Aaron Twerski
American legal scholar and rabbi
Aaron D. Twerski (born May 1939) is an American lawyer and professor. He is the Irwin and Jill Cohen Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, as well as a former dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law.
Early and personal life
He is descended from the Hasidic dynasties of Chernobyl, Chabad, Sanz, and Bobov. He and his twin brother Rabbi Michel Twerski were the youngest sons of Rabbi Jacob Israel Twerski (1899–1973) and Rebbetzin Dvorah Leah Twerski (1900–1995). He was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his father was the rabbi of Congregation Beth Jehudah. Aaron Twerski is the younger brother of Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski (1930–2021), a psychiatrist and author of 55 books on Judaism and self-image. His twin brother is the rabbi of Congregation Beth Jehudah.
He has been married to Kreindel Twerski since 1960. They live in Brooklyn, New York.
Education
Twerski has an A.B. in Talmudic Law from Beth Medrash Elyon Talmudic Research Institute (1962), and attended Ner Israel Rabbinical College.
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