Shuls

by Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is a popular writer who has been featured in The Jewish Press, Jewish Action and other periodicals. His internet writings include a number of websites and his award-winning blog, Torah-Musings.

Rabbi Student is a Yeshiva College alumnus who has acquired private rav u-manhig ordination. He has spent most of his career in insurance and finance but has also founded and run Yashar Books, a small Orthodox publishing house.

250 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2009

About the author

Rabbi Gil Student is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including The Jewish Link of New Jersey, The Jewish Echo and The Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press.

Rabbi Student recently served on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently serves as Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Jewish Action magazine and the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Search Engine: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.