Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Brawer | What Is? Rethinking Everything we Know About Our Universe

Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Brawer

Yaakov Brawer, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. He is one of the directors of the basic science component of the medical curriculum. His educational activities have included teaching neuroanatomy and reproductive endocrinology to medical/dental students, as well as to students of physical and occupational therapy and to science undergraduates and graduate students. His current administrative commitments include the medical admissions, student promotions and curriculum committees. Current research interests: The value of philosophy in teaching the basic medical sciences, the differential efficacy of small group learning and lectures,and the role of the basic sciences in the medical curriculum.

Tevye’s Query

By Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Brawer

L‑rd who made the lion and the lamb
You decreed I should be what I am
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan
If I were a wealthy man?

Something From Nothing

By Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Brawer

Ever since our father Abraham first recognized the Creator and established a personal relationship with Him, his descendants have been in conflict with the rest of the world. This discord has assumed a wide variety of formats throughout history. The Jews have been in conflict with idol worshippers, Hellenists, Christians, Moslems, communists, secularists, and so on. Indeed, it would appear that the only limit to the number of clashes is the number of identifiable non-Jewish, or more accurately, non-Torah, world views.