December 16-18, 2011 Washington DC Area Weekend Scholar-in-Residence

Upcoming Appearances

• April 5,6,&7, 2024 “Modern astronomy and Kabbalah: Cosmic puzzles, human exceptionalism, and delusions of aliens” – A Temple Israel of Boston Shabbaton
  22 September 2023 5:33 PM | No Comments

  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 insights of the Kabbalah. Friday: […]

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• Dec. 11, 2022 “Science & Religion, Starting at the Beginning” Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua NH
  26 October 2022 6:12 PM | No Comments

  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 as Jews?  What lessons can […]

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• February 28, 2021 “Judaism and Climate Change” Arizona State Zoom Conference
  26 February 2021 6:35 PM | No Comments

  I will be presenting the talk, “Alone in the Universe: Why We and Our Planet Earth Are Exceptional” during this one-day conference on Judaism, Science, Theology, and Ethics; open to […]

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• November 8-10, 2019 “Science through the eyes of Faith” Greenville University, Greenville, IL
  06 October 2019 11:54 PM | No Comments

  During this 3-day conference I will give a keynote lecture on Saturday night titled, “Are We Alone in the Unverse?”  I will also be participating in panels throughout the weekend. […]

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• March 14, 2018 “Cosmology Today: Insights and Imperatives” The Maimonides Society of Tucson
  15 February 2018 1:16 AM | No Comments

  A talk on the implications and ethical imperatives of modern astrophysics, emphasizing cosmology, exoplanets, and thoughts on fine-tuning and the “multiverse.”

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• Sept. 12, 2017 “Religion and Science: Beresheit, Modern Cosmology, and Kabbalah” The Aish Center NYC
  17 August 2017 1:29 AM | No Comments

  To be held at the West Side, at the MiMa building, 450 W 42nd St, New York, NY  at 7:00 PM. https://aishcenter.com/events/kabbalah-and-cosmology-the-science-of-a-sweet-new-year/  

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• Jan 23, 2017: “Cosmology Today.” A Master Class at the Hebrew College Rabbinical School
  16 January 2017 9:44 PM | No Comments

  This 2-hour lecture and study session, entitled “Cosmology Today: Spiritual   Insights, Ethical Imperatives – ‘Ta Chazei!'”,  brings together multiple strands of modern astrophysical discovery from cosmology to exoplanets. It uses […]

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• April 3, 2016; “Charles Townes Lecture” at MIT, Cambridge MA
  06 March 2016 9:31 PM | No Comments

  2016 Townes Lecture: “Dramatic Developments in the Science and Religion Dialogue – Implications of Discoveries from Gravity Waves to Exoplanets, with a Kabbalistic Perspective” The 2016 Charles Townes Lecture on […]

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• August 21, 2015; Cong. Shirat HaYam, Nantucket, MA
  30 March 2015 2:03 AM | No Comments

  “The Astonishing and Fundamental Implications of the Inflationary Big Bang for Science and Religion … a Sacred Multiverse?”

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• December 20, 2014: Congregation Shaarei Tefilla, Newton, MA
  02 December 2014 1:43 AM | No Comments

    “Joseph and the Multiverse:” Guest Speaker on the Anthropic Principle, chance, Hannukah, and God’s hand in the universe.   10:30AM.

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• August 21, 2014: Nantucket MA
  05 August 2014 10:18 PM | No Comments

  “Alone in the Universe” as Guest Speaker at the Maria Mitchell Observatory public lecture series, 8PM

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• July 4, 2014: Monterey weekend
  05 August 2014 10:14 PM | No Comments

  Two talks in Monterey, CA: “Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah,” and “Alone in the Universe.”

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• April 6, 2014: Chabad of Bethesda, MD
  18 February 2014 1:16 AM | No Comments

  “Big Bang Inflationary Cosmology and the Kabbalah.” 1:00-3:00 PM to be held at the Bethesda Marriott Suites, 6711 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD (for additional details, see www.BethesdaCJS.com)

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• January 24-26, 2014: Temple Sinai of Boston
  07 June 2013 4:59 PM | No Comments

  Shabbaton Speaker: "“Judaism and Cosmology in the 21st Century: Why Science Matters for a Spiritual Life."

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• August 29, 2013: Nantucket Science Center
  06 June 2013 7:29 PM | No Comments

  7:00PM  “Alone in the Universe”.    The dramatic discovery of nearly a thousand planets around other stars, some of them Earth-sized, prompts a reconsideration of the question, “Are there other sentient […]

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• May 5-12, 2013; “God, Creation and the Big Bang”
  27 July 2012 1:32 AM | No Comments

  The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Center is sponsoring a week-long retreat on the topic:   “How did the universe begin? God, Creation and the Big Bang.”  I will speak and teach at […]

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• April 1, 2012 Washington Institute for Science and Judaism
  10 December 2011 2:19 AM | No Comments

  "Alone in the Universe: A Jewish Perspective on the Discovery of Planets around Other Stars, and Our Probable Solitude"

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• February 3-4, 2012 Congregation Beth-El Weekend Shabbaton, Sudbury, MA
  09 December 2011 7:09 PM | No Comments

  "Cosmology and Judaism in the 21st Century: A Revolution in Relevance"

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• December 16-18, 2011 Washington DC Area Weekend Scholar-in-Residence
  08 December 2011 3:03 PM | No Comments

  Three talks on: "Cosmology and Judaism in the 21st Century: A Revolution in Relevance"

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• October 21-22, 2011 Harvard University Hillel Community
  10 August 2011 6:15 PM | No Comments

  Two talks on: "B'Resheit in the 21st Century: Old questions, but New Insights”

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