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Abraham, I:22, 33; II:63, 67, 69, 71; III:35; V:64-5, VII:30-32; XIV:79, 101-105

ABRAHAM, Prof. Abraham S., MD. “Organ Transplantation and Jewish Law,” VII:7-10; “To Treat or not to Treat? Euthanasia and Jewish Law,” IX:69-73

Adam, XIII:12; XIV:77-78; XV:8; XVII:22-24

Aging, IX:75-79; XII:153-164, XIV:73-81, 83-89; XVI:107-122, 125-131

AFTERMAN, Allen (see FLEER)

AGREST, Matest, Dr. Sci. and AGREST, Mikhail, PhD. “The Tablets of the Ten Commandments and Laser Technology,” XV:187-191

Matest Agrest, Obituary, XVI:190

AGREST, Mikhail, PhD. "Five-Foot Giant of Torah and Science: My Father, Matest Agrest (1915-2005)," XVII: 182-185 (B)

Akiva, XIII:149-160

AKERMAN, Dr. Ida. Protest Poetry, III:71-76 (P)

Alphabet, Hebrew, IV:5-6; VI:20, 132

AOJS (Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists), IV:60-61

Apple, X:69-73

Archeology, synagogue, VI:83-96

Architecture, synagogue, VI:83-96

ARIEH, Avraham. “A Psalm for the Turning of the Seasons,” IV:96 (P)

Art, Jewish, IV:87-92; VII:179-182; X:117-123, XII:195-200; XIV:160; XV:192; XVI:191

        harmony of science and  art, VI:112-113

Artificial Intelligence (AI); XVII:123-130

See Computer Technology

Astronomy

     and Psalm 19, XVII: 155-158, 160, 167-168

link between life on Earth and the stars, XI:42-44

music of the celestial spheres, XVII: 155-169

pulsars, XVII: 161-165

See also Cosmology and Physics

ATTIA, Ilana. “The King’s Gallery,” VII:179-182 (Ph); “Lighter than Light,” VIII:155-164 (F); and Yehuda Attia. “Jewish Environmental Law: A Selected Bibliography of Classical Sources with Annotations,” X:17-23, “With No Gardener There is No Garden,” XII:57 (P)

AVIEZER, Prof. Nathan. “Man as the Pinnacle of Creation,” XI:41-44; “Life on Mars?” XI:97-99; “Richard Dawkins and Darwinian Fundamentalism,” XIII:95-106; “The Extreme Longevity of the Early Generations in Genesis,” XIV:73-81; "The Anthropic Principle: What Is It and Why Is It Important for the Believing Person?" XVII: 69-84

AVINER, Rabbi Shlomo. “Confronting the Dangerously Ill with his Condition,” IX:61-66

AVI-YONAH, Eva. “An Infinity of Dimensionless Points Cannot Make a World,” VII:131 (P)

AZRIEL, Yakov. “Night in the Sukkah of Joseph and His Brothers,” XV:113 (P)

BARAK, Tali. "Festivals," XVI:185 (P)

BARCAHAN, Natan. “Mesirus Nefesh Mamash,” IV:75-85 (B)

BECK, Mordechai. “The Wedding Dance,” II:99-104 (B); “Overcoming Exile: Journey to Jewish Scandinavia,” V:111-115 (B); “The Acolyte,” VI:179-186 (F); see also LIFSHITZ

BELENKIY, Dr. Ari. “Mathematical Drash,” XIII:149-160

BEN ARZA, Sarah. “The Third Way: The Jewish Psychoanalytic Approach of Dr. Ida Akerman,” VII:90-94

BEN DAVID, Yohanan Hevroni. “Did Any of the Lost Tribes Go North?” VI:127-133

BEN-DOR, David. “It Was No Holocaust,” VII:139-140; “Kano,” VII:140-141

BERG, Janet. “Towards an Authentic Judaica: A Design Strategy for Ritual Objects,” X:117-123

BERG, Rabbi Dr. N.J. “The Creator in the Creation,” II:41-49; “Preparing for Mashiah: Understanding the Hasidic Concepts of Divine Providence and Free Will through the Laws of Physics,” IX:35-49; “A Physical Theory of Everything,”XI:49-68

Berg, Rabbi Dr. N.J., tribute to, by Prof. Herman Branover, IX:34-35 (B)

BERGER, Sylvia. “Three Soldiers/three lives,” III:49-59 (B)

BERGMAN, Robert, MD. "The Problem of Meaning in Long-Term Care," XVI:125-131

BINA, Malka. “Chochma, Bina and Homemaking,” V:105-108

Biology, I:41-45; V:35-37; VIII:58-60, 75-80; XIV:29-41, 43-55, 57-65

age research, XIV:73-81

ATP, VIII:80

cloning of animals, XVI:36-38

cloning of humans, XII:5-14, 26-28, 38-40, 53-55, 67-74

         ethical considerations, XII:5-14, 26-28, 43-59, 71-77

halakhic considerations, XII:7-14, 26-28, 55-56

         international law, XII:53-55

         knesset, XII:6

         science of, XII:6-7, 38-40, 54-55, 67-71

cytochrome C, II:22-23

DNA, XIII:110-111; XIV:44-55; XVI:19-31

DNA Kohen markers, XVII:97-111

genetic imprinting, XVI:19-31

genetic modification (GM), XVI:33-55

GM plants, XVI:33-36

GM animals, XVI:36-37

genetics, II:17-25, 27-30; III:13-21; XII:5-77; XIV:29-39, 43-55, 73-81; XVI:7-16, 33-55

      homeostasis, I:11-12, V:35-37

human heart, XII:113-119

infertility, XV:183-186

mutation (genetic), II:27-30; III:9,13-21;XIV:43-55

neurology, I;41-45; XIV:10-20, 23-26; XVI:69-81,192

neurology and brain-stem death, VII:9-10          

neurophysiological correlates of meditation and prayer, Newberg, XVI:192

photosynthesis, XIV:115-120

psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), XVI:69-81      

reproductive medicine, VIII:30-33; XII:5-77; XIV:34-39

respiratory system, VIII:58-60

scientism  in, XII:144; XV:137-159

see also Ecology; Ethics; Jewish medical ethics; Evolution; Human body

species, XVII:30-34, 92-94

stem cells, XII:38-40

structure, IV:15-38

xenografting, XII:36

BLOCK, Yitzchok. “G-d and Rationality,” II:57-74; “G-d and Rationality Revisited,” VI:109-120;  “Creation: The Argument from Finitude," XI:11-18; “G-d and Morality,” XII:129-139

BRANDER, Rabbi Kenneth. “Artificial Insemination and Surrogate Motherhood through the Prism of Jewish Law, ” XII:59-65

BRANFMAN, Varda. “A Door,” IX:81 (P); “Gates,” IX:146 (P); “Houses,” IX:149-153 (B); “Elegy,” XII:165-168 (P)

BRANFMAN, Yaakov. “Pulse, Or a Big Picture Window and a Good Cup of Coffee,” IX:143-145 (B)

BRANOVER, Prof. Herman. “A Return to ‘Mother Russia,’” VII:173-177 (B); “The Lubavitcher Rebbe,” IX:7-11; “The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Science and Technology,”IX:13-32: “Towards Environmental Consciousness: The Need to Educate,” X:11-15; (with Prof. Ruvin Ferber) “The Concept of Absolute Time in Science and Jewish Thought,” XI:21-28; (with Toby R. Gurvich) “Soul and Body—Judaism, Modern Medicine and Cloning,” XII:43-56; (with Prof. Ruvin FERBER) “Observer and the System of Reference: A Unified View,” XIII:38-54;

BRAUNSTEIN, Dr. Jonathan. “The Impact of Religion and Spirituality on Human Health,” XII:107-111

BRAWER, Prof. Yakov. “Neurology and the Soul,” I:41-45; “Something from Nothing,” VIII:133-139

Breastfeeding, XIII:173-181

Breslov, Rebbe Nachman of, Lekutey Moharan, Lesson 234 (translation and commentary), V:69-82

BRUDNER, Naomi. “Counting of the Omer,” IV:99 (P)

BUCHBINDER, Dr. J. Tuvia. “Mental Health Service and the Charedi Community in Jerusalem,” VII:81-86

BULKA, Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. “Together in Separateness: Understanding Taharat Ha’Mishpaha,” X:127-130; “Comments on Tokayer’s Paper,” X:146-147; Letter to the Editor, XIV:131-132

Business ethics, X:91-96

Calendar (converting from Hebrew to Christian dates), IX:107-111; Hebrew calendar based on Creation, XIII:27; XV:8-17, 115-135

CAMERON, Esther. “Invitation,” I:87 (P); “De Profundis,” VI:121 (P)

CANNON, Joe. “The Turning,” VII:132-137 (F)

CANTZ, Benjamin. “Wine,” VI:173-176 (B)

CARMELI, Prof. Moshe. “The First Six Days of the Universe,” XV:21-24

CARROLL, Andrew Solow. Letter to the Editor, IX:129

Chemistry, II:33-38; V:35-37; VI:159-164; VIII:73-85; X:59-67, 69-73, 173-176; XIII:87-93; XIV:10-20, 115-120; XV:27-33; XVI:69-81; XVII:55-63

CHESTER, Roberta. “The Akeda (the Binding of Isaac),” X:160-162 (P); “Sukkot,” XI:143-144 (P); “Brit,” XII:15 (P); “Sinai,” XIII:55-57 (P)

CHOPRA, Miriam. “In Memory of a Forest and a Statesman” X:39 (P)

Christianity, VII:46,90; XII:38-39; XIV:139

Cloning of animals (see Biology)

Cloning of humans (see Biology)

Codes in the Torah, VI:7-39; VII:71-72, 77-78; VIII:121-131; IX:113-117, 119-122, 125-126, 128-129; XI:147-154; XIII:193-200

COHEN, Eli. “Modern Mathematics in Support of the Fundamentals of Halakha,” VIII:87–91

COHEN, Ken. “Beys Olam,” IV:94 (P)

Commandments, IV:7–9

and love of G-d, V:77

and science, V:10-11

and women, V:101, 105-108

be fruitful and multiply, XII:7-11, 13, 27, 99

conquer the Earth, XII:9

exemption from, VII:110

fulfillment of, I:15-17; VI:123-125

in remote places and outer space, VIII:107-111

meaning of, VIII:139

mikveh (ritual bath), XV:175-177

new moon, sanctification of, VII:65; XV:16-17

prohibition on homosexuality, XIV:137-152

Sabbath, IV:32-33; VIII:108; XV:15-16

sotah (suspected adulteress), XV:179-186

tahora (ritual purity), XV:161-173

tekhelet (dye for ritual garments), XI:185-195

Ten Commandments  (engraving of letters in tablets of), XV:187-191

to be holy, XIII:142-147; XV:161-173

to honor parents, IX:63

tsitsit (ritual fringes), XI:185-195

violation of second, XI:165-172

Computer Technology

      Artificial Intelligence (AI) XVII: 123-130

      cyberspace and Judaism, XVII: 171-180

Cosmology (see Physics)

COWEN, Rabbi Dr. Shimon Dovid. “Torah Metaphysics versus Newtonian Empiricism,” XI:101-113

Creation,

age of the universe, XIII:19-37; XVII:24-25,

as a Jewish idea, XI:11-12

calculating the length of G-d’s day, XV:115-135

      consciousness of earth, VII:120-130

continuous, VI:45; VIII:134-139

creatio ex nihilo, VIII:133-139; XVII:115-121

creative process, VII:97-105

determinism and quantum physics, VI:145, 149-150, 154-157;

      finding the Creator in, II:46-48     

      finitude and infinity, XI:12-18; XIII: 127; XV:137-159

      first six days of, XI:36-38, 70-71; XIII:7-17, 19-37, 63-68, 71-85, 127; XV:21-24; XVII: 20-24

Nahmanides commentary on, XI:32; XV:115-135; XV:115-135

prime cause of scientific or Divine, XI:31-38

purpose of, XI:15-17, 41-44; XIII:7-17, 19-37, 63-68, 71-85, 127; XV: 115-135

rational argument for, VI:116-120; XI:11-14

      science and Judaism, XIII: 63-68

singularity, II:37

Song of Songs; IV:6-12

successive states of, III:31-36;

      symbolic interpretation of the age of the universe, XIII:71-85     

      time and space, XI:26-28, 31-38, 70; XIII:7-17, 19-37, 63-68, 71-85, 127; XV: 21-24, 35-39, 43-60, 63-72, 115-135

      Torah and photosynthesis, XIV: 115-120

      versus evolution, I:28-31; II:60, III:8-11; IV:15-38, 61-69; XIII:7-17; XVII: 17,20-24    

Creativity, VI:71-80; VII:97-105

      idolatry, violating the second commandment? XI:165-172

Darwinism and neo-Darwinism, (see Evolution)

David, lineage of King, VI:14; XIII:124-125

Determinism, I:36-37; II:41; VI:43, 106, 141-157; VII:122-129; VIII:18-20, 129-131, 134; IX:23-24, 38-44; XII:148-149; XIII:9; XIV:11-12; XVI:7-16

DICKSTEIN, Wendy. “For my Sister the Sanyassian,” IX:147 (P); “Light Shone on the Wall,” IX:154 (P); “Making Halla is like Davening on a Good Day,” IX:157 (P); “Excerpts from an Indian Journal (1982),” IX:159-160 (F); “Joy and Sorrow” from a novelization of The Life of Gluckel of Hameln, XI:135-141 (F,B); “Waiting for the Tsaddik,” XV:19 (P); "Blessed Are You, L-rd, Who Straightens the Bent," XVI:17 (P)

Digestive system, VIII:75-80

DINKEVICH, Solomon, PhD. “A Calculation of the Israelite Population at Mount Sinai,” XV:105-112

Dinosaurs, XIII:88-93; XVII:75-77

DIRNFELD, Leah. “A Borrowed Tear,” XV:186 (P)

DOR-SHAV (Dershowitz), Professor Zecharia. “The Psychology and Religion of Tahorah and Holiness,” XV:161-173.

DUBNOV, Eugene. “After a Rabbinical Fable,” VI:201 (P); “Khamsin,” VI:99 (P); “Sky’s and Earth’s Edge,” XV:24 (P); “A River, a Pulsing Stream,” XV:25 (P); “Hurled,” XV:73 (P)

DUKES, Aaron Leib. “Entering the Sabbath of History,” XV:115-135

Earth, age of, XIII:26, 87-93; XVII: 49-50

dating methods for age of Earth, II:32-38; XIII:87-93; XV:27-33; XVII:49-65

formation of the continents, XIII:87-93

Potassium-Argon method for dating, XV:27-33

see also Geocentrism

see also Geology

spaceflight XIV:91-99

tilt and rotation of, XIII:87-93

 Ecology

      global,  X:7-9, 11-15

G-d and nature, XIV:123-130

      sustainability, XIV: 107-112,    

      Torah, X:17-23, 25-29, 31-38, 51-57;

      Torah blueprint of Nature, XIV: 115-120

      trees, X: 25-29,             

   unity of ecosystems,  XIV:101-105

Economic systems

bankruptcy law, X:99-106

business ethics, X:91-96

jubilee year, V:64

lending without interest, XIII:203-206

of the Torah, VIII:113-119; IX:83-87

role of G-d in, V:61-66

sabbatical year, V:63-64; VIII:117

Ego (see Psychology)

EIDELBERG, Prof. Paul. “Codes of the Torah: In Defense of Seriousness,” IX:119-122

ELFENBEIN, Pamela, PhD, MSW. “Torah Study, Prayer, and Health: A Proposal to Examine the

     Impact of Torah Study and Prayer on the Health of Older Adults,” XII:153-164;  (with LIPSKAR,  Rabbi Sholom) "Healing the Soul: A Prayer Program for the Elderly," XVI:107-122

ELISHAKOFF, Prof. Isaac. “Probabilistic Analysis of the ‘Torah Codes’: A False Premise?,”

     XIII:193-201; (with Elliot M. Pines, PhD) "Do Scripture and Mathematics Disagree on the

     Number π?" XVII:133-153

Energy (see Matter and Energy)

Engineering

     interaction of human consciousness with (in the Princeton Engineering Anomalies

     Research Program (PEAR), XVI:153-163

      Safety factors, XVII:137-140    

Environment (metaphysical), I:40; IV:23

EPSTEIN, Leah. “On the Dark Side Looking Over,” VIII:142 (P)

Ethics, VIII:13-15

business, X:91-96; XIII:203-206, 215

genetically determined moral behavior, XVI:7-16

genetic predetermination and free will, XVI:7-16

GM and Jewish ethics, XVI:37-53

homosexuality, VIII:23; XIV:137-152, 158-159

Jewish medical ethics, V:39-51; VII:7-10; VIII:13-15, 17-24, 27-43, 45-55, 57-70; IX:51-59, 61-66, 69-73, 75-79; XVI:7-16, 83-93 

abortion, VIII:33-35; XII:100; XIV:34-35

AIDS patients, VIII:7-9, 33-35; XIV:141-142

artificial insemination, VIII:30-32; XII:59-65, 71-73

Assia (medicine and halakha journal), VIII:12, 57; IX:51-59, 61-66

autonomy of the patient, VIII:17-24

birth control, XII:100

book reviews on, XIII:214-215

breast cancer, XII:18-19; XIV:31

death and dying, VIII:36-39; IX:51-59, 61-66, 69-73, 75-79; XII:101-103

embryo selection, XIV:34-38

forcing surgery on cancer patients, VIII:9-10

free will vs. determinism, VIII:17-24

gene therapy and transplants, XIV:36-40

genetic manipulation, XII:18-29, 31-40; XIV:29-41, 36-40; XVI:27-55

genetic screening, XIV:29-41

Genome Project, XII:21-22; XIV:38; XVI:7-8

human cloning, XII:5-14, 26-28, 43-59, 71-77

infertility, XV:179-181

Jewish genetic diseases, XIV:29-41

organ and cell transplantation, VII:7-10,;VIII:39-42, 45-55; XII:32-40, 101, 113-116

organ donation, VII:7-10; XII:32-40; XVI:7-16, 83-93

organ selling, VIII:45-54; XII:33-37

parental refusal to allow surgery for infant, VIII:10-11

parthenogenesis, VIII:31

preservation of life, VIII:35-36

reproductive medicine, VIII:30-33; XII:5-77; XIV:35-39

short term vs. long term treatment priorities, VIII:11

smoking, VIII:57-70; IX:128-130; XII:100-101

soul-body relationship, XIV:11-12, 83-89

surrogate motherhood, XII:59-65

Tay-Sachs disease, VIII:33-34; XII:19-20; XIV:31-39

telling the truth to the patient, IX:51–59, 61-66

Torah permission for the doctor to treat, VIII:28-30

treatment of terminally ill, XII:102-103

water and homeopathy, VIII:7-11, 35-43; IX:51-59, 61-66, 69-73; X:41-48

what is Jewish medical ethics, VIII:13-15

Ethnology, VII:114; XVII:97-111

Europe

Jewish communities of, III:61-69

Latvia, VII:173-177

Russia, VII:1 73-177;

          in 1991, VII:173-177 (B)

          Jewish experiences during the Revolution, IV:75-85 (B)

life stories of Russian Jews, I:71-83 (B); XVII:182-185 (B)

Scandinavia, V:111-115

Ukraine, VII:153-170

Evolution, II:17-25, 27-30, 60-61; IV:15-38, 61-62, 67; VI:43-44; IX:22-23; XII:143-144; XVII:5-14

      age of Earth, XVII:49-65

and Torah, XVII:17-35, 87-94

Darwinism and neo-Darwinism, I:28-31; II:16-25, 60-61; III:9, 13-21; IV:22-23, 30-31; XIII:8-

13, 95-106, 108-111; XIV:43-55; XVII: 37-38

evolutionism, XVII: 5

fossil dating, XVII:37, 39-46, 49

fossils, XVII:37-47

hominid, XVII:37-38,43-47

intelligent design, XVII:87-94

molecules-to-man fallacies, XVII:6-7, 10-13

natural selection, II:27-30; III:15-21; XIV:43-55

non-random mutations, XIV:45-55

saltations in, III:9

speciation, II:18,61; III:9

species, XVII:30-34, 92-94

teaching in Jewish schools, XVII: 5-13

Exile, IV:5-12, 87-92; V:111-115

      and cyberspace, XVII:171-181

and redemption of Israel, VIII:166-190; XV:115-135

major exiles of the Jewish people, XVI:143-151

Exodus, biblical, Egyptian, and historiographical accounts of, XV:85-103

FAIER, Zvi. “Freedom and Creation,” III:31-36; “A hammer is for hammering…,” VI:200 (P)

Faith, II:68–69; XIV:5-8; XV:14-17, 44, 121, 138, 169

and science, I:21-33, 35-40, 41-45; II:17-25, 27-30, 33-38, 41-49, 57-74, 81-90; III:5-11, 14-21, 23-28; IV:15-38, 59-69, 71-73; VI:43-44, 104-105, 109-120; VII:43-44; XIV:5-8

Jewish, V:70, 81

provable by statistical testing? VIII:125-129

(see also Torah and science)

FERBER, Prof. Ruvin (with Prof. Herman Branover). “The Concept of Absolute Time in Science and Jewish Thought,” XI:21-28; (with Prof. Herman BRANOVER). “Observer and the System of Reference: A Unified View,” XIII:38-54; “The Paradoxes of Quantum Physics, Maimonides, and the ‘I’,” XV:63-72

FLANCBAUM, Louis Prof., MD. “Using Jewish Medical Ethics to Appreciate the Relative among the Absolute,” XII:95-104

FLEER, Gedalia, and AFTERMAN, Allen. “Tales of the Tzaddikim,” V:69-82

Flood, XIII:87-93

FOGELMAN, Ruth. “In My Dance,” XII:180-183 (P); “Eclipse,” XIII:69 (P)

FORSE, Chana. “Seeing the Voices: The Jewish Woman’s Traditional Relationship to Torah,” I:59-69

FRANKEL, Chaim. “Tshuva Droplets,” IV:97 (P)

FREEDMAN, Shalom. “Before I Came to Israel,” VIII:143 (P); “Our Blessing Is their Reward,” VIII:142 (P); “The Name Israel,” VIII:144 (P)

FREEMAN, Rabbi Tzvi. “Does Time Begin?” XV:43-45

Free Will, V:30, 93; IX:29; X:170-171; XII:44-45; XIII:8-9

controlling homosexual urges, XIV:137-152, 158-159

determinism, I:36–37; II:67; VI:61–62, 141–157

Divine Providence, II:71; III:31-36; IV:73

eating, VIII:82

genetic predetermination, XVI: 7-16

health decisions, VIII:17-24; XII:32-33

quantum physics, IV:21-22; VI:147-157; XII:35-49

smoking, VIII:63-64

see also Determinism, Divine Providence

FRIEDMAN, Rabbi Manis. “The Feminine Mystique,” I:3-19

Fundamentalism, XIII:168

GAMBURG, Yakov. “Unifying the Images,” VI:202-208 (Ph)

Garden of Eden, II:37; V:62, 88-93; VI:33-34; VIII:74, 77; X:51-57, 69-72

G-d

acknowledgment of, VI:41-47

as the basis of science, I:23-24; IX:89-93; XV:137-159

as Infinite, XI:12-18; XV:137-159

Atsmut, XIII:127-136

bestowal of blessing, V:62-66

confirmation through nature, II:36-47

Divine Providence, II:76; V:71, 74, 81; IX:37-38; XII:147-150 (see also Free Will)

empirical evidence and faith in, II:57-74; V:31; VI:109-120; XIV:5-8

emulation of, V:80

feminine and masculine attributes of, V:100, 104

how G-d created the universe, XIII:7-17, 19-37, 63-68, 65-66; XIV:115-120; XV:115-135

human dependency on, XI:17

image of, IV:30-38; V:29, 89, 100

links to, XVI:143-151

love of, V:77-78; XIII:145

monotheism, XIII:166

morality, XII:129-139

names of, VII:24, 26, 28-30, 97-100; VIII:95; IX:89-93; XIV:57-65, 67-69, 115-120; XV:8

omniscience vs. human free will, XIII:32

paradox of G-d beyond all logic, VII:31; XV:137-159

proof of, II:57-58, XII:147; XIV:5-8

relationship with Jewish people, IV:5-12; XV:115-135

relationship with the world, XI:15-18, XII:147-150; XIV:67-69, 101-105; XV:115-135, 137-159

rested, XIII:13; XV:115-135

revelation of, II:62

self-contraction of, V:80

self-sacrifice, XVI:176-178

singularity of, IV:18

submission to, XVI:165-169

to know G-d, XIII:141-147; XIV:5-8, 23-26, 83-89

tsimstum (self-contraction), XI:14-15; XIII:8-13; XIV:69, 115-120; XV:45, 146-147

union with and separation from, I:38; XV:17-18; XVI:170-173

unity of, V:87-93; VI:106, 120-129; XI:17-18; XIV:57-65, 101-105; XV:140-142, 152; XVI:133-140

will of, IV:21-23; V:73; VIII:139; XV:37

GELLER, Pinchas. “Holy Places in the Gallil,” V:145-160 (Ph)

Geocentrism, see Physics

Geology, IV:61-62; XIII:87-93; XVII:49-65

geochronology and radioactive rock dating, XV:27-33; XVII: 49, 55-65

hydrothermal effects on rocks and minerals, XV:32-33

Genetics (see Biology)

Geriatrics (see Aging)

GERSTENFELD, Dr. Manfred and GOLAN, Tsachi. “Manna as an Environmental Paradigm,” XIV:123-130

GINSBURGH, Rabbi Yitzchak. “Sister, Companion, Dove, Perfect One,” IV:5-12; “Introduction to Mathematical Structure in Torah,” VII:21-40; “Numbers Have Meaning,” VIII:93-105; “The Jewish Academy: A Structural Model for Designing an Academy for the Study of Torah, the Arts and Sciences, Based upon Kabbala,” X:75-81

Ginsburgh, Rabbi Yitzchak, teachings on time, space, and consciousness, XV:17-19

GLATT, Rabbi Aaron Eli, MD. "Liver Transplantation from a Living Donor," XVI:83-93

GLICK, Prof. Shimon, MD. “Telling the Truth to the Patient,” IX:51-59

GOLD, Marvin. "Genetic Imprinting and Gene Silencing," XVI:19-31

GOLDBERG, Amnon. Letter to the Editor, X:165-167

GOLDBERG, Rifkah. "Letter to G-d, " XVII: 181 (P)

GOLDBERGER, Eyal, MD. “Healing Bitter Water and Water as an Agent in Healing: The Torah Account as a Model for Human Healing,” X:41-48

GOLDSTEIN, Prof. Pesach (Paul) “Living Water: Concept of Mida-k’neged Mida and Cellular Homeostasis,” V:35-37; “Perceptions of the Shamir in Three Dimensions: Midrash, History, and Theory,” X:173-176

GOLDSTEIN, Yaffa. “Where the Roads Meet: A Conversation with Composer André Hajdu,” VII:107-115 (B)

Golem, XII:10, 77

GOODNICK, Dr. Benjamin. “What Does the Torah Mean?” VI:123-125; “On Whose Face Are You Standing?” IX:139-140 (B)

GOPIN, Sara. “Rosh Hashana Sonnet,” VIII:141 (P)

GOTFRYD, Dr. Aryeh. “On Acknowledging the Creator in Scientific Literature,” VI:41-47; “Global Ecology: On the Road to Redemption,” X:7-9; “Biosphere as a Microsphere,” XIV:101-105

Graves

of Hasidic rebbes in the Ukraine, VII:153-170 (Ph)

of tsaddikim in the Gallil, V:147-160 (Ph)

GREENBERG, Michael. “Graves of Tzaddikim in Russia,” VII:153-170 (Ph)

GREENE, Prof. Velvl. “The Science-Religion Rift,” II:81-90; “Ethical Issues in Community Health,” V:39-51; “The Torah-Science Debates: Some Random Thoughts,” VI:49-56; “Speculations about Kashrut,” VI:159-164; “Set of Dishes,” VI:167-171 (B); “Jewish Medical Ethics on the Threshold of a New Century: Trends and Challenges,” XII:79-92

GROSSBERG, Asher. “Ancient Synagogues and the Temple,” VI:83-98

GROSSMAN, Dr. Miriam. “Antidote to the Existential Blues,” III:39-47 (B)

GUEDALIA, Judith S. Bendheim PhD, and DEBOW, Yocheved Domb. “In Desperate Pursuit

 of Motherhood: Another Perspective on the Sotah,” XV:179-188

GURVICH, Prof. Tobiy R., MD, DSc with Herman Branover. “Soul and Body—Judaism, Modern Medicine and Cloning,” XII:43-56

HACARMI, Rabbi Yehoshua (with Dr. Seymour HOFFMAN). “Rabbinic Insights into

Behavior Change,” XIII:183-190

Halakha (Jewish law)

abortion, VIII:33-34; XII:100; XIV:34-35

art, VII:180-182

artificial insemination and surrogate motherhood, VIII:30-33; XII:59-65, 71-73

bankruptcy law, X:99-106

birth control, XII:100

blessings on food, VIII:81-82

breastfeeding, XIII:163-171

business, X:91-96

calculus, VIII:87-91

circular regress, VII:16

death and dying, VIII:36-39; IX:69-73, 75-79; XII:101-103

economic systems, VIII:113-118; IX:83-87

environment, X:17-23, 32-38; XIV:107-112

for women, XIII:214

genetic engineering for medical treatment, XVI:45

genetics, XII:5-77; XIV:29-41

Hillel and Shamai, XIII:128-129

human cloning, XII:7-14, 26-28, 43-59, 71-77

human health, XII:82-83, 86-92

Jewish pluralism, XII:80-92, 95-104

kilayim (forbidden mixtures), XVI:38

kindness and severity of, XIII:145-145

law of a pursuer, VII:58; VIII:9, 38

laws of nature, XIV:57-65

lending money, XIII:203-206

levels of kindness and severity, XIII:145-146

medicine, VII:7-10; VIII:7-11, 13-15, 17-24, 27-43, 45-55, 57-70; IX:61-66, 69-73; XII:5-77;

XIII:214-215; XIV:29-41, 61-62; XVI: 83-93,

       Genome Project, XII:21-22; XIV:38; XVI:7-8     

       organ transplantation, VII:7-10; VIII:39-42, 45-55; XII:32-40, 101, 113-116

             remote places and outer space, VIII:107-111

             science, IX:27-28

  selling organs, VIII:45-55; XII:34-37

  smoking, VIII:57-70; IX:128-130; XII:100-101

        treatment of terminally ill, VIII:7-11, 35-43; IX:51-59, 61-66, 69-73; XII:102-103

memo-keeping on Shabbat, XI:77-87

of hanukkiya, X:118-120

of lulav, V:90-91

of mikveh (calculation of water require to flow into), XV:175-177

of marriage, X:127-130; XIII:163-171; XIV:137-152; XV:168-169

of mezuza, V:88-89

of scribing, VII:51-55

of sotah (suspected adulteress), XV:179-188

of the sabbatical year, V:63-64; VIII:117

on controlling urges, XIV:158-159

para adumma (red heifer), XV:161-173

spiritual meaning of the dietary laws, VI:159-164

tahor and tamey, X:127-130, 133-139; XII:169-170; XIII:173-181; XIV:59-61, 131-132; XV:161-173, 175-177;

see also Ethics, Jewish medical ethics

HALPERIN, Rabbi Mordechai, M.D. “Modern Perspectives on Halacha and Medicine,” VIII:27-43; “On Selling Tissues and Organs,” VIII:45-55

HANOKA, Yaacov, PhD. “Torah, Science and Carbon 14,” II:33-38; “Continental Drift, Asteroid Impacts, and the Flood,” XIII:87-93; “Radioactive Rock Dating and the Age of the Earth,” XV:27-33; "Monkeying Around with Hominid Evolution," XVII:37-47; "Dating the Earth," XVII: 49-65.

Hanukkiya (Hanukka menora), X:117-123

Hasidism, I:75-76; II:6; III:45-47; XV:7-19

concept of G-d in—and science, IX:89-93; XIII:123-136; XIV:67-69; XV:7-19, 43-55

concept of light over darkness, XV:39-40

concept of messianic redemption, XIII:123-136; XIV:104-105; XV:115-135

concept of the soul, XII:44-56, 116-119, 121-126; XIV:11-20, 83-89; XV:7-19, 77-78

concepts of absolute and measurable time, XI:27-28, XV:7-19; XV:35-40, 43-55

G-dliness, XI:107-113; XIV:67-69, 83-89

hasidic rebbes, graves of, VII:154-170

higher and lower understanding, XI:15-18; XIV:86

id, XV:77-78

inner and external dimensions of, XV: 7-19

Lubavitch (Habad), I:65; III:44-45; IV:75-85; VIII:147-150, 151-153; IX:7-11; XII:44-56,

116-119, 121-126; XV:39-40, 43-55, 115-135, 77-78; XVII:171-181

mathematical infinity, IX:95-103; XIII:115-120

negation of reality, XVI: 166-167, 174-177

on aging and dying, XIV:83-89

on creation, XIV:115-120; XV:7-19, 35-40, 43-55

parallels between some hasidic concepts on Divine Providence and free will and quantum physics and chaos theory, IX:35-49

parallels with modern physics, IX:35-49; XII:113-119; XIII:8-9, 114; XIV:67-69; XV:43-55

search for unity, XI:49-51

time, XV:7-19, 35-40, 43-55

tshuva, XV:12; XV:35-37

unity, XVII:129

view on science, XIII:163; XIV:5-8; XV: 39-40

HASKALE, Hadassah. “Gathering of Light,” 1:85 (P); “The Return,” I:86 (P); “Elul,” VI:81; “The Shofar Blower,” VI:81 (P)

HASKELEVICH, Rabbi Berl. “The Exodus and Egyptian Historiography,” XV:85-103

HASOFER, Prof. Avraham M. “A Statistician Looks at Neo-Darwinism,” III:13-21; “Codes in the Torah: A Rejoinder,” VIII:121-131; “Reply to Discussion: Codes in the Torah,” IX:125-126; Letter to the Editor, IX:129; “Torah Code Abuse,” XI:147-154

Health

impact of prayer on recovery from illness, XVI:77-78, 95-107, 111-112, 117-121

impact of religion and spirituality on health, XII:107-111, 153-164; XIV:10-20, 23-26, 83-89: XVI:69-81, 95-132

placebo, XIV:15; XVI: 74

      public health and ethics, V:39-51; IX:51-59, XII:89-91; XIV:15-18; XVI:69-70, 74-75

see also Ethics, Jewish Medical Ethics

HELLER, Tzipora. “Chochma, Bina and Homemaking,” V:99-104

HENDEL, Dr. Russell Jay. “Jewish Bankruptcy Law as a Vehicle for Societal Kindness,” X:99-106; “Genesis 1 Speaks about the Creation of Prophecy, Not the Creation of the World,” XIII:71-85

HENKIN, Rabbi Yehuda. Letter to the Editor, XII:169-170

History

date of the Exodus, XV:85-103

intellectual, V:53-58

Jewish, I:49-51

Jewish chronology, XV:85-103, 115-135

Jewish commitment to honoring memory and achieving cultural fruition, XV:57-60

of socialism, VII:47-48; VIII:113-119

of the attitude of science toward religion, VII:45-50; XV:137-159

HOFFMAN, Dr. Seymour (with Rabbi Yehoshua HACARMI). “Rabbinic Insights into Behavior Change,” XIII:183-190; “Helpmates: Mother and Father as Cotherapy Model,” XIV:154-157; “On Controlling Urges,” XIV:158-159; "'Kosher' Talebearing," XVI:186-189

Holiness (definition of), XV:161-162, 170-171

     see also Sacred

Holocaust, VII:139-140; XIV:144-148

psychology of survivors, VII:90-94

Homeopathy, X:41-48

Homosexuality, XIV:137-152, 158-159

HUCHINGSON, Prof. James E. “Science and Religion: The Range of Engagement,” XII:141- 150; “Celestial Voyaging to Planet Earth: Space, Time, and Being in the Context of Spaceflight,” XIV:91-99

Human body

brain and mind, XII:44-47; XIV:11-20, 23-26

digestive system of, VIII:75-80

heart, XII:113-119

immune system, XIV:10-18

interconnected with the soul, XIV:11-20, 23-26, 83-89

mutilation of, VII:9; VIII:48-49

ownership of, VIII:48, 66-68

respiratory system of, VIII:58-60

see Aging

see Halakha and medicine

Humanism, I:21-22, 36-37; II:18, 24-25; XV:137-159; XVI:143-151

Information theory; II:27-30; XIV:43:47; XV:156-157

Isaac, VII:30-32

Israel

drought in, VII:66

G-d’s election of, VII:59-61; XIV:96-97

Land of, IV:11-12; V:71, 81; VII:57-69; XIII:168; XIV:97-98; XVI:181-183

modern Jewish settlement of, VII:57–69, 115

Jacob, III:36; VII:30–32; VIII:102

dream of, VI:14

family census, XV:105-112

two camps of, XIII:134-135

Jerusalem College of Technology, V:117-119

Jewish Law (see Halakha)

Jewish Medical Ethics (medicine and halakha journal), VIII:12, 13, 17, 27