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Natan Slifkin

Rabbi Natan Slifkin is the author of a number of works on the interface between Judaism, zoology, and the natural sciences; He is currently writing The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom and developing The Jewish Museum of Natural History
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April 15, 2013
8:41 pm

The Lion Hunter of Zion

In his youth, King David proved his heroism by slaying a lion. He went on to put his life on the line for the Jewish People and become a......

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March 3, 2013
5:19 pm

The locusts are coming! Yum!

In the last few days, a devastating plague of locusts, numbering in the tens of millions, has been sweeping across Egypt. In Israel, the Ministry of Agriculture is on......

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