Exploring the Interplay ~ by Arnie Gotfryd PhD
“Wow. To bump into you now after all these years, just when I was thinking of you!” “Meanwhile, quite independently, another scientist had just discovered the same thing, half way around the world.” “And after all that, where did the manure happen to land when Haman’s daughter dumped it out the window? On her father’s head [Read More ...]
Two views on confronting a crisis of faith. One says shout down heretical thoughts. The other says atheists deserve to be taught. Dear Dr. Gotfryd, I usually enjoy your articles but I have to object to your recent emphasis on responding to doubts with rational arguments. I believe it is not in line with the [Read More ...]
The Jewish people are like a challa. That braided loaf of egg bread is not simply a static object waiting to be consumed. It’s a symbolic and dynamic work of art that you really need to chew on in order to digest. I’d like to focus on the braids – out, in, crossover, out the [Read More ...]
Classic concepts of time are flying out the window as scientists report on effects that precede the causes that made them. What does this all mean for us? Have you ever walked into a test situation wishing that you had studied some more? There may be a solution. New research suggests that you might be [Read More ...]
Mohan Srivistava’s daughter is only eight years old but she already knows how to pick winning lottery tickets up to 90 per cent of the time. She’s not a prophetess nor is she a genius – it’s a trick she was taught by her statistician father who looks for hidden patterns among apparently random numbers [Read More ...]
Albert Einstein was a clever man. After all, what other type of a fellow could come up with something so bizarre as e=mc2? This elegant synopsis of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity means that every material object is nothing more than a bundle of energy, in fact an immensely huge amount of energy. If you [Read More ...]
Dear Dr. Gotfryd, I am on the verge of a nervous breakdown with no one to turn to. I’ve spoken to a lot of people, nothing has helped so far and someone suggested you because you are a logical person. I am a Lubavitcher bochur [young man], went through the system, got smicha [rabbinic ordination]. [Read More ...]
The Rebbe taught us how the emergence of science is a sign of geulah unfolding and that is we open our eyes properly, we will see that it is already here. Here is an eye-opening resource developed by a Swedish statistician to help us do precisely that. The Lubavitcher Rebbe is well-known to be, among [Read More ...]
by Dr. Yaacov (Jack) Hanoka, PhD Dr. Hanoka is a devoted Chassid of the Rebbe and an internationally renowned solid state physicist with 70 publications and 56 patents in the field of solar power. His scientific prowess in no way dampens his clarity and commitment to the truth of Torah. He sees no contradiction between [Read More ...]
This week I celebrate 30 years since my first encounter with Chabad and my introduction to authentic Judaism. To mark the occasion, here is a new and improved version of a personal story I previously published, for the benefit of those who may have forgotten it or missed it the first time around. The yartzeit [Read More ...]