The most recent controversy over book banning was Rabbi Nosson Slifkin's books on Torah and science. The bans were published in newspapers in Israel and Europe in January of last year and the resulting controversy spilled over into the NY Times, Haaretz, The Scientist, Moment Magazine and elsewhere. You can learn more about this at the author's website: www.zootorah.com/controversy and on my blog: www.TorahMusings.com (see the links on the right side-bar about the Slifkin Ban).
This is actually still in the news, as this week's European Yated Neeman carried an article critiquing Rabbi Slifkin without mentioning his name, and word has it that the next issue of Agudath Israel of America's Jewish Observer magazine will also have a long article critiquing him (without mentioning his name). I'm aware that another major Jewish newspaper will be carrying a front page article about this within the next few months (that I may or may not be writing). Rabbi Slifkin's book about evolution and the age of the universe has been completely revised and vastly expanded, and will be published next month under the title The Challenge of Creation. The book has a foreword written by Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union. Rabbi Slifkin is in the US this summer and available for speaking opportunities. He can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: My company Yashar Books distributed the books after they were banned and will be distributing the new book in the US. Gil Student www.YasharBooks.com Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
