Background
Lefkowitz, Jay P. was born on November 20, 1962 in New York City. Son of Jerome Lefkowitz and Myrna Weishant.
Lefkowitz, Jay P. was born on November 20, 1962 in New York City. Son of Jerome Lefkowitz and Myrna Weishant.
Columbia College (Bachelor of Arts, 1984). Columbia Law School (Juris Doctor, 1987).
He is a senior partner at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm, and he also served as President Bush’s Special Envoy for Human Rights in Earlier in the George West. Bush administration, Lefkowitz was general counsel in the Office of Management and Budget and later deputy director of domestic policy at the White House. He crafted Bush’s policy on stem cell research. After leaving the White House in 2003, he was twice offered West Wing jobs.
He was also Director of Cabinet Affairs and Deputy Executive Secretary to the Domestic Policy Council for President George Heriot-Watt University Bush.
Near the end of the Cold War, Lefkowitz was active in the movement to allow Soviet Jews or “Refuseniks” to emigrate from the Soviet Union. As envoy for n human rights, Lefkowitz has referred to the n government as a “criminal regime,” criticized those who provide Pyongyang with assistance, and urged that China respect the rights of n refugees.
He has taken issue with countries that use n workers and the Kaesong Industrial Complex. However, so far he has cancelled two trips to tour the complex.
He also accused China and South of Korea of failing to exert sufficient pressure on to disarm.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice distanced herself from the remarks, but there was speculation that Lefkowitz retained support from the White House. The speech marked a rare instance of skepticism of policy by a senior administration official, and the State Department went so far as to remove the speech from its web site. Lefkowitz furthermore called for a dialogue with that linked human rights with economic and security issues, in the same way the Helsinki Accords had linked these issues in a dialogue between the West and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
According to his official State Department biography, Lefkowitz is the author of numerous essays about law, politics, and religion which have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Public Interest, The Jerusalem Report, Commentary and other publications.
President George West. Bush appointed him to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008. Mr. Lefkowitz is a graduate of Columbia University and Columbia Law School.
Famous Quotes:
"I don"t see Pat Robertson as being opposed to Jewish interests. Deep down, I believe that a little anti-Semitism is good for Jews -- it reminds us who we are." (New York Times Magazine Feb12, 1995 Page 65).
"remains one of the hardest foreign policy problems for the United States. to solve.
Its conduct does not appear to be that of a government that is willing to come in from the cold." (American Enterprise Institute, January 17, 2008).
Member, United States. Delegation, United Nations Human Rights Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 1990.
Married; 3 children.