Peter Buchsbaum graduated from Cornell University and Harvard Law School. He then clerked for Joseph Weintraub, Chief Justice of NJ and served as a Judge of the NJ Superior Court from 2004 to 2013 after a career as prominent municipal land use lawyer. Today, he sits on the World Union for Progressive Judaism Governing Board and on its International Leadership Council Education Committee.. He belongs to Temple Or Chadash in Flemington NewJersey and has played a spirited role in its Social Action/Social Justice Committee. He is also an at large member of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism's Commission on Social Action. He served as First Vice President Of Har Sinai Temple in Pennington, NJ; and he is a co-founder of J-PLAN (the Jewish Pluralism Legal Action Network), which advocates for marriage equality and religious pluralism in Israel .
