Content by Rabbi Joshua Stanton

Rabbi Joshua Stanton is rabbi at East End Temple in New York, NY, which was part of the 2020 round of Scientists in Synagogues. His passion for religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue has led to his involvement and leadership internationally. He serves as an Associate Vice President for Interfaith and Intergroup Initiatives of the Jewish Federations of North America and on the Board of Governors of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, which presides over Jewish-Christian relations with the Vatican and World Council of Churches.

He has appeared on CNN, in documentary films, and has been interviewed for syndicated media, written for publications including the Huffington Post and the Times of Israel, and published scholarly works.

He was previously Assistant Rabbi at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills.

May 27, 2025

Technology, Idolatry and Centering Humanity

Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz, Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Jeremy Epstein, Erik Dreff, PhD, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Crane, Natalie Rudolph PhD

In a historical moment that is seemingly always being upended by technology, Jewish wisdom and commentary finds people grappling with surprisingly similar-sounding issues.

Sep 22, 2023

What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Humanity

Rabbi Joshua Stanton

Unlike the angels, who are programmed to be unerring, we can avail ourselves of the positive opportunity for change and growth.

May 26, 2022

Judaism Must learn to Welcome Outsiders to its Traditions

Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Rabbi Benjamin Spratt

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.

Jan 13, 2022

Songs For Passing

Rabbi Joshua Stanton

For millennia, music has marked moments of transition in our lives.

May 13, 2021

Are We Too Fearful of Artificial Intelligence?

Rabbi Joshua Stanton

Perhaps the real risk is not the artificial intelligence itself, but our relationship to it as human beings.

Sep 26, 2017

Breaking Our Patterns: Behavioral Economics and T’shuvah

Rabbi Joshua Stanton

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?

Aug 10, 2017

How Do We Know What We Know?

John Marc Sianghio, Jr., PhD, Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Megan Powell Cuzzolino, EdD, Kat Robison

Why are some sources of authority more alluring than others?

Nov 24, 2014

Technology, Communication and Religion – A Conversation with Rev. Paul Raushenbush

Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman, 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.

Dec 18, 2013

More Light, Less Heat — Rabbi Josh Stanton and Imam Abdullah Antepli

Rabbi Joshua Stanton, 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.