Thane Rosenbaum

  • Critically-Acclaimed Novelist
  • Human Rights Law Professor
  • Essayist on Culture and Politics
  • Distinguished University Professor at Touro College


Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor, legal analyst and Distinguished University Professor at Touro College, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society.  He is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including Payback: The Case for RevengeThe Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right, and the forthcoming, Saving Free Speech . . . from Itself.  He edited the anthology, Law Lit, from Atticus Finch to "The Practice,": A Collection of Great Writing about the Law.  His novels include, The Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke, and Elijah Visible, among others.  His writings and commentary on matters of law, justice, human rights, politics, free speech, anti-Semitism, Holocaust memory, Israel, culture and literature appear in the New York TimesWashington Post, Wall Street JournalL.A. Times, CNN.com, SlateHaaretzABA Journal, and the Daily Beast, among other publications.  He appears frequently as a political analyst, specializing on the Middle East, for a number of cable news networks.  He is the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio.  He hosts The Talk Show at the 92nd Street Y.  www.thanerosenbaum.com

 

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A Sample of the Groups That Have Hosted Thane Rosenbaum
  • Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
  • Temple Beth Israel, Port Washington, NY
  • Jewish Community Center
  • The Merrick Library
  • Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Central Florida, Inc.
  • Temple Beth Abraham
  • Temple Beth Israel
  • This morning I spoke with Debra from the Federation in Bergen County and told her how spectacular our event was and how well received you were. Take a deep bow!
  • Virginia Humanities Conference
  • Jewish Federation of Houston
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Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist, law professor, legal analyst and Distinguished University Professor at Touro College, where he directs the Forum on Life, Culture & Society.  He is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including Payback: The Case for RevengeThe Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right, and the forthcoming, Saving Free Speech . . . from Itself.  He edited the anthology, Law Lit, from Atticus Finch to "The Practice,": A Collection of Great Writing about the Law.  His novels include, The Golems of Gotham, Second Hand Smoke, and Elijah Visible, among others.  His writings and commentary on matters of law, justice, human rights, politics, free speech, anti-Semitism, Holocaust memory, Israel, culture and literature appear in the New York TimesWashington Post, Wall Street JournalL.A. Times, CNN.com, SlateHaaretzABA Journal, and the Daily Beast, among other publications.  He appears frequently as a political analyst, specializing on the Middle East, for a number of cable news networks.  He is the Legal Analyst for CBS News Radio.  He hosts The Talk Show at the 92nd Street Y.  www.thanerosenbaum.com