Jeremiah S. Gutman

Jeremiah S. Gutman (c. 1924 – February 25, 2004) was an American civil rights lawyer and founding member of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Biography Gutman served in World War II as a corporal in the 2nd platoon, Company G of the 273rd Infantry Regiment in the 69th Infantry Division, receiving a Purple Heart. During the 1948 Palestine war, he collected light arms to smuggle to the Haganah.

In 2001, Gutman became the chair of the National Coalition Against Censorship, where he had served as an officer since the 1980s. He became president of Meretz USA in the same year. Gutman died from a heart attack on February 25, 2004.