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etroiters who attend an
evening of learning with
Rabbi Joel Roth on Monday,
July 1, may find he looks familiar.
The rosh yeshivah (head) of the
Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem
grew up in metro Detroit, where his
family remain members of
Congregation B'nai Moshe. The son
of the late Herman and Esther Roth,
the rabbi's brothers
are Dr. Mark Roth
and Sheldon Roth.
Sharlene Ungar,
executive director of
B'nai Moshe, remem-
bered when Rabbi
Roth installed his for-
mer rabbinical school
student, Rabbi Elliot
Pachter, as rabbi of the
congregation in 1992. Rabbi Roth
Rabbi Roth, an
author who writes about Halachah
(Jewish law), served eight years as chair
of the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee
on Jewish Law and Standards.
"When there is a question of
Halachah, Rabbi Roth is the teacher
to whom I, and countless colleagues,
turn," said Rabbi Daniel Nevins of
Adat Shalom Synagogue, a member of
the committee.
"Rabbi Roth is one my most beloved
rabbis and mentors," Rabbi Nevins
continued. "He is a meticulous scholar
who is conversant in legal theory, the
arcane details of bioethics and the daily
reality of practical Jewish living."
After graduating from Wayne State
University in Detroit, Rabbi Roth
attended Jewish Theological Seminary
of America in New York City, where he
received a master's degree, doctorate and
rabbinic ordination. Currently on leave
from his position as Louis Finkelstein
professor of Talmud and Jewish law at
the JTS, Rabbi Roth also is former dean
of the Rabbinical School at JTS and
former director of the Melton Research
Center for Jewish Education.
At 7:30 p.m. on July 1, the rabbi will
speak about the Conservative Yeshiva
and lead a learning session on the con-
cept of Jewish legal pluralism. The
evening will be held in the Bingham

