Letters,
Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 16, 2009
Trial Judge for the Roman Polanski Case Was Not Anti-Semitic
Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District Court of Appeal says Judge Lawrence Rittenband was Jewish and immensely proud of it.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
Attorney Jeffrey A. Lowe in his article, "Spotlight on Roman Polanski," (Oct. 12) scores Judge Lawrence Rittenband for belonging "to a Los Angeles country club that barred Jews from membership." Lowe proclaims that Rittenband, the trial judge, "apparently was clearly anti -Semitic." Putting aside for the moment, the question of how one can be "apparently" and "clearly anti-Semitic," Lowe got his facts wrong. About 27 years ago I served with Judge Rittenband in the Santa Monica branc...
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