Paul Shrell-Fox, at The Blogs

Aug 29, 2018, 12:16 AM

Enlightenment Now: Some thoughts on Evolution and the “migrating jihad”

In his latest book Enlightenment Now, Steven Pinker continues where he left off in his 2011 book The Better Angels of our Nature. Continues and expands. Here is a world-renowned evolutionary psychologist writing history. That led to much of...

Apr 23, 2017, 5:35 PM

Righteous Gentiles and the Shoah: Altruism of the highest order

Would you be willing to sign an organ donor card? Donate a kidney? A lobe of your healthy liver? Have a child, or two or five? Would you throw yourself on a hand grenade to save your comrades in...

Feb 13, 2017, 3:50 PM

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Survival of the nicest: Altruism and Darwin

Scientific proof that altruism is an evolutionary trait is deeply relevant to Jewish moral teachings

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Rabbi Paul Shrell-Fox, PhD, is a lecturer and academic advisor in the MA program at the Schechter institute of Jewish Studies. His research focuses on evolutionary theory and how evolution impacts the development of Jewish ritual practice.