Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of law and the academic director of the law and religion program at emory university”. Today it says “american legal scholar”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Broyde (born May 1964) is a professor of law and the academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University . He is also a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. His primary areas of interest are law and religion, Jewish law and ethics, and comparative religious law. Broyde has published more than 70 articles on various aspects of law and religion and Jewish law, and a number of articles in the area of federal courts. He also holds a law degree ( Juris Doctorate ) from New York University , where he was a research assistant to David Leebron , Richard Revesz , and John Sexton , respectively. He is ordained (yoreh yoreh ve-yadin yadin) as a rabbi by Yeshiva University and was a member (dayan) of the Beth Din of America, the largest Jewish law court in America. Broyde was the first rabbi of the Young Israel of Toco Hills in Atlanta, GA . He is married to Channah S. Broyde and has four children: Joshua, Aaron, Rachel, and Deborah. Broyde has written books and delivered speeches on Jewish law, Mishpat Ivri and Jewish ethics . His work is frequently cited by other writers on his subjects of expertise, and he is widely consulted on matters of halacha (Jewish law). Over the past few years he has written important articles on hair covering and halacha, military and battlefield ethics in the Jewish tradition, innovation and Jewish law, the 9-11 agunot in the Beth Din of America, the future of Modern Orthodoxy, as well as many short articles published in many different publications, from the New York Times to the Jewish Press as well as many blog posts.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Broyde (May 12, 1964) is a professor of law and the academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University . He is also a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. His primary areas of interest are law and religion, Jewish law and ethics, and comparative religious law. Broyde has published more than 70 articles on various aspects of law and religion and Jewish law, and a number of articles in the area of federal courts. He is ordained (yoreh yoreh ve-yadin yadin) as an Orthodox rabbi by Yeshiva University and is a member (dayan) of the Beth Din of America, the largest Jewish law court in America. Broyde was the first rabbi of the Young Israel of Toco Hills in Atlanta, GA . He is married to Channah S. Broyde and has four children: Joshua, Aaron, Rachel, and Deborah. Broyde is a prolific author and speaker on Jewish law, Mishpat Ivri and Jewish ethics . His work is frequently cited by other writers on his subjects of expertise.
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Michael Jay Broyde (born May 12, 1964) is a professor of law and the academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University School of Law . He is also a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. His primary areas of interest are law and religion , Jewish law and Jewish ethics , and comparative religious law . Broyde has published 200 articles on various aspects of law and religion and Jewish law, and a number of articles in the area of federal courts .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American rabbi and legal scholar Michael Jay Broyde (born May 12, 1964) is a professor of law and the academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University School of Law . He is also a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. His primary areas of interest are law and religion , Jewish law and Jewish ethics , and comparative religious law . Broyde has published 200 articles on various aspects of law and religion and Jewish law, and a number of articles in the area of federal courts .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American rabbi and legal scholar Michael Jay Broyde (born May 12, 1964) is an American legal scholar . He is a professor of law and the academic director of the Law and Religion Program at Emory University . He is also a senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at the university. His primary areas of interest are law and religion , Jewish law and Jewish ethics , and comparative religious law . Broyde has published 200 articles on various aspects of law and religion and Jewish law, and a number of articles in the area of federal courts .
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professor of law and the academic director of the law and religion program at emory university
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american legal scholar
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