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Books Received XXXVI

Posted by: Gil Student in Legacy, Posts Nov 18, 10 0

I don’t always have the chance to review each book, so I’ll list the books that I receive. Some of them will be quoted or reviewed in future posts. Here are the books I’ve received recently:

Between Rashi and Maimonides: Themes in Medieval Jewish Thought, Literature and Exegesis edited by R. Ephraim Kanarfogel and Dr. Moshe Sokolow (YU Press)
Child and Domestic Abuse Volume I and Volume II by Dr. Daniel Eidensohn and Dr. Baruch Shulem (Emunah)
Birth and Rebirth Through Genesis: A Timeless Theological Conversation Vol. 1: Genesis 1-3 by Michael L. Samuel (Aeon)

About Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently serves as the Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Jewish Action magazine, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society and the Achieve Journal of Behavioral Health, Religion & Community, as well as the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Search Engine volume 2: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts -- Jewish Leadership, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

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