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…This Week Cover Story: Darwin In The Classroom Balancing Act Teaching evolution in a Jewish context. • mm E. brum ‘k,.• a S5 - • • . 4t v: pz r ore Elk ptab. ,„,, malap.,a As public schools debate teaching creationism and evolution in science class, Jewish day schools include both, but keep each in its place. DIANA LIEBERMAN Staff Writer II arriet Lorch, science teacher at Yeshivat Akiva, looks forward to teaching...…
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