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he Adult Education Committee 
at Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park 
will welcome Barbara McQuade to 
speak on an important topic as election 
season nears — how disinformation is 
sabotaging America. The in-person event 
at Temple Emanu-El takes place Sept. 12 
at 7 p.m. 
McQuade is a law professor at the 
University of Michigan, where she teaches 
courses in criminal law, national security, 
civil liberties and data privacy. She is also 
a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.
From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as 
the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District 
of Michigan. Appointed by President 
Barack Obama, she was the first woman to serve 
in her position. During her tenure, she served 
as vice chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory 
Committee, and co-chair of its Terrorism and 
National Security Subcommittee.
Before becoming U.S. attorney, McQuade 
was an assistant U.S. attorney in Detroit for 12 
years, serving as Deputy Chief of the National 
Security Unit. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s 
Office, she practiced law at the firm of Butzel 
Long in Detroit from 1993 to 1998 and served as 
a law clerk to Hon. Bernard A. Friedman on the 
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of 
Michigan from 1991 to 1993. 
McQuade will discuss her new book, Attack 
from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging 

America. The book dissects the tactics of disin-
formation, explains why they work and shows 
how technology is exacerbating the problem. 
The book uncovers how disinformation is harm-
ing democracy, public safety and the rule of law. 
McQuade also offers some solutions.
Susan Genden, Temple Emanu-El’s Adult 
Education Committee chair, first connected 
with McQuade through the nonprofit SOAR, the 
Society of Active Retirees. Genden is on SOAR’s 
curriculum committee. 
When the Adult Education Committee was 
interested in bringing a speaker to the temple 
two years ago, McQuade was the perfect fit — 
speaking on the topic of civil liberties after the 
midterm election in November 2022.

“She was outstanding,” Genden says. 
“She takes questions; she’s extremely infor-
mative and an engaging speaker.”
Thinking about what they could do to 
help educate people with another election 
coming up, for the committee, it only 
made sense to bring McQuade back. 
“Our committee wants to help people 
learn about important concerns such 
as how they are affected by disinforma-
tion and to know that their awareness is 
important,” Genden says, “Also they can 
be voices for change, bring people together 
and strengthen our community and coun-
try.”
McQuade wants to relay the urgency of 
raising awareness about disinformation as the 
election approaches. 
“This talk will not be about electing a particu-
lar person. It will be about truth, democracy and 
all of the things McQuade values,” Genden says. 
“We don’t want people spreading lies. We 
don’t want more division. We don’t want vio-
lence,” Genden adds. “In (McQuade’s) book, she 
gives some possible solutions. Those solutions 
aren’t going to happen if people don’t have any 
awareness. It’s going to take people’s voices to 
get movement on these solutions.”
Refreshments will be served at the free event. 
Register at jlive.app/events/8577. Donations to 
the Weinstein Adult Education Fund are appre-
ciated. 

She will discuss her new book, Attack from Within: 
How Disinformation is Sabotaging America. 

Legal Expert Barbara McQuade 
to Speak at Temple Emanu-El 

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