Born in Switzerland and raised in Detroit, he immigrated to Israel in 1967 and changed his last name from Wiser to Aviezer. He became interested in the relation between Torah and science in the early 1980s when his wife showed him an article that stated modern science proved religion was a farce. But the writer's examples were scientifically inaccurate, Aviezer said. So he started writing articles and then lecturing on the topic. Not all Jews, however, especially ultrareligious known as charedim in Israel, want to hear his point of view.
Evolution is a dirty word in their vocabulary.
Though one of Aviezer's goals is to encourage modern Jews to observe Jewish law by demonstrating the harmony between the Bible and current knowledge, ultrareligious Jews would rather he stay away from the topic altogether. The Torah is the word of God. It seems to them blasphemy. I don't come to prove there's a God or that the Torah is correct. But faith isn't blind and faith isn't crazy.