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Tag Archives: gil student
Is There A Community Of Jewish Bloggers?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: A blog is a medium that people use for many different things. Some can use it to post news, some to post Torah, some to post their thoughts about knitting yarmulkas, some to post about their … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging
Tagged gil student, j k rowling, many different things, ms rowling, shmuel blitz, torah community
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I Finally Found An Interesting Post About The Jewish Bloggers Conference Today In Jerusalem
There are some bloggers who are writers, but not many. I watched the conference feed for hours and read every related blog post I could find. Typing ain’t writing. These guys are dull (I applaud Rabbi Gil Student for saying … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, ginger baker, safari jacket, secret service agents, soldier girl, treppenwitz
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Orthodox Rabbis & Social Activism
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I don’t recall where, but someone recently mentioned (perhaps in the comments here) that R. Haskel Lookstein had once declared that we should treat lettuce as non-kosher due to the treatment of farm workers. As … Continue reading
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Tagged gil student, orthodox rabbis, reform rabbis, scholarship books, social activism, social consensus
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‘The Search Committee’
Rabbi Gil Student writes: R. Marc Angel’s recent book, The Search Committee, is an interesting attempt to portray the divisions within contemporary Orthodox Judaism through a fictional story. The story revolves around the largest yeshiva in America, Yeshivas Lita. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Orthodoxy
Tagged david mercado, gil student, marc angel, orthodox judaism, rosh yeshiva, women in judaism
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Too Sick To Treat?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I’ve been very busy for the past few months and haven’t been able to follow every major story. However, I knew something had happened about a Mr. Golubchuk in Canada, who was very sick and the … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics
Tagged agudath israel of america, corporate attorneys, gil student, Jonathan Rosenblum, media blitz, pro bono research
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How Would God Vote?
Nachum Lamm writes in response’s to Rabbi Gil Student’s critique of David Klinghoffer’s latest book: "Be that as it may, what about the hundreds if not thousands of years during which Jewish communities supported their local poor as collectives. Does … Continue reading
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Tagged David Klinghoffer, gil student, jewish invention, muslim population, orthodox rabbi, right wingers
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Torah Lectures
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I am looking for a volunteer to continue this feature on a weekly basis. Please contact me via e-mail. R. Hanan Balk on "The Abravanel’s Understanding of the Snake and the Fall of Man–The Boundaries … Continue reading
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Tagged dovid gottlieb, gil student, Mussar, shavuos, shmuel marcus, yom yerushalayim
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Freedom From Bondage
Rabbi Gil Student writes: The past few years has seen a resurgence in militant atheism — think Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris. As a backlash against the religious revival of the past 25 years, these authors and speakers have … Continue reading
Posted in Torah
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, cross currents, gil student, orthodox jew, orthodox judaism, rabbinic advisor
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Conversion Controversy Discussion
Rabbi Gil Student writes: "The Torah in Motion discussion between R. Barry Freundel, R. Yitzchok Adlerstein and R. Seth Farber about the recent conversion controversy is now available for purchase (link – "The Conversion Crisis – Panel"). I am almost … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion controversy, conversion crisis, gil student, marc shapiro, negative consequences, seth farber, torah in motion
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The Living Wage
Rabbi Gil Student writes: I finally read the much-discussed paper by Conservative Rabbi Jill Jacobs on the living wage, which was recently adopted by the (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (link, download – PDF). I was … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative rabbi, employer employee relations, gersion appel, gil student, halakah, rabbinical assembly
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