welcomes a very special guest speaker, GRS Congregant, Senator Richard Blumenthal
The Senator will speak to adults and teens on his recent trip to the Middle East and will reveal what inspired him to enter politics.
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This event is free and open to the community. Adults and teens (over age 13) are welcome to attend. Greenwich Reform Synagogue is located at 257 Stanwich Rd., Greenwich, CT. Please call Erin at 203-629-0018 x221 for directions and more information, or visit www.grs.org.
Senator Blumenthal served an unprecedented five terms as Connecticut's Attorney General, fighting for people against large and powerful special interests, before becoming elected to his first term as a United States Senator from Connecticut.
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Prior to his position as U.S. Attorney, Senator Blumenthal also served as Administrative Assistant to U.S. Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff, aide to former U.S. Senator Daniel P. Moynihan when Moynihan was Assistant to the President of the United States, and law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
Senator Blumenthal graduated from Harvard College (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude), and Yale Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal. From 1970 to 1976 he served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves, and was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant.
Senator Blumenthal lives in Greenwich, with his wife, Cynthia, and their four children.
