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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
Posted in Rabbis
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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