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Challenges to the tenets of Judaism abound in the modern world. Scientific discoveries and theories sometimes seem to negate fundamental principles of the Torah and often call into question the reasoning be-hind individual halakhot. Humanist values and widely accepted ethical norms sometimes clash with Torah thought and the teachings of our Rabbis. This edition of Hakirah focuses on these clashes and the different approaches taken both recently and historically to confront modernity. A recent book by a prominent Rosh Yeshiva who is also an accomplished mathematician takes an extreme position in the Torah and Science debate that has been waging within the Torah community for almost ten years. His position is that Hazal were infallible in matters of science and that all Rishonim adhered to this position. A review of this book by an Orthodox physicist takes issue with some of the books claims, focusing primarily on the authors dismissal of the reliability of science. In our Jewish Thought section, a leading Orthodox bio-ethicist seeks to define Modern Orthodoxy, by detailing what modernity stands for and by putting forth his own vision for an Orthodoxy that would in-corporate these va

Author

Heshy Zelcer

Publisher

hakirah inc

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781936803064