' as a 'dirty business'". [5]
In 2001, Gutman became the chair of the National Coalition Against Censorship, where he had served as an officer since the 1980s. [4] He became president of Meretz USA in the same year. [3] Gutman died from a heart attack on February 25, 2004. [1]
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Jeremiah S. Gutman (c. 1924 – February 25, 2004) was an American civil rights lawyer and founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
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. [1] [2] During the 1948 Palestine war, he collected light arms to smuggle to the Haganah. [3] [2]
As a student at the New York University School of Law, Gutman edited the New York University Law Review. [1] In 1949, he joined the law firm Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan, where his father was a partner. [1] In 1951, hoping to combat McCarthyism, Gutman became a founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union. [1]
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. [4] He also defended cult leaders such as Sun Myung Moon and leaders of the Hare Krishna movement; [1] [3] sociologist Stjepan Meštrović described Gutman as "sympathetic to cult movements, express[ing] regret that the First Amendment is not applied vigorously to defend them, and refer[ring] to 'deprogramming' as a 'dirty business'". [5]
In 2001, Gutman became the chair of the National Coalition Against Censorship, where he had served as an officer since the 1980s. [4] He became president of Meretz USA in the same year. [3] Gutman died from a heart attack on February 25, 2004. [1]
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