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Jewish Responses to Modern Science

Coexistence and conflict.

Maimonides drew upon scientific knowledge in his interpretations of Jewish law.

Jewish scholars in the Middle Ages viewed science as an avenue for knowing God.

By now, many of you will have read or read about Alvin Rosenfeld’s article “Progressive Jewish Thought and the New ...

Last week on MJL, Brigitte Sion offered her analysis of four national Holocaust memorials, and in so doing, noted that ...

On Thursday night, Ultra-Orthodox activists in Jerusalem burned barrels of “immodest” clothing, claiming that female immodesty is the only thing ...

Steven over at Canonist has written a thoughtful reply to yesterday’s posting about his debate with Dan Sieradski. I had ...

Apparently the new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica takes a skeptical position on this question. Find out more here.

Generally, it’s not fun to see your friends fight, but when the fight is over the soul of Judaism, it’s ...

As I mentioned on Friday, much of David Klinghoffer’s diagnosis of liberal pluralism (as he experienced it at Limmud NY) ...

A transnational comparison.

This week’s Forward features a harsh, but disciplined critique of “liberal pluralism” by David Klinghoffer. The article consists of Klinghoffer’s ...