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Featured Article
Torah min haShamayim: Conflicts Between Religious Belief and Scientific Thinking
A thoughtful discussion of important issues
Dr. Daniel Jackson is a professor of computer science at MIT, and a founder of Yedid Nefesh, a minyan in Newton, Massachusetts. This article appears in issue 6 of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.
Featured Event
Breakfast Program with Susan Weiss, Director of Center for Women's Justice--March 16
Progress report on dramatic efforts on behalf of Agunot
The Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals invites its members and friends to a breakfast meeting with Susan Weiss, Director of the Center for Women's Justice in Jerusalem. The event will be held on Tuesday morning March 16, at Congregation Shearith Israel, 2 West 70th Street, New York City. Services begin at 7:15 am; breakfast at 8:00 am. The program should conclude by 9:15 am.
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Rabbi Mordechai Elon and the Challenge of Teshuva
Reflections on a traumatic scandal
O Tempora O Mores
Striving for a balanced Orthodoxy
The Fertility Dilemma
Medicine, Halakha, Professional Responsibility
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