Four lessons that my mother, Shirley Shlachter of blessed memory, taught me. My mother taught me to say thanks. So let me begin by thanking the Los Alamos Jewish Center for organizing this event, for providing me with a slot…

I was asked to write a blog post for “Sinai and Synapses” about my being both a rabbi and a scientist. When I was five years old, I received a Newtonian reflecting telescope as a Hanukkah present from my parents.…