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Judah Schroeder is the son of Governing Body member Albert Schroeder (deceased).[1]
When Judah was born in 1958 his dad was teaching Watchtower’s Gilead School for missionaries at Watchtower’s Kingdom Farm near South Lansing, New York. This is the environment Judah spent his earliest years.
From 1968 to 1974 Judah lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his father taught Kingdom Ministry School for elders at Watchtower’s 4100 Bigelow Boulevard property.
In 1974 Judah returned to Watchtower’s Brooklyn Bethel headquarters with his parents at which time his father ascended to Watchtower’s Governing Body and Judah officially became a Bethelite.
In 1986 Judah left Bethel and pioneered in Michigan, USA with his new wife, Amber.
Eventually Judah returned to Bethel where as of 2000 he was writing press releases for Watchtower’s Public Affairs Office (now known as Office of Public Information).
It is unknown to this author when precisely Judah Schroeder left Bethel service, but at some point after year 2000 he did. He went on to gain a graduate degree from Columbia University, and then his Masters in Human Rights (c. 2007). For a few years he lived abroad in the UK, but now he resides in Brooklyn, New York where he and his wife live not far from Watchtower’s Brooklyn headquarters.
What Mr. Schroeder does for a living is unknown to this author, but just this month he had an article published in a German-based journal addressing the human rights issue of conscientious objectors to war and military duty. For those interested, his article is titled The Role of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the emergent Right of Conscientious Objection to Military Service in International Law and is available from the publisher, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.[2]
Judah Schroeder is the son of Governing Body member Albert Schroeder (deceased).[1]
When Judah was born in 1958 his dad was teaching Watchtower’s Gilead School for missionaries at Watchtower’s Kingdom Farm near South Lansing, New York. This is the environment Judah spent his earliest years.
From 1968 to 1974 Judah lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his father taught Kingdom Ministry School for elders at Watchtower’s 4100 Bigelow Boulevard property.
In 1974 Judah returned to Watchtower’s Brooklyn Bethel headquarters with his parents at which time his father ascended to Watchtower’s Governing Body and Judah officially became a Bethelite.
In 1986 Judah left Bethel and pioneered in Michigan, USA with his new wife, Amber.
Eventually Judah returned to Bethel where as of 2000 he was writing press releases for Watchtower’s Public Affairs Office (now known as Office of Public Information).
It is unknown to this author when precisely Judah Schroeder left Bethel service, but at some point after year 2000 he did. He went on to gain a graduate degree from Columbia University, and then his Masters in Human Rights (c. 2007). For a few years he lived abroad in the UK, but now he resides in Brooklyn, New York where he and his wife live not far from Watchtower’s Brooklyn headquarters.
What Mr. Schroeder does for a living is unknown to this author, but just this month he had an article published in a German-based journal addressing the human rights issue of conscientious objectors to war and military duty. For those interested, his article is titled The Role of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the emergent Right of Conscientious Objection to Military Service in International Law and is available from the publisher, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.[2]
Marvin Shilmer
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References
1. Most of the biographical information in this article comes from The Watchtower issue of March 1, 1988 pp. 10-17 where Albert Schroeder recounts his life story.
2. Schroeder, Judah B, The Role of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the emergent Right of Conscientious Objection to Military Service in International Law, Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte, 2011/24,1: 169-206.
3. This photograph is courtesy of Amber Schroeder. It is published in her high school class’ 25th reunion book (2007). It was taken June of 2006 when Judah and Amber were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary.
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