What Happens When Elementary Schools Teach (Jewish) Law
Why teach kids Jewish law? Professor Michael Broyde argues that teaching not just law, but legal thinking is perhaps the most important component of Jewish elementary education. Learning Jewish law and legal th... See more

Michael Broyde,
Professor of Law | Emory University
Rabbi Dr. Michael J. Broyde is professor of law at Emory Law and a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law Religion at Emory University. His primary areas of interest are law and religion, Jewish law and ethics, and comparative religious law. In addition, Professor Broyde has taught Federal Courts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Secured Credit and Bankruptcy. He received his JD from New York University and published a note on the law review, as well as clerked for Judge Leonard I. Garth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Professor Broyde received rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University and is a member of the Beth Din of America, the largest Jewish law court in America, where he also served as director during the 1997-1998 academic year. Professor Broyde is the founding rabbi of the Young Israel synagogue in Atlanta, a founder of the Atlanta Torah MiTzion kollel study program, and a board member of many organizations in Atlanta.
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