Content by Rabbi John Carrier
Physics and Faith
Religion and science are starting to tread very closely on the same turf, and ignoring that confluence is not only unwise but limiting.
Content by Rabbi John Carrier
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- Self 36
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- God's Creation and Our Creation 27
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- How Science Influences Religious Language 18
- Learning 57
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Speakers
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- Jonathan Morgan, PhD 9
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- David Kaiser, PhD 1
- Rabbi Rachael Jackson 14
- Heidi M. Ravven, PhD 2
- Jeremy Epstein 2
- Rebecca Epstein-Levy, PhD 1
- Devra Aarons 1
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- Don Postema, PhD 1
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- Rena Dorph, PhD 2
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- David Gruenstein 1
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- Frederic Traylor 2
- Betsy Stone, PhD 2
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- Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH 1
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- Sam McNerney 1
- Abby Olena, PhD 1
- Dr. Joshua Greene 1
- John Meitzen, PhD 1
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- Rabbi Dr. Karen Reiss Medwed 4
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- Jon Katz 1
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- Dr. Victor J. Katz 1
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- Rabbi Ben Zeidman 3
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- Sam Friedman, PhD 1
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- William Kraus, MD 1
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- Rabbi Dan Geffen 7
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- Joselin Linder 1
- Betsy Von Holle, PhD 1
- Daniel Wolf Savin, PhD 2
- Dave Schmelzer 2
- Mark Bloom, PhD 3
- Rev. Adey Wassink 1
- Carly-Anne Gannon 1
- Elaine Howard Ecklund, PhD 2
- Paul Root Wolpe, PhD 2
- Azi Grysman, PhD 2
- Lori Yanowitz 1
- Rabbi Emily Cohen 2
- Steven Pinker, PhD 2
- Rabbi Amy Hertz 1
- Stephen Rosen, PhD 5
- Rachel Petroff Kessler, RJE 2
- Rabbi Binyomin Davis 1
- Rabbi Michael Satz 1
- Rabbi Linda Shriner-Cahn 2
- 2013-2015 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 57
- David Borger Germann 1
- Dr. Michael Summers 1
- Judy Libman 1
- Rev. Brian Sauder 1
- Seth Patterson 1
- Carmen Del Toro 1
- Elliot Berkman, PhD 2
- Judith Donath, PhD 1
- Rabbi Adam Bellows 1
- Brian Nosek, PhD 1
- Emily Oster, PhD 2
- Luisa Cortesi, PhD 1
- Rabbi Etan Mintz 2
- Stuart Firestein, PhD 4
- Rabbi Andrew Paley 1
- Judy Klinghoffer 2
- David A. Greenberg, PhD 1
- Rabbi Janine Jankovitz 3
- 2015-2017 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 53
- Dr. Nicole M. Gerardo 1
- Julian de Freitas 1
- Professor Noah Efron 1
- Rabbi Lawrence Troster 1
- Rev. Casey Ben-Aimé 1
- Shira Leibowitz Schmidt 1
- CJ Baldelomar 1
- Grace Wolf-Chase, PhD 2
- Karl Giberson, PhD 1
- Rabbi Ari Kaiman 1
- Reverend Rose Ann Vita 1
- Ethan Siegel, PhD 1
- Rabbi Ilana Schwartzman 2
- Tania Lombrozo, PhD 1
- Rabbi Rachel Safman 4
- Greg Cotsoona, PhD 1
- David Keleti, PhD 4
- Alan Leshner PhD 2
- 2016-2017 Scientists in Synagogues Selected Congregations 31
- David DiSalvo 1
- Dr. Paul Slovic 2
- Rabbi Adam Cutler 1
- Rabbi Lynne Goldsmith 1
- Rev. Doug Hammack 1
- Steven Goldman 1
- Hank Davis, PhD 1
- Rabbi Daniel Nevins 2
- Rex Jung, PhD 1
- Cailin O'Connor, PhD 1
- Helen de Cruz, PhD 1
- Michelle Lani Shiota, PhD 1
- Rabbi Jonathan K. Crane, PhD 5
- Wayne Appelbaum, PhD 1
- Jerrold Davis, PhD 2
- Gary Heiligman, PhD 1
- Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett 5
- Marni Hall, PhD 1
- Michael Jawer 1
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- Dr. Peter R. Saulson 6
- Kate Stockly 2
- Rabbi Melanie Aron 3
- Rev. Dr. Kara Slade 1
- Ted Peters, PhD 2
- Daniel Wilkenfeld, PhD 1
- Laura Trouille, PhD 1
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- Sara Seager, PhD 2
- Helmut Brückner, PhD 1
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- David DeSteno, PhD 8
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- Amy Herman 1
- Rebecca Saxe, PhD 1
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- Judy Callahan 3
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- David Haymer, PhD 2
- Lisa Sowle Cahill, PhD 1
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- Naomi Oreskes, PhD 1
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- Steven Pastor 1
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- Julie Reynolds, PhD 3
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- Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN 1
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- Venkat Venkatasubramanian, PhD 1
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- Michael Shermer, PhD 3
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