<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Rabbi Dr. David G. Di Segni graduated in Microbiology and Medical Genetics from </span></i><st1:place><st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Hebrew</span></i></st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></i><st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">University-Hadassah</span></i></st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></i><st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Medical</span></i></st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></i><st1:placetype><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">School</span></i></st1:placetype></st1:place><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> of </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jerusalem</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> and from La </span></i><st1:place><st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sapienza</span></i></st1:placename><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></i><st1:placetype><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">University</span></i></st1:placetype></st1:place><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> of </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Rome</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. He is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Cell Biology, National Council of Research, </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Rome</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. He also graduated from the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano, where he is currently the Coordinator and Talmud teacher. This article appears in issue 6 of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.<o:p></o:p></span></i> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span>
The title of this article, “The Music of Chance,” comes from a novel by Paul Auster, although that is the article’s only link to the novel. I chose this title because I would like to convey the message that even though life developed on Earth as a result of chance (as well as of necessity), which is one of the major tenets of the modern evolutionary theory, this fact should not scare us, as observant and devoted Jewish people. Randomness is entirely consistent with biblical and rabbinic sources. However, we should rethink our views on creation of life and humankind.
