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Article: Two Jewish lawyers named Louis.(Louis Brandeis, Louis Marshall)(Biography)
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- American Jewish History
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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The year 1856 was a vintage year for brilliant Jewish lawyers named Louis. On November 13, 1856, Louis Brandeis was born in Louisville, Kentucky. One month later, on December 14, 1856, Louis Marshall was born in Syracuse, New York. Louis and Louis were both first-generation Americans, born of central European Jewish parents. They both compiled stellar academic records. They both went on to have a profound affect on American law. Both were considered for seats on the U.S. Supreme Court, although only one of them made it. (1) And both became eminent leaders in American Jewish life.
Yet while both men earned enormous respect within the Jewish and general ...