Beth Din of America
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The Beth Din of America is a Beth Din
(Court of Jewish Law) which serves Jews
throughout the United States of America.
It was founded in 1960 and reconstituted in 1994. The focus of Beth Din of America is on areas of family law, Jewish divorce and personal status, as well as adjudication of financial disputes. The Beth Din is affiliated with the Rabbinical Council of America
(RCA) and is sponsored by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
The current director of the Beth Din is Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, who succeeded Rabbi Yona Reiss
in 2008.
Beth din
A beth din, bet din, beit din or beis din is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Biblical Land of Israel...
(Court of Jewish Law) which serves Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
throughout the United States of America.
It was founded in 1960 and reconstituted in 1994. The focus of Beth Din of America is on areas of family law, Jewish divorce and personal status, as well as adjudication of financial disputes. The Beth Din is affiliated with the Rabbinical Council of America
Rabbinical Council of America
The Rabbinical Council of America is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union, or OU...
(RCA) and is sponsored by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
The current director of the Beth Din is Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann, who succeeded Rabbi Yona Reiss
Yona Reiss
Yona Reiss is an American rabbi, noted Torah scholar, attorney, and jurist, and the current Max and Marion Grill Dean of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , which is Yeshiva University's most important yeshiva component, and serves as a preeminent seminary for the training of Orthodox...
in 2008.
Membership
The members of the Beth Din are:- Rabbi Gedalia Schwartz, Av Beis Din
- Rabbi Mordechai WilligMordechai WilligMordechai Willig is an Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan. His formal title is the Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Professor of Talmud and Contemporary Halachah.-Education:...
- Rabbi Michael BroydeMichael BroydeMichael J. Broyde 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...