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Michael J. Broyde

Michael J. Broyde is a professor of law at Emory University. The author of more than a dozen books, including Jewish Law and the American Thanksgiving Celebration: Secular or Religious Holiday? , he was the rabbi of the Young Israel in Atlanta and the director of the Beth Din of America. Life is more academic now, although he still answers many questions of halacha.

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