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Posted by: Gil Student in News, The Blatt Jan 27, 14 1 Comment

▪ I have no idea what this is about but the moatzos of Agudas Yisrael (in Israel) and Degel HaTorah just banned something: New Ban
▪ Pruzansky: Open Season
▪ Ironically, this took place in Bnei Brak and the Chazon Ish is famous for saying that expelling a student is a matter of pikuach nefesh: ‘Yeshiva Heads: You Hold Lives in Your Hands’
▪ The attack on Judaism and circumcision continues: Swede docs say to circumcise at age 12
▪ Heyday of Jewish Boxing Recalled in Novel
▪ Blogger sued by Queens woman over pedophile claim
▪ Pruzansky: The Real Story?
▪ Shechita attacked and defended in UK House of Lords: Peer attacks shechita as ‘unacceptable’

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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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Abloomen
Jan 27, 14 at 6:45 pm
Regarding the first link – The ban is referring to this:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/211214/gedolei-yisrael-shlita-prohibit-charreidi-news-hotlines.html
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