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Newsweek Names Local Synagogue Founder Among Nation's Top Rabbis

Michael J. Broyde, founder of Young Israel of Toco Hills synagogue and an Emory University law professor, was named as one of the nation's top 50 rabbis last month.

Newsweek magazine named the founder of Young Israel of Toco Hills one of the nation's top 50 rabbis last month.

Michael J. Broyde, more well-known as a top Emory University law professor, was included in the list whose honorees are chosen for the "magnitude with which their [the rabbis'] ideas are shaping the Jewish landscape," according to an Emory profile of Broyde.

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Emory Law Dean Robert Schapiro says Broyde is a major player in this regard. "Michael is an outstanding scholar, teacher, and colleague. The range of his accomplishments, both inside and outside of the academy, is breathtaking.  His path-breaking work illuminates some of today's most pressing issues by engaging the intersection of tradition and contemporary society."  

CSLR Director John Witte, Jr., Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, describes Broyde as "a brilliant bridge builder across the disciplines of law, theology, and ethics, and a skillful navigator of the complex and sometimes dangerous interactions among Judaism, Christianity and Islam."  

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Broyde founded Young Israel in 1994 and served as its first rabbi until 2008.


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