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• In the Room Where it Happened: An Interview with Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff – Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff recalls hearing Kol Dodi Dofek in 1956 and how Rav Soloveitchik’s Religious Zionism shaped American Orthodoxy and inspired aliyah

• Apparently there still are some Jews in Manhattan – He went to a different Manhattan synagogue every week. Here’s what it taught him. – a year visiting nearly 50 Manhattan synagogues revealed striking diversity in worship, community and culture, alongside broad hospitality, belonging and concern for Israel

• Jerusalem court gives rabbi 18 years for sex offenses against followers – Jerusalem rabbi Moshe Yazdi received 18 years in prison for raping two followers by deception, exploiting religious authority and claims of divinely mandated “spiritual corrections”

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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.