THE EIGHTH MIAMI INTERNATIONAL
TORAH & SCIENCE CONFERENCE

Sponsored by:

The Shul,
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar

Program in the study of spirituality at Florida International University,
Professor Nathan Katz

B'Or Ha'Torah Journal of science, art & modern life in the light of the Torah,
Professor Herman Branover and Ms. Ilana Attia 

With additional sponsorship from:

American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

President Navon Program in Sephardic & Mizrahi Studies at FIU

School of International & Public Affairs at FIU

Consulate General of Israel

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

December 17, 8:00 - 11:00 PM
(free and open to the public; reservations not required)

Opening Session:
Structure & Randomness / Out of the Box - In the Box: A Torah Perspective

Welcome and Greetings by Conference Organizers:
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar, The Shul and the Aleph Institute
Professor Nathan Katz, Program in the Study of Spirituality, Florida International University

Mathematical Stability and Jewish Belief
Minister Rabbi Professor Daniel Hershkowitz
Israeli Minister of Science and Technology; Member of the Knesset; Chairman of the Habayit Hayehudi Party; Professor of Mathematics, Technion; Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, Senior Editor of Linear Algebra and its Applications

Timeliness and Timelessness, Order and Chaos, Limits and Infinity
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar
Founder and spiritual leader of The Shul and the Aleph Institute, Surfside, Florida, USA

The $10 Billion Accelerator in Geneva: What Can We Learn From It?
Professor Nathan Aviezer
Physics, Bar-Ilan University; Israel; Fellow of the American Physical Society and Research Professor of the Royal Society of London

December 18, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(free and open to the public; reservations not required)

SESSION II: PANEL DISCUSSION
Judaism & World Cultures: Jews and the Chinese, Indians and Arabs

Youtai: The Jewish Presence in Chinese History, Culture & Thought
Professor Vera Schwarcz
Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA

What Jews Have Learned from Hindus, and Vice-Versa
Professor Nathan Katz
Professor of Religious Studies, Florida International University, Miami, USA

What Jews Have Learned from Arabs/Muslims, and Vice-Versa
Professor Zion Zohar
Religious Studies, Sephardic and oriental Jewry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida

Shabbaton Program: December 18-19
click here for The Torah & Science Shabbaton schedule

December 19, 8:30 - 10:30 PM
(free and open to the public; reservations not required)
Session will be preceded by a Melaveh Malka with the scientists at 7:45 p.m.

SESSION III:
Forum on Jewish Medical Ethics

Designing Babies - Halakhic Perspectives
Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, MD
Children’s Neurology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Medical Ethics, Hebrew University; Israel Prize; Director of Yad Harav Herzog; Author of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics and head of the editorial board of the Talmudic Encyclopedia

Behavioral Trait Enhancement: A Quest for Ethical Genomics (joint presentation)
Rabbi Professor Moshe D. Tendler;
Dean of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), Professor of Biology at Yeshiva College, and the Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Chair in Jewish Medical Ethics at Yeshiva University, NY, USA
Professor John D. Loike, Ph.D.
Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics; Director of Special Projects, Center for Bioethics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

December 20, 11:00
at The Shul’s Main Sanctuary
Free & open to the public

SESSION IV:
Torah, Science and Public Policy

Health Legislations in Israel - Halakhic Perspectives
Rabbi Avraham Steinberg, MD
Children’s Neurology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Medical Ethics, Hebrew University; Israel Prize; Director of Yad Harav Herzog; Author of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Medical Ethics and head of the editorial board of the Talmudic Encyclopedia

Close of Conference
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar