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• RM Taragin – The Trees of War – the Torah’s wartime protection of fruit trees teaches future-mindedness, respect for each individual life and the imperative to rebuild rather than glorify destruction

• Rabbi Lamm on Homosexuality and Orthodoxy – Rabbi Norman Lamm maintained the Torah prohibition while distinguishing conduct from the person, emphasizing compassion, differing degrees of responsibility and opposition to legitimizing prohibited behavior

• Facade or foundation: Examining the ‘Jewish’ in our Jewish organizations – Jewish organizations should make Torah values foundational to leadership, staff development, conflict and workplace culture, rather than limiting Jewish content to mission statements and ceremonial moments

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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