In 1987, he published widely-discussed proposals to arrive at a historical compromise between progressive and Orthodox streams of Judaism.

In 1961 he moved to England to do post-graduate work at University College London and also became Associate Minister of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John's Wood.

His translations aimed to achieve accessibility as literature, and to do this, he controversially added sections to improve readability and removed large areas of non-consequential material to the appendices.

[3] Brichto's proposals encouraged rabbi John Levi to support such an initiative in Melbourne.

Jakobovits reasoned: "How can an Orthodox Beth Din validate a conversion without kabbalat mitzvot [acceptance of the commandments]?

It was established in response to a decline in public support for Israel amid the 1982 Lebanon War.

Brichto explained that the occasion would “give a propaganda coup to the Palestinian authorities by diverting attention from the fact that they began an unprovoked intifada” months earlier and “after rejecting peace proposals.”, in reference to Yasser Arafat's rejection of a Two-state solution in 2000.

His autobiography, Ritual Slaughter: Growing Up Jewish in America (ISBN 0-9540476-1-3), provided detailed information of Brichto's upbringing and move away from Orthodoxy.