Dear Shalom-
I wrote my dissertation and a few articles on American Modern Orthodox engagement with evolution over the past century, and have also been involved in a project that brings rabbinical views of evolution to Israeli teachers and students. A description of this project that might be interesting for some Lookjed readers is in the recent issue of the International Journal for Jewish Educational Research and can be found here [
www.biu.ac.il].
I am also fascinated with the topic more broadly so I would be happy to be in touch with people whether they have feedback for us on our ongoing project (for which we are about to create a website that would make source material on the subject of Judaism and evolution more readily available to teachers), or whether they want to talk over other aspects of the interface involved in teaching evolution in a religious environment.
All the best,
Rachel
Rachel S A Pear
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Jewish Education
University of Haifa
