Robert H. Jackson Center

10/19/2026

What allows hate to take hold, and what can communities do to stop it?

Join us Monday, November 16 at 6 pm for the next installment of 25 Years of Asking Questions: “Can We Stop Hate?” with Aliza Luft, Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA.

Professor Luft studies how ordinary people make choices during war, genocide, and mass violence: why some take part, why some resist, and why many look away. Her new book, Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews during the Holocaust (Harvard University Press, 2026), traces how French bishops moved from condemning Na**sm to promising Jewish communities a protection they ultimately failed to give.

Drawing on the Nuremberg Trials and Robert H. Jackson’s pursuit of accountability after the Holocaust, this conversation asks what history can teach us about confronting antisemitism, racism, and political violence today, and how communities can resist hate without amplifying it.

Details: roberthjackson.org/event/25yaq-stop-hate

10/15/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the first lighting of our Robert H. Jackson statue! ✨

Justice Jackson never forgot where he came from. He practiced law here in Jamestown before serving as solicitor general, attorney general and a justice of the Supreme Court, and he took leave from the Court to serve as chief American prosecutor at Nuremberg. He believed the law should restrain power, not serve it, and that courts cannot protect freedom on their own. Citizens must protect it, in every generation.

As the Jackson Center marks its 25th anniversary, his words feel especially fitting for a night like this: “There is no such thing as an achieved liberty; like electricity, there can be no substantial storage and it must be generated as it is enjoyed, or the lights go out.”

Thanks to the Gebbie Foundation, Justice Jackson will now shine on Fourth Street every night. Next time you’re downtown after dark, stop by and say hello.

10/14/2026

On October 13, 2026, the Robert H. Jackson Center hosted a naturalization ceremony presided over by Judge Jeremiah McCarthy. Eleven people from all over the world took the oath after a long journey, and we are proud to now call them fellow Americans.

It was an honor to witness the moment they earned that right. Welcome!

10/14/2026

The 2026 International Nobel Peace Prize winner has a long legal record – including a 2019 keynote address at Chautauqua Institution during the 13th annual International Humanitarian Law Roundtable hosted by the Robert H. Jackson Center.
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10/13/2026

“He kept the ancient landmarks and built the new.”

It’s hard to imagine a better epitaph for a life spent honoring tradition while paving the way for legal progress. Justice Robert H. Jackson was laid to rest on this day in 1954.

After a service at Washington National Cathedral, his eight fellow justices accompanied his body home to Jamestown, in what is believed to be the last time the entire Supreme Court traveled together. Jackson’s funeral was held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, and he was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in nearby Frewsburg.

10/13/2026

Warm glow, hot c***r!

The Robert H. Jackson Center will mark the ceremonial first lighting of its Robert H. Jackson statue this week. The public is invited to join the Center at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 14, for a b…

10/13/2026

Join us in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 4, as the Robert H. Jackson Center takes part in “The Foundations of Modern International Humanitarian Law and the Outlook for Its Future,” an inaugural public discussion presented with the American Red Cross.

Panels of international law scholars and practitioners will explore where the laws of war came from and where they are headed.

🗓 Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1 to 4:15 p.m.
📍 American Red Cross National Headquarters, 430 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C.
💻 Can’t make the trip? Watch on Zoom.

Free and open to the public. RSVP or register for Zoom: roberthjackson.org/event/arc-ihl/

10/12/2026

This Wednesday, Justice Jackson steps into the light. 🌙

Join us at 7 p.m. at the Robert H. Jackson Center for the first lighting of our Robert H. Jackson statue. Gather and c***r at 7, brief remarks begin at 7:15, followed by the official lighting. Our thanks to the Gebbie Foundation for supporting this project.

📍 305 E. Fourth St., Jamestown
🕖 7 p.m. | Remarks at 7:15
Free and open to the public.

10/12/2026

Rainy Monday and no school? We’ve got you covered. ☔

The Robert H. Jackson Center is open today. Come in out of the weather and explore the story of Justice Jackson, the Nuremberg Trials, and the ideas that still shape how we think about justice and the rule of law today.

🕗 Open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
🏛️ Tours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

305 East Fourth Street, Jamestown. See you soon!
https://RobertHJackson.org

10/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for “Who Belongs in America” with Professor Robert Tsai. The questions you brought to the conversation are exactly why we do this work.

Our 25 Years of Asking Questions series continues next month with a hard one: Can We Stop Hate?

Join us Monday, November 16 at 6 p.m. as UCLA sociologist Aliza Luft, author of Sacred Betrayal, explores what allows hate to take hold, how communities can resist it, and what Nuremberg can teach us about confronting it today.

Details: https://www.roberthjackson.org/event/25yaq-stop-hate/