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.
