Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of New York – Stepping Stone to Torah Democracy
I picked up my latest book in a very different manner than normal. Rabbi Yonah Landau walked up to me in shul, as the gabbi [leader guy] and asked if he could make an...
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Approach of Torah Jews to the Modern State of Israel & Army Service
Synopsis I write this article after a gathering of 300,000 – 600,000 Jews in one place to protest recent army service. This is not to be minimized, though very non-understood. Why are so many...
Six Days of Creation – A Modern Reconciliation with Science
This is the last in a thread of posts which began with a review of R’Meiselman’s book on Torah and Science, followed by a discussion of the dispute between R’Meiselman and Nosson Slifkin, and...
Six Days of Creation – Broad Philosophical Answer
This is a continuation in the series on Rav Meiselman’s book on Torah and Science and the Controversy between R’Meiselman and Nosson Slifkin. It also might be helpful to see what a modern physicist...
Slifkin v. Meiselman – Making Sense of the Controversy
This is part 2 in a series on Rav Meiselman’s latest book. For the full book review, see part 1. Road-Map to These Articles In my review of Rav Meiselman’s book, the purpose was...
Mountain Family by Tzirel Berger & When Christians Convert to Judaism
I realize I have a diverse reading audience – this article is really intended for a Jewish audience … if you’re a believing Christian, you probably won’t be interested. It describes the experience of...
Meiselman – Torah Chazal Science Book Review
The Summary “Torah from Sinai is not only truth, but tells us the whole of truth. Modern science is, at best, an approximation and a curiosity. At worst, it’s a changing set of incorrect...
Rationalist Friend Brings Depth to the “Folly of Reason”
Introduction In the article, Folly of Faith, Folly of Reason, one of the things I argued based on Isaac Asimov’s short story, “Reason” was that point of view on topics beyond the dimensions that...
Unbroken Chain – Direct Link from Sinai through Genealogy
The Claim of the Unbroken Chain One of the claims to the authenticity of the Torah is that there is an unbroken chain – the descendants of those who spent 40 years in the...
Israel’s Armed Forces – Shield of David by Yigal Allon
I came across “Shield of David” during the course of family tree research. Part of my paternal family lived in Gomel, Belarus as the 20th century began. This is the same city where the...