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• Rabbi Yaakov Ariel: ‘I believe Rabbi Yosef regrets his words against bereaved father’ – a leading religious Zionist rabbi maintains that the controversial remarks by a senior halachic authority were a regrettable slip of the tongue, not a systemic rejection of his movement

• Beren’s New Eruv: A Behind the Scenes Look – on a modern Jewish campus, students and rabbis collaborate to build and maintain a new eruv, reinforcing communal identity and halachic responsibility in practice

• Which states are worst at protecting freedom of faith groups – a U.S. legal-index highlights wide state-by-state variation in protections for faith-based nonprofits, with some states ranked as significantly hostile and others exemplary

• Archaeologists Discover 3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Military Fortress in the Sinai Desert – archaeologists in Sinai uncovered a 3,500-year-old Egyptian fortress with towers, ovens, and a garrison of 400-700 soldiers, illuminating ancient military architecture near Canaan

Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine, The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Jewish 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 currently is serving his third term on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America. He 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 Articles of Faith: Traditional Jewish Belief in the Internet Era, previously served as the Book Editor of Jewish Action magazine, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

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