Born in England, Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin spent many years of study at yeshivot in Jerusalem and received his rabbinic ordination from Ohr Somayach Institutions. He graduated from the Lander Institute in Jerusalem with an MA in Jewish Thought and Law, and completed a PhD in Jewish history at Bar-Ilan University, with a dissertation on rabbinic encounters with zoology. Rabbi Slifkin has published numerous works on the interface between Judaism and the natural world. He has also taught at several institutions and is a popular lecturer around the world. Rabbi Slifkin is the founder and director of The Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh, Israel, and he lives with his family in Ramat Beit Shemesh.