Israel was foremost on the minds of over 250 attorneys from all over the Chicago metropolitan area who gathered for the inaugural National Conference of Jewish Lawyers.
“The program was planned months ago, but sessions about Israel and terrorism took on special poignancy in the wake of recent events,” said its organizer, Rabbi Meir Hecht referring to the kidnapping and murder of Israeli students Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer, and Naftali Fraenkel and Israel’s subsequent fight to defend itself from Hamas terrorists in Operation Protective Shield.