A core part of Judaism is the universalist approach of rectifying the world, and everyone has their own way of fulfilling this precept.
If one believes that the words of the Talmud are eternal and timeless, how could they have been wrong about science?
What is the Torah really about? Can it be categorized or placed on any one bookshelf? Would it fit in well with a shelf on science?
Are religion and science two friends trying to outrank the other or two enemies trying to vanquish the other? Or neither?
As a rabbi and biophysicist, Jeremy Weiss provides a deep and humble insight into the origins of life and coexistence of science and Torah.
Science is the book that describes our lives; scripture is the book that interprets it.
At first glance, science and religion may seem contradictory, but with further thought, there’s more than meets the eye.
Jewish mysticism expands the limit of what can be thought about, by understanding that not everything can be captured by rationality.
Mysticism attempts to provide a new approach to view a torn and twisted world, enlightening it for those who follow it.
To learn more about the ideas that fuel Jewish controversies, let us learn more about Jewish ideas and people, and hope to become more understanding people.
God can be found in the home and the synagogue, in the individual and the institution, in the Jew—with or without community.
With the advent of the Internet, a larger, multi-faceted dialogue has opened up, allowing people of all opinions the ability to share their thoughts.
