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Authors » G » Arnie Gotfryd
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Dr. Arnie Gotfryd, PhD, is a chassidic Jew and environmental scientist, having earned Canada’s first doctorate in Applied Ecology. He designed and taught an accredited, award-winning undergraduate course called Faith and Science which has been the most popular offering at University of Toronto’s New College for many years. He writes and speaks extensively on the interplay of science and faith, and what it all means for the individual and the world at large. You visit his website for more. |
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A Matter of Principal
Secrets from the Trenches: How one man transformed a crime-ridden Bronx school
By Arnie Gotfryd
His first day on the job, there was a beating. The victim, a young teenager, suffered brain damage, vision loss and more. After having the perpetrator arrested for assault, Waronker got a personal death threat...
Society & Living » Jewish Life » A Matter of Principal
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Do Robots Have Rights?
By Arnie Gotfryd
The line between creator and creation has gotten blurrier lately, thanks to sophisticated robots that are smart enough to invent technologies of their own. Who has the right to patent these cybersolutions, the inventor of the robot, or the robot itself?
Society & Living » Issues » Do Robots Have Rights?
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The Big Knife
Getting a Handle on the Internet
By Arnie Gotfryd
A little girl once asked the Lubavitcher Rebbe if nuclear energy was good or bad. The Rebbe, in typically Jewish fashion, answered a question with a question: is a knife good or bad?
Spirituality » Short Insights » Other Authors » The Big Knife
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Simplicity 2.0
By Arnie Gotfryd
Before the 20th Century, "social networking" meant that either people visited you, or you visited them. Back then, "blackberries" were eaten, only birds "twittered" and your "facebook" was an album of monochrome lithographs...
Society & Living » Daily Life » Simplicity 2.0
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Birds of Pray
By Arnie Gotfryd
The best time to watch birds is in the morning. In fact, the more closely you adhere to the optimal schedule of Jewish devotion, the more certain you are to miss the most beautiful aspect of watching the birds, and that is... listening to them.
Jewish Practice » Jewish Prayer » Insights » Insights » Birds of Pray
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Miracles Masked
By Arnie Gotfryd
Strange is it not? A book of the Bible and not even one explicit reference to G‑d? Why is that? Perhaps we can answer this question with another question....
Jewish Holidays » Purim » Insights & Inspiration » Lessons and Insights » Miracles Masked
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Answer #7 - Arnie Gotfryd
Aryeh Gotfryd, applied ecologist
Sometimes truth is ugly. Perhaps I should see the beauty within the ugliness, the truth within the lie. But guess what? I can’t.
Ideas & Beliefs » Battle of Minds » Is Beauty Truth? » Answer #7 - Arnie Gotfryd
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The Abraham Principle
The Logic of Faith
By Arnie Gotfryd
On closer inspection, it seems more akin to ecology than to ethical monotheism... yet this one elegant idea developed by a child some 3,800 years ago, has transformed the world forever
Ideas & Beliefs » Torah & Science » The Abraham Principle
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Who's Painting the Leaves?
By Arnie Gotfryd
"I know all about astronomy," insisted the rabbi. "Tvinkle, tvinkle little stah."
Ideas & Beliefs » Torah & Science » Who's Painting the Leaves?
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Flesh that Sees
By Arnie Gotfryd
At first it feels strange, but within 20 minutes, patients learn to completely substitute the flesh stimulation for eyesigh, and the visual cortex of the brain is harnessed to process these tactile sensations...
Ideas & Beliefs » Torah & Science » Flesh that Sees
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