The Reform Jewish Quarterly Winter 2012

CONTENTS

Symposium Issue on Judaism and Science

FROM THE EDITOR

At the Gates – בשערים

ARTICLES

Editors’ Introduction: Why Science Matters to Judaism
Philip Cohen and Hava Tirosh-Samuelson

Part I: Responding to Norbert Samuelson

The Challenges of the Modern Sciences for Jewish Faith
Norbert M. Samuelson

Searching for the Quantum God: On Judaism and Modern Science 
Victoria Ziva Frappollo

Jewish Philosophy, Science, and the Humanities
Zachary Braiterman

Part II: Judaism and the Physical Sciences

Judaism and Physics 
Peter Ochs

Revisiting Creation, Natural Events and Their Emergent Patterns
Bradley Shavit Artson

Why We Need Process Theology
Toba Spitzer

Part III: Science and Judaism: Methodological Considerations

A Jewish View of the Evolution of Religion
Allen S. Maller

Dreams: The True Religion-Science Conflict
Russell Jay Hendel

Rethinking Conjoined Twins 
Jonathan K. Crane

Part IV: The Human Sciences: Neuroscience, Psychology, and Education

Mystical and Spiritual, Neurological and Theological 
Ralph D. Mecklenburger

Neuro-Jewish Education: An Introduction
Justus N. Baird

The Science behind Yetzer Hara
Geoffrey A. Mitelman

The Case for Science Education in Our Religious Schools
Laurie Green

Part V: Rethinking Creation Theology

Science and Judaism in Light of Today’s Ecological Imperative 
Fred Scherlinder Dobb

Not Playing to Empty Benches: The Role of Mind in the Search for Meaning
Lawrence Troster

Judaism and Science: Selected Bibliography

RESPONSE TO THE SPRING 2011 SYMPOSIUM
Michael Perelmuter

RESPONSES TO THE SUMMER 2011 ISSUE
Paul Golomb
David Zucker
Joshua Segal

BOOK REVIEWS

Poetry Feeds the Jewish Soul: Introducing Four Reviews 
Adam D. Fisher

Finding Words 
Merle Feld Reviewed by Ruthie Gelfarb

God’s Optimism 
Yehoshua November Reviewed by James Rosenberg

70 Faces: Torah Poems
Rachel Barenblat Reviewed by Adam D. Fisher

Until the Blue Kingdom Comes
James B. Rosenberg Reviewed by Adam D. Fisher


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