Content by Rabbi Joshua Stanton
Rabbi Joshua Stanton is an Assistant Rabbi at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills. A blogger for the Huffington Post and the Times of Israel, he works to improve and reflect upon relations between different religious and ethical communities. Most recently, Josh was appointed a member of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, which liaises between the Jewish community and the Vatican, Orthodox Church, and World Council of Churches.
What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Humanity
Unlike the angels, who are programmed to be unerring, we can avail ourselves of the positive opportunity for change and growth.
Judaism Must learn to Welcome Outsiders to its Traditions
Much as we should continue honoring membership in a people, we should also acknowledge the ways that people can be Jewish, do Jewish, and experience Jewish in more ephemeral ways.
Songs For Passing
For millennia, music has marked moments of transition in our lives.
Are We Too Fearful of Artificial Intelligence?
Perhaps the real risk is not the artificial intelligence itself, but our relationship to it as human beings.
Breaking Our Patterns: Behavioral Economics and T’shuvah
Out of ease, comfort, or inertia, our lives are made up largely of patterns. How do we re-examine them so we can let our minds guide our hearts?
How Do We Know What We Know?
Why are some sources of authority more alluring than others?
Technology, Communication and Religion – A Conversation with Rev. Paul Raushenbush
Rev. Paul Raushenbush and Rabbi Josh Stanton examine the ways that changes in communication technology, and particularly the Internet, are affecting religion today.
More Light, Less Heat — Rabbi Josh Stanton and Imam Abdullah Antepli
Rabbi Josh Stanton and Imam Abdullah Antepli bring more light and less heat as they share how and why science is so important to their religious worldview.