Dramatic recent discoveries in cosmology and physics challenge our views of reality, and offer new insights into science, religion and mysticism.
NEWS
My new book
Secrets of Creation (see below) will be available from the publisher Ben Yehuda Press on August 4.
https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/the-secrets-of-creation/
June 2026: Secrets of Creation, my new book with theologian Art Green and artist Debra Band, is an illustrated guide to the mystical Biblical creation, with my modern scientific perspective explaining some of the remarkable results in the past few decades in physics and astronomy. These include quantum discoveries relating the nature of reality, the impact of gravitational wave and black hole studies, dark matter, entropy and time, and not least the measurements of now over seven thousand exoplanets – planets around other stars. The book will be ready to ship in August, and can be advanced-ordered from the link above.
ABOUT THE BOOKS
The Secrets of Creation
Are we really alone in the universe? Do we have free-will? How was the universe formed? What is the quantum reality? My new book (August 2026), magnificently illustrated by Debra Band, is based on the Kabbalistic classic by Meir Ibn Gabbai translated and commented by Art Green. My accompanying essays discuss dramatic new discoveries in astronomy, cosmology and physics, and delve into the scientific and mystical descriptions of the world we live in.
Let There Be Light
THE UNIVERSE BEGAN out of nothing 13.7 billion years ago and has expanded in an evolving process that resembles one that Jewish mystics envisioned centuries ago. In my first book, Let There Be Light (2006), I explain simply and clearly the modern scientific understanding of the cosmos and its origin, and explore how it complements Judaism’s ancient mystical theology, Kabbalah.
Reviews of the Books
“A profound and perceptive discussion of science and religion by a thoughtful and knowledgeable scholar of both, written with depth but in a style understandable to the general public.”
— Charles H. Townes, PhD, Nobel laureate in physics, winner of the Templeton Prize, and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
“Read this book if you want to discover how religion and science can interact harmoniously, how ancient Kabbalah and modern cosmology intersect, and how both of these approaches together can enlighten us”
— Daniel C. Matt, author of God and the Big Bang , and The Zohar: Pritzker Edition.
“Mind-bending and spiritually illuminating in every sense! The symbolic vocabularies of kabbalah, astrophysics, and art converge in most wondrous ways. What a gift!”
— Michael Fishbane, author, Fragile Finitude: A Jewish Hermeneutical Theology
UPCOMING and RECENT APPEARANCES
April 5,6,&7, 2024 “Modern astronomy and Kabbalah: Cosmic puzzles, human exceptionalism, and delusions of aliens” – A Temple Israel of Boston Shabbaton
New awareness of the incredible successes of modern science, and new appreciation of its shocking limitations, are reconsidered in light of the ethical and spiritual
Dec. 11, 2022 “Science & Religion, Starting at the Beginning” Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua NH
What do we know about the beginning of the universe 13.8 billion years ago, and why does it matter to us — as people and