Prof. Broyde discusses marriage, divorce and the Jewish tradition at Brandeis Society event
The Brooklyn Brandeis Society and Congregation Mount Sinai held a discussion with professor Michael J. Broyde titled “When Things Fall Apart at Home: Marriage, Divorce and Child Custody in the Jewish Tradition” in Brooklyn Heights on Thursday.
Approximately two dozen judges, lawyers and congregants attended the lecture, which included discussions with judges Hon. Katherine Levine, Hon. Ellen Spodek and Aimee Richter, the immediate past president of the Brooklyn Bar Association.
Broyde is a professor of law at Emory University in Georgia whose areas of expertise include Jewish law, family law, law and religion, alternative dispute resolution and bankruptcy. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory.