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Early life and education

Goldstein was born and raised in

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, Canada. She is a graduate of

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and the

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. Her grandfather was a commander in a unit of Polish partisans that fought against the Nazis.

Career

''The Making of A Martyr''

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describes Goldstein as "a woman on a mission" who traveled to the

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, "as a young law student," to film the 2006 documentary film '' The Making of A Martyr''. Goldstein produced and directed the film about a Palestinian sixteen-year-old, Hussam Abdo, who was stopped at an

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when guards found live explosives wrapped around his body. Goldstein argues that Palestinian activists, by encouraging suicide bombing, abuse the rights of Palestinian children. Goldstein calls the use of children as suicide bombers, "the intentional murder of innocent children."

Children's Rights Institute

Continuing her work from the film, in 2007 Goldstein founded the Children's Rights Institute, "a non-profit organization that tracks and legally combats violations of children's basic human rights, with a special focus on child suicide-homicide bombers, child soldiers, and the phenomenon of human shields."

The Lawfare Project

Goldstein founded The Lawfare Project in 2010, an American nonprofit advocacy organization based in New York City which serves as a legal think tank and litigation fund to uphold the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and pro-Israel community worldwide. Goldstein co-authored the 2011 book ''Lawfare: The War Against Free Speech: A First Amendment Guide for Reporting in an Age of Islamist Lawfare.'' The book offers advice to journalists about how to protect themselves against what Goldstein and Meyer describe as "'Islamist lawfare,' the use of the law as a weapon of war to silence and punish free speech about militant Islam, terrorism and its sources of financing." Prior to the Lawfare Project, Goldstein worked for the

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for two years, directing the organization's "Legal Project" program, "which arranges pro-bono and reduced rate counsel for people wrongfully sued for speaking about issues of national security," particularly terrorism and Islamic extremism.

Other activities

Goldstein has been a regular guest on

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, and is a term member at the

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References

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