Moshe Averick

Moshe Averick
Moshe Averick received his ordination as an orthodox Rabbi in 1980. He has taught theology and spirituality for nearly 30 years to Jews of all ages, ranging from high school to adult education. Many of his students have gone on to become educators and rabbinic leaders in North America, England, and Israel. He is known for his singular ability to explain complex topics in clear, understandable language and - to borrow the description of one University of Chicago-trained philosopher of science - his "wicked" sense of humor. He supervised educational programs at UCLA and Northridge University on behalf of Yeshiva University of Los Angeles under the auspices of the renowned Simon Wiesenthal Center and in Toronto, Ontario, was among the founding faculty members of what is now one of North America's largest Jewish adult education centers, Aish Hatorah of Toronto. His lectures in Jewish Thought at the Shalavim Rabbinical Seminary in Israel were enthusiastically received for 12 years before he moved back to Chicago in 2007. Besides his career as an educator, Averick was a floor trader in the S&P pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and wrote and produced an album of spiritual acoustic rock, Feet on the Ground, which was described by Jerusalem Post music critic David Brinn as, " superb, country-tinged acoustic rock...in the great tradition of such seminal artists as Tom Rush and John Prine...a real find in our own backyard!" He is the proud father and grandfather of eight children and nine grandchildren.Nonsense of a High Order: The Confused and Illusory World of the Atheist - Averick's eloquent and pithy retort to New Atheism - was published in 2010. He has lectured on the subject of atheism and belief in God at universities and colleges for both secular and religious student organizations.

ARTICLES BY: Moshe Averick

July 6, 2012 2:29 pm

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The Funny Things Scientists Sometimes Say

Skeptics and non-believers - particularly those with a scientific bent - are wont to accuse believers of clinging to irrational ideas. While it may very...

June 22, 2012 2:37 pm

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Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author, Destroys Dr. King’s Dream

As a young child living in Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, I vividly remember gathering with the rest of the neighborhood kids...

June 5, 2012 3:56 pm

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The Flawed Logic of the Atheist

Dr. Stuart Kauffman, distinguished Origin of Life researcher, in a critique of the popular "RNA World" hypothesis for a naturalistic origin of life writes that,...

May 25, 2012 10:45 am

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Married Men Can Finally Come Out of the Closet

The British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has struck a blow for progressive people everywhere, by taking away the senior accredited status of psychotherapist...

May 14, 2012 2:44 pm

Somebody PLEASE Supply Michelle Goldberg with Free Contraceptives

On March 13, 2012 I posted a column on this site, that among other things decried the notion that US taxpayers should be forced to...

May 4, 2012 12:09 pm

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Darwin Akbar! “Darwin is God, and I – Dr. Jerry Coyne – Am His Prophet!” (Part 2)

Dr. Jerry Coyne, evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, is a deeply religious man. His religion is called Scientific Naturalism. The central dogma of...

April 24, 2012 11:14 am

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Darwin Akbar! “Darwin is God, and I – Dr. Jerry Coyne – Am His Prophet!” (Part 1)

"We could best promote evolution...by concentrating on bringing Catholics and mainline Protestants into the "no religion" category! Ultimately, the best strategy to make Americans more...

April 11, 2012 3:03 pm

And Now for Something Completely Different: Some Music for the Holiday

I offer to my readers a change of pace that I hope will bring some joy for the Pesach (Passover) Holiday. Here are links to...

April 4, 2012 10:45 am

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British Geneticist Robert Saunders Leaves a Highly Prejudiced Signature in His Review of “Signature in the Cell”

Saunders refuses to come clean about his own ideological prejudices From the opening paragraphs of Robert Saunders' review of Signature in the Cell, which is Dr....

April 1, 2012 12:20 pm

Dr. Phil, Shauli Grossman, Ex-Hassidim, and the True Path to Enlightenment

Writers and pundits of all ideological stripes have weighed in on the controversy surrounding the best-selling "expose" of the Hassidic world by Deborah Feldman and...

March 29, 2012 4:13 pm

Calling All Race Baiters: Jump on Board Before it’s Too Late

A Public Service Announcement from the NAPRB (National Association for the Perpetuation of Race-Baiting) - Wanted: Aspiring race-baiters to exploit a golden opportunity that may...

March 27, 2012 1:13 pm

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