How Do You Think? Part 2: The Challenge of Our Contested Will
The Jewish view of consciousness is not of homeostasis but of dynamism, conflict and change. Each moment we choose whether to be selfish or kind, impulsive or reflective.
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How Do You Think? Part 1: Mind-Body Dualism
Our souls develop within a web of relationships and it is through our experiences and actions that we evolve into who we are and how we think.
Can Liturgy Be Empirically Tested?
What happens in our bodies and in our brains when we join together in a communal liturgy, where people sing or dance or celebrate together?
The Case for a Tech Shabbat
How can a “Technology Shabbat” – a day away from screens – be informed by Judaism?
How Blessing Children on Shabbat Models Unconditional Love
Like the paradigmatic blessing for rain, the Shabbat practice of blessing children offers the gift of love in exchange for nothing.
Superheroes and Everyday Cyborgs
What is the interplay between the things that make us human and the things that make us superhuman?
Darkness and Light, Cosmology and Creation – In Memory of Rabbi Adam Feldman z”l
What was that darkness? A black hole? What was that light? Electromagnetic energy? Radiation?
A Jewish and Scientific Exploration of Consciousness
At the Jewish Center of Princeton, NJ, Rabbi Daniel Nevins, the Pearl Resnick Dean of the JTS Rabbinical School, joined Michael Graziano, PhD, to explore the topic “How Do You Think? A Jewish & Scientific Exploration of Consciousness.”
How the Sights, Smells and Sounds of Chanukah Create Memories
Memory, whether personal or collective, seems to be a central feature of Jewish practice.
What Does It Mean to be “Human”?
If humans aren’t self-contained units, what’s our responsibility to the other elements that we’re connected to?