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Judaism’s Insights Into The Financial Crisis
Rabbi Gil Student writes: The Time website has an article about two scholarly articles about Jewish business ethics and the current financial cresis (link). One article is by R. Aaron Levine, chairman of the Economics Department at Yeshiva University, and … Continue reading
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Tagged credit default swaps, eliezer diamond, gil student, hidden flaw, rabbi eliezer, Yeshiva University
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Is There Anything Good About Growing Old?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Aging forces people to slowly withdraw from their careers, allowing them more time for contemplation of ultimate issues. It also places them face-to-face with their mortality. It gives them the opportunity to see the true, spiritual … Continue reading
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Tagged arei, gil student, priorities in life, spiritual priorities, teshuvah, ultimate issues
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Dating Tips For Men
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Dating Tips for Men: link Hmmmm, I guess “What’s your sign?” doesn’t cut it any more. Dr. Pelcovitz, Rabbi Twersky and Rabbi Sobolofsky discuss issues that aiui have come up through YU’s “connectors” (nice name) of … Continue reading
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Tagged advance questions, gil student, rabbi aaron, societal differences, tfillin, two way communications
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Arguments About The Documentary Hypothesis
Orthodox rabbi Gil Student blogs: I’ve seen it mentioned in a few places that the strongest arguments for the Documentary Hypothesis can be found in Richard Elliott Friedman’s introduction to his book, The Bible With Sources Revealed. I thought I … Continue reading
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Tagged biblical books, documentary hypothesis, gil student, old joke, orthodox rabbi, richard elliott friedman
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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
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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
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Jewish Action Magazine On The Rabbinic Model
Rabbi Gil Student writes: The latest issue of Jewish Action has a fascinating interview with seven veteran Orthodox rabbis on a variety of interesting topics. One issue discussed was the shtiebelization of Orthodoxy, i.e. the breaking up into small, relatively … Continue reading
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Tagged eretz yisrael, gil student, jewish action, jewish society, orthodox rabbis, shuls
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Do We Need A Solution To The Agunah Crisis?
Rabbi Gil Student writes: R. Mordechai Torczyner writes about how local rabbis struggle to "free" agunos and resolve diffcult divorce cases (link). His main point is that rabbis put in a great deal of effort and creativity in solving these … Continue reading
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Tagged divorce cases, gil student, minimal number, mordechai torczyner, sad reality, unfair world
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Praying On A Plane
Rabbi Gil Student writes: Meir Weingarten of Ariel Tours was kind enough to provide me with a booklet from El Al that contains the following: Our sages show the way. Customs of Gedolei Torah During Flights. Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner, … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel tours, gil student, rabbi ovadia yosef, rabbi shlomo, rabbi shmuel, rishon letzion
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YU’s Tranny Prof – No Problem Says Rabbi
Rabbi Gil Student, the leader of Modern Orthodoxy in America, posts: The news is reporting that a tenured professor at Yeshiva University returned last week as a transgender individual (link). It seems that some rabbis are vocally opposed to this. … Continue reading
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Tagged aaron rakeffet rothkoff, gil student, jewish orthodoxy, moshe tendler, some rabbis, Yeshiva University
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