Torah Observant Jew + Patent Attorney
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...
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...
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...
Book Review: Thinking About Creation – Eternal Torah and Modern Physics; by Dr. Andrew Goldfinger Introduction Dr. Goldfinger holds a PhD in theoretical physics and as Masters in counseling. Some people like to collect...
The Holocaust in Context The Jewish calendar, a microcosm of Judaism itself, has a complete cycle of everything from joyous times (Purim, Succos) to sad times (Tish B’Av) to everything else. This article is...
Medical Issues in Jewish Law Dr. Fred Rosner, former Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine put together an excellent translated collection of the answer to medical questions. These answers, or “halachic...
Suffering to Greatness Now Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau (former Chief Rabbi of Israel) epitomizes one of G_d’s answers to Iyov [Job] as to how we’re supposed to take tragedy (see Chapter 40). Why do...
There are two English-language biographies of the Satmar Rebbe. I tried them both, and the clear winner is the publication from Israel Book Shop by Rabbi Dovid Meisels. Some Background The Rebbe was clearly exceedingly...
This post is a continuation of Considering the Existence of a Creator: Part I – Gerbils. Who Collapsed the Wave Function? As noted in the prior post, in my most secular days, I would...
The outline is below, but it’s easier to read if you pop it out into full screen view – click this: Iyov outline. Related PostsDiscomfort: Jewish Holidays in a Nutshell Judaism is about discomfort. What...