Rabbi in pseudonym scandal launching new synagogue
Michael Broyde was exposed last year after he assumed an online persona to praise his own work
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMichael Broyde, the Orthodox rabbi at the center of a scandal involving his use of pseudonyms in talkbacks to tout his reputation, reportedly is launching a new Atlanta-area synagogue.
The Jewish Channel, the news website which last year exposed Broyde’s use of an online persona to praise his own work, on Tuesday reported that Broyde is one of three rabbis planning a new congregation in the Atlanta neighborhood of Toco Hills, where he helped found another Orthodox congregation in 1994.
Broyde in February resigned from the Rabbinical Council of America because of the revelations of his use of a pseudonym.
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