Professor Herman Branover is known in the Jewish communities of Israel, Russia, and the West as an inspiring author, translator, publisher, and educator. He is known in the world scientific community as the leading pioneer of the field of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). His research and development company Solmecs developed a non-conventional environmentally safe energy generator which has led to many useful spin-off technologies. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... MHD Simulation of Solar Wind Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) (magnetofluiddynamics or hydromagnetics), is the academic discipline which studies the dynamics of electrically conducting fluids. ... An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. ...

As a young scientist in Riga, Latvia, Branover wrote philosophical essays questioning atheism, materialism, and determinism and seeking G-d. These struggles to free his mind and soul from Communist propaganda were secretly reproduced and distributed underground. His manuscripts were smuggled out of the USSR to Israel and published there in Russian and Hebrew by the Israeli Ministry of Education. Riga (RÄ«ga in Latvian), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of River Daugava, at 56°58′ N 24°8′ E. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic States and serves as a major cultural, educational, political, financial, commercial and industrial... Atheism is the state either of being without theistic beliefs, or of actively believing in the non-existence of deities. ... Materialism is the philosophical view that the only thing that can truly be said to exist is matter; that fundamentally, all things are comprised of material. The view is perhaps best understood in its opposition to the doctrines of immaterial substance applied to the mind historically, and most famously by... Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, including human cognition and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus, written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... The word Hebrew can variously mean: The Hebrew language or Hebrew languages The ancient Hebrew people, or their descendants the Jews The New Testament book Hebrews The term Hebrew is sometimes used by certain Christian groups to distinguish the Jews in ancient times (before the birth of Jesus) from Jews...

The first Jew holding a Doctor of Science degree and the title of Full Professor to receive an exit visa to leave the USSR, Branover was among the initiators of the Jewish revival movement in Soviet Russia. During his fifteen-year struggle to leave the Soviet Union, he initiated and directed a great number of activities advancing Jewish education and culture. Frequent arrests, interrogations, and harassment by the KGB did not stop him from teaching Jewish ethics to many individuals and groups. His Jewish spiritual activism has increased since his immigration to Israel and is directed at Russian-, Hebrew-, and English-speaking Jews throughout the world. He circles the globe answering invitations to teach at seminars, conferences, and lectures, responding to every personal plea for practical help and moral encouragement, and answering all perturbing questions that people from all walks of life ask him. In his personal conduct he strictly adheres to the customs and mystical philosophy of Habad Hasidism, but he does not impose a sectarian point of view on Jews from other streams of Judaism. The Committee for State Security, or KGB, (Russian: Комите́т Госуда́рственной Безопа́сности; Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti   listen?), was the name of the main Soviet Security Agency and intelligence agency, as well as the main secret police agency from March 13, 1954 to November 6, 1991. ... English may refer to: The nation of England. ... The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is Age of Man. ... A seminar is a form of academic teaching, normally at a university in small groups where students are requested to actively participate during meetings. ... Morality is a complex of principles based on cultural, religious, and philosophical concepts and beliefs, by which an individual determines whether his or her actions are right or wrong. ... The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ...

Having learned Hebrew secretly at great peril while a student in Leningrad, Branover undertook to translate some of the fundamental books of Judaism into Russian. He has continued this work in Israel as President of the SHAMIR Association of Religious Professionals from the USSR and Editor-in-Chief of its publishing house. He has organized and trained a team of translators and editors to complete and expand his work, which includes most importantly the Pentateuch with commentaries, the Code of Jewish Life, and writings of Maimonides and Yehuda Halevy. Over 12 million copies of 400 titles of Russian-language Judaica published by SHAMIR have helped thousands of Russian-speaking Jews regain their national spiritual heritage that 70 years of Communist oppression snuffed out. The SHAMIR office in Jerusalem runs a free employment placement service for immigrants, which boasts a 20-percent success rate (considerably higher than that of commercial employment bureaus). Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stÅ­dÄ“rÄ•, which means to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. ... Look up book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ... 1. ... Translation is an activity comprising the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language—the source text—and the production of a new, equivalent text in another language—the target text, also called the translation. ... Editor has four major senses: Print media There are various levels of editorial positions in publishing. ... Jerusalem (31°46′ N 35°14′ E; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushalayim; Arabic: القدس al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ...

In 1991, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences invited Branover to supervise its 8-volume Encyclopedia of Russian Jewry. Covering 1000 years, the encyclopedia details the contribution of Jews to Russian and world civilization. The late Sir Isaiah Berlin of Oxford was the first chief consultant of the encyclopedia, and the Israeli Ministry of Education helps support the project. Three volumes have been printed in Russian. An English translation of Volume One was published in 1998 by Jason Aronson Publishers in the USA, and a children’s version is planned. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A civilization or civilisation has a variety of meanings related to human society. ... Sir Isaiah Berlin Sir Isaiah Berlin (June 6, 1909 – November 5, 1997) was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th century. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... 1913 advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Under Branover’s direction, SHAMIR established a well-accredited Jewish day school in Petersburg. SHAMIR also has sent Rabbi Natan Barkan to Riga to serve as the Chief Rabbi of Riga and Latvia. Together with Rabbi Barkan and Prof. Ruvin Ferber, Branover has organized four international conferences in Riga entitled “Jews in a Changing World.” This is the only forum in the world where former Soviet Jews discuss spiritual and cultural problems on an academic level. Most of the Russian-speaking participants are successful academics who have never before studied Jewish wisdom literature or thought of applying it to their lives. Several places in the United States of America have the name Petersburg: Petersburg, Illinois Petersburg, Indiana Petersburg, Iowa Petersburg, Michigan Petersburg, Nebraska Petersburg, Ohio Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg, West Virginia Slight variations appear in the names of: Petersburgh, Alaska Petersburgh, New York Saint Petersburg, Russia Saint Petersburg, Florida Petersburg is also... Plato is credited with the inception of academia: the body of knowledge, its development and transmission across generations. ...

Since leaving the Soviet Union, Branover has traveled extensively within Israel and throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia and has seen the spiritual alienation rampant there. Whereas in the Soviet Union atheism was brutally enforced by the state, in the West a more subtle indoctrination has taken place. In both cases, people have been led to believe that science has disproved religion. To clarify the misunderstandings about science vis à vis religion, in 1981 Branover initiated an international English-Hebrew journal, B’Or Ha’Torah. This refereed and illustrated journal discusses science, the humanities, and contemporary social and personal issues in the light of the Torah. Major topics of discussion include: the philosophical implications of the indeterminism of contemporary physics; the nature and limitations of science versus those of religion; medical ethics, old age, dying, and euthanasia; the relationship between Divine Creation and human creativity; business ethics; ecology in Jewish law and tradition; family and community values; the dynamics of prayer and repentance. B’Or Ha’Torah also publishes creative kosher poetry and fiction, life stories, artwork, and nature photography. Papers by Branover in B’Or Ha’Torah include: “A Return to Mother Russia” (Vol. 7E), “The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Science and Technology” (vol. 9E), “Towards Environmental Consciousness: The Need to Educate”(vol. 10E), “The Concept of Absolute Time in Science and Jewish Thought” (with R. Ferber, vol. 11E), “Soul and Body—Judaism, Modern Medicine, and Cloning (with T. Gurvich, vol.12E). World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... Torah, (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or especially law. It primarily refers to the first section of the Tanakh–the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the Five Books of Moses, but can also be used in the general sense to also include both the Written... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... Euthanasia (Greek, good death) is the practice of killing a person or animal, in a painless or minimally painful way, for merciful reasons, usually to end their suffering. ... Prayer is an effort to communicate with God, or to some deity or deities, or another form of spiritual entity, or otherwise, either to offer praise, to make a request, or simply to express ones thoughts and emotions. ... The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ...

In 1996 Jason Aronson Publishers of Northvale, New Jersey published Science in the Light of the Torah, an anthology of major science-related articles from B’Or Ha’Torah. Three international B’Or Ha’Torah conferences have been held in Miami, Florida. The proceedings of the first conference were edited by Herman Branover, Aryeh Gotfyrd, and Shalom Lipskar and published under the title Fusion by Feldheim Publishers in 1990. The papers from the third conference will be published in issues 12E and 13E of B’Or Ha’Torah. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Map highlighting Northvales location within Bergen County. ... Anthology may also mean a Alien Ant Farm album ANThology, see Anthology (AAF Album) An anthology is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... The Miami skyline, as it is seen from the northeast on Biscayne Bay. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Branover’s autobiography Return, including De Profundis, a collection of his early philosophical essays has been published in Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Celebrating Professor Branover’s seventieth birthday and the thirtieth anniversary of SHAMIR, a special reprint of Branover’s autobiography RETURN was published by SHAMIR in the spring of 2002. This 272-page reprint contains 32 pages of photographs and philosophical essays by the author that had not yet been published in English. The word spring has several meanings: spring (device), a common mechanical part. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This life story of faith, fortitude, perseverance, and unbounded giving to others and to G-d has inspired thousands of Jews to discover their spiritual heritage and to use it as a way of life and source of well-being.

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