Aaron Twerski

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. He received his Bachelor of Science in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1970),

He is the author of six books and more than 80 articles in scholarly journals about torts, products liability, and conflict of laws.

He was appointed by federal judge Alvin Hellerstein as one of two Special Masters to handle cases filed by workers who suffered respiratory illnesses as a result of cleaning up the World Trade Center site after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.