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• Education for Jewish Endurance – Jewish education should prioritize deep learning, spiritual resilience, curiosity, strong educators, multigenerational engagement and major communal investment rather than mere participation metrics

• Yeshivah or the army? The Haredi draft after Oct. 7 – post-October 7 manpower shortages intensified Israel’s Haredi draft crisis, pitting Torah study and communal autonomy against military necessity, legal equality and reservist burdens

• AI pushes Israeli teachers to bring exams back into the classroom – growing student use of AI is pushing Israeli teachers toward in-class written exams, oral presentations and face-to-face assessment instead of take-home assignments

• Freezing My Eggs – a single Orthodox woman describes freezing her eggs at 37, with rabbinic support, as prudent hishtadlut while accepting uncertainty and trusting God

Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine, The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Jewish 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. He 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 Articles of Faith: Traditional Jewish Belief in the Internet Era, previously served as the Book Editor of Jewish Action magazine, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

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