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Daily Archives: October 2, 2008
YU’s Transgendered Professor
From Rabbi Gil Student: According to an article in The Commentator (link), my judgment (link) on the subject of a transgender professor at YU matched that of R. Hershel Schachter and R. Hershel Billet. The article quotes the two rabbis … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged gil student, jewish character, rabbinical council of america, riets, secular studies, young israel of woodmere
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Ten Questions With Rabbi Gil Student
From here: Rabbi Gil Student is Founder and Author of Hirhurim and founder of Yashar Books. 1. Describe in around 100 words the way in which you are involved in Jewish Work? My involvement in the Jewish community is extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Hirhurim
Tagged gil student, hirhurim blog, informal nature, intense web, secular knowledge, web surfers
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New Torah
Rabbi Gil Students writes: Meorot Journal 7:1, September 2008/Tishrei 5769 (link) Introduction to the Tishrei 5769 Edition by Dr. Eugene Korn "Dat Ha-Emet" in Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah by R. Chaim Rapoport Maimonides’ "True Religion": For Jews or All Humanity? A … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged chaim rapoport, marc angel, mishneh torah, orthodox judaism, shlomo riskin, yom tov
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The Rabbi & The Documentary Hypothesis
From the Search For Emes: A guest at my house told me that a well known professor at a well known institution (sorry, can’t say who) told him that he asked a well known chareidi abbi (sorry can’t say who) … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged dh, documentary hypothesis, rabbi
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