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For Jews, Laughter Should Be a Religious Experience
M Soloveichik – For Jews, Laughter Should Be a Religious Experience

Barcelona’s chief rabbi urges Jews to move to Israel because ‘Europe is lost’
Barcelona's chief rabbi urges Jews to move to Israel because 'Europe is lost'

Wesley J. Smith
Let's Use Pigs as Organ “Donors” | Wesley J. Smith

The Promise of Israel’s New Orthodox Cinema
The Promise of Israel's New Orthodox Cinema

Marrying a Convert
Marrying a Convert

The War of the Chicken Breeds – A Halachic Analysis – Yeshiva World News
The War of the Chicken Breeds – A Halachic Analysis

Are solar eclipses proof of God?
No – Are solar eclipses proof of God?

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 currently is serving his third term on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and also 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.