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On Leaving More Than Your Heart in San Francisco
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 09:07 AM
Shortly after our son was born, my wife and I discussed his brit milah (covenantal ritual circumcision). We did not discuss whether to have the ceremony. The discussion was all about who would perform it, where it would be held and other such logistics.
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The Science Challenge
Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:07 PM
Judaism does not deal well with science. To be sure, there are many Jews who are scientists and many scientists who are Jews. Some Jewish scientists even win Nobel prizes for their work. Indeed, the numbers and percentages of winners are astonishing. See, http://www.jinfo.org/Nobel_Prizes. Still, as a community, and a supposedly smart one at that, Jews do not deal well with science.
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