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Posted by: Gil Student in News Nov 26, 20 0

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• R M Hauer – Thanksgiving was established during an American crisis. Then and now, Judaism teaches us to be grateful. https://www.jta.org/2020/11/25/opinion/thanksgiving-was-established-during-an-american-crisis-then-and-now-judaism-teaches-us-to-be-grateful

• I still recommend davening at home – US Supreme Court blocks coronavirus limitations on New York synagogues https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-supreme-court-blocks-coronavirus-limitations-on-new-york-synagogues/

• M Feldstein – The Empty Pages of Our Guest Book https://jewishlink.news//features/40727-the-empty-pages-of-our-guest-book

• It is in the nature of the yetzer ha-ra that a vice turns into an “obligation” – ‘Who’s not going to go?’: NY Hasidic Jews continue to hold large weddings despite COVID rules https://www.jta.org/2020/11/24/health/whos-not-going-to-go-ny-hasidic-jews-continue-to-hold-large-weddings-despite-covid-rules

• What Christians Can Expect From Joe Biden and Kamala Harris https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/11/what-christians-can-expect-from-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris

About Gil Student

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, 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 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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