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Natan Slifkin, with a black-and-white ruffed lemur Natan Slifkin (also Nosson Slifkin ) ( ; born 25 June 1975 in Manchester, England ), popularly known as the "Zoo Rabbi," is a British-born Israeli Modern Orthodox community rabbi and the director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh , Israel.1 Slifkin is best known for his interests in zoology , Judaism's relationship to evolution , Jewish and biblical history , and his writing on these topics.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Rabbi Natan Slifkin, with a black-and-white ruffed lemur . Natan Slifkin (sometimes Nosson Slifkin ) (born 1975), also popularly known as the " Zoo Rabbi", is an ordained but non-pulpit serving Orthodox rabbi best known for his interest in biology , zoology and natural history and for his books on these topics, which have become a focus of controversy within the Haredi world.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Rabbi Natan Slifkin, with a black-and-white ruffed lemur . Natan Slifkin also Nosson Slifkin ( Hebrew : ; born 25 June 1975 in Manchester , England ), also popularly known as the " Zoo Rabbi", is a British -born Israeli ordained but non-pulpit serving Orthodox rabbi best known for his interest in zoology, science and for his books on these topics, which are controversial in the Haredi world.He is also the director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh , Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Rabbi Natan Slifkin, with a black-and-white ruffed lemur . Natan Slifkin also Nosson Slifkin ( ; born 25 June 1975 in Manchester, England ), popularly known as the "Zoo Rabbi", is a British-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi (non-pulpit serving) and director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh , Israel.He is best known for his interest in zoology, science and for his books on these topics, which are controversial to Haredi Jews .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
British rabbi Natan Slifkin (also Nosson Slifkin ) ( Hebrew : נתן סליפקין ; born 25 June 1975 in Manchester, England ), popularly known as the "Zoo Rabbi", is a British-born Israeli Modern Orthodox community rabbi , and the director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh , Israel. Slifkin is best known for his interests in zoology , Judaism's relationship to evolution , Jewish and biblical history , and his writing on these topics.
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ordained but non-pulpit serving orthodox rabbi best known for his interest in biology
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british born israeli orthodox judaism rabbi
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