As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.

No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.

Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them.

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.

Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence.

Group action - yes; group thinking - no