Rabbi Gil Student

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Defining the Moment: Understanding Brain Death in Halakhah

The halachic issues surrounding organ donation and brain stem death have hovered in constant conflict for over three decades.

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A Torah Guide for the Digital Age: The Ten Tenets of Social Media

Technology is changing faster today than at any other time in history. These developments affect our lives in many wonderful, and sometimes not-so-wonderful, ways. As we try to enrich our…

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The Limit of Intellectual Freedom: The Letters of Rav Kook

Few questions represent the challenge modernity poses to religion greater than that of intellectual freedom.

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Abuse in the Jewish Community: Religious and Communal Factors that Undermine the Apprehension of Offenders and the Treatment of Victims

The past few years have seen a dizzying amount of revelations and publications about abuse in the Orthodox community.

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Varieties of Jewish Experience

When Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein speaks, people listen. In this latest collection of his articles, he addresses many of the issues that rose to the fore over the past two decades…

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What’s Wrong With Texting on Shabbat? A Halachic Analysis

Texting on Shabbat involves the violation of a number of rabbinic prohibitions and perhaps some Biblical prohibitions as well. We will explore a few key technical issues, keeping in mind…

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The God-Powered Life: Awakening to Your Divine Purpose

How do we reach estranged Jews with a Torah message in this post-Oprah world of self-help spirituality?

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The Conversion Crisis: A Continuing Discussion

The past few years have seen a revival of the Israeli conversion dilemma, in which the status of people who convert to Judaism without becoming fully