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SHAMIR
has a dedicated department, B’Or HaTorah, dedicated to exploring
the interplay between Judaic and secular wisdom. By applying academic
integrity in resolving conflicts and disclosing synergies, SHAMIR
informs and inspires the thinking Jew to celebrate his heritage while
embracing the wonders of the world. To
this end, we have formed a speakers’ bureau, held international
conferences, and published books, journals and videos, in English,
Russian and Hebrew.
Conference
proceedings are published in our B’Or HaTorah Journal of Science,
Arts and Problems of Modern Life in the Light of Torah.
B’OR
HA’TORAH is a unique forum for wondering Jews, scientists,
artists, teachers, and students - examining personal and intellectual
concerns through the microscope and telescope of the scientist;
the algorithm of the mathematician; the discourse of the philosopher;
the imagery of the artist, poet, and photographer; and the tested
faith and learning of the Torah-observant Jew.
B’Or
HaTorah Endorsements
The
B’OR HA’TORAH journal makes a valuable contribution
by publishing a variety of articles on the relationship between
Torah and science. The special quality of these articles is their
significant attempt to discuss scientific subjects from the Torah
point of view. The importance of B’OR HA’TORAH is its
departure from apologetics. Instead, it delves into the sparsely
investigated field of how to combine the spiritual dimension of
the Torah with the dimensions of time and space within which scientific
research operates. In doing this, a double illumination is created:
not only does science receive the brilliance of the Torah, but the
light that reflects back from the illuminated scientific knowledge
reveals an additional facet and more complete understanding of the
Torah text.
Rabbi
Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz
“Congratulations
on such a high quality publication”
Jonathan
Sacks
Chief
Rabbi, United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
“I
enjoyed reading B’OR HA’TORAH ... it will have a strong
impact”
Rabbi
Dr. Norman Lamm
President of Yeshiva University
“I
recommend B’OR HA’TORAH for students and academics …
Useful and interesting, it is formulated in a clear and attractive
manner.”
Rabbi
Baruch Horowitz
Rosh Yeshiva Dvar Yerushalayim
“…
we are all coming from diverse professional, business, and rabbinic
backgrounds interspersed with observant, nonaffiliated, hedonistic,
cultist, and missionary experiences—your magazine’s
style relates eminently well to all of us. Amazing, but true!”
Rabbi
Casriel Brusowankin
Miami
“B’OR
HA’TORAH is beautifully executed… on a high intellectual
level.”
Prof.
Alvin Radkowsky
Former Chief Scientist of the US Naval
Nuclear Propulsion Project
“A
Roman Catholic interested in the relation between science and the
Bible, I have been enjoying my copies of B’OR HA’TORAH.”
Michael
R. Hoyt
Silver Spring, Maryland
“Your
articles not merely enlightening but inspiring. They go a long way
towards satisfying both an intellectual and spiritual hunger.”
Dr.
Ben Ostrov
New Chinese University, Hong Kong
“I
often study B’OR HA’TORAH with my father Erev Shabbos.
We enjoy this book a lot and have spent many hours on one question,
and still have not reached a conclusion. ‘If no one is looking
at the moon, does it exist?”
From
Joshua Elberg’s bar mitsva speech in Dollard Des Ormeaux,
Quebec |
