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Professors In Favor of Yeshiva Education

Posted by: Gil Student in Posts, The Blatt Apr 7, 19 0

In the lawsuit on behalf of New York yeshivas against the state education department, a number of affidavits were submitted by outside parties. In particular, three professors submitted these fascinating affidavits, which I am posting here with permission (click on the links for the PDF files).

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Rabbi Gil Student is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief 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 of New Jersey, 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 serves on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and as Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Jewish Action magazine and 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.

Torah Musings Thinking About Jewish Texts and Tradition

Professors In Favor of Yeshiva Education

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