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• Surviving 9/11: Four Jewish New Yorkers Remember That Day – four Jewish New Yorkers recall surviving 9/11, including a Hatzalah volunteer, describing providence, trauma, communal solidarity and lasting religious and personal impact

• 9.6 tons of honey | How the IDF is preparing Rosh Hashanah meals for troops – the IDF prepared thousands of Rosh Hashanah field packages and massive quantities of holiday foods to support troops serving across multiple active fronts

• When synagogues mourned Robert E. Lee – Southern Jewish communities mourned Robert E. Lee after his death, reflecting Confederate loyalties and memories of his accommodation of Jewish soldiers’ religious observance

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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