Author Archives: Gil Student

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 has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently 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.

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• Avodah/Areivim: The Model for Online Discussion of Torah Topics • Most US Pastors Use Armed Congregants as Church Security • A visit with a Torah sage, Rav Dovid Cohen

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• OU Kosher Receives Jerusalem Award At Arutz Sheva Conference • Lithuanian city vows to preserve ancient Jewish cemetery it had sought to dig up • Note his comment about the children of immigrants – The true scope of secularism in Israeli religious education graduates and how to change it • We asked hard questions about Reform Judaism

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• Jerusalem chief rabbi condemns harassment of Christians in Jerusalem • From Print to Pixel: Digital Editions of the Talmud Bavli • Lessons from the Israeli haredi boycott of Angel Bakery

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Is “Jewish Matchmaking” Kosher?

by R. Gil Student I. Shadchan for the Masses There is a recent Netflix series about a real shadchan, matchmaker, who sets people up to date for marriage. This raises an interesting question about matchmaking ethics and halakhah. I have not seen the show and do not intend to see it. From what I have been told, while the shadchan ...

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• Huge kiddush Hashem – ‘I Have Kept Shabbat My Entire Life’: Israeli Runner Forced to Miss Major Competition Due to Religious Observance • Huge chillul Hashem – Thousands march in Jerusalem pride parade • Not yet a crisis – Rabbis leaving United Synagogue not a crisis but ‘a challenge’, says first-ever female CEO • Turning the Page: Why a Shul Rabbi Authored ...

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• How Religious Jews Became Official Scapegoats of COVID Policy • London’s Jewish Museum to close indefinitely amid massive losses • Jewish Boy Wouldn’t Remove Yarmulke at Judo Competition

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• Belzer Rebbe Establishes Organization For Those Who Leave Chareidi Lifestyle: ‘They Need Our Embrace’ • This is the default translation that goes to every user – A ‘gender-sensitive’ translation of the Hebrew Bible has hit digital shelves. Not everyone is happy • M Helfand – Religious schools want special education funding

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Books Received

Perpetuating the Masorah: Halakhic, Ethical and Experiential Dimensions by R. Yitzhak Twersky (OU Press) Masters of the Word: Traditional Jewish Bible Commentary from the Twelfth Through Fourteenth Centuries (Vol. 3) by R. Yonatan Kolatch (OU Press) Torat Chaim: Words to Share at Life’s Meaningful Moments by The Rabbis of Yeshiva University’s Yarche Kallah (Shikey) HaMadrikh: The RCA Lifecycle Guide by ...

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• I like the sound of “Shulchan Aruch-ism” – ‘The Jewess and the Synagogue’ • Why the new state budget both favors and hurts Haredim… and deeply threatens Israel • Rabbi recites Psalm to India’s Prime Minister Modi

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