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What is Said and What is Heard
While we certainly smell and hear things we may not want, if we willfully direct our attention, hearing is something we control.
For the Sin of A.I. Manipulation
Let us ask forgiveness, let us turn our hearts inwards and recognize that we are working with faulty AI; this is the time to commit to repair.
What Is a Human? Creation, Science and Humanity
We humans have to verbalize science to communicate, and we have to use words that have intellectual and emotional resonances.
Creation and Restoration Ecology
The new Jewish environmental Tikkun Olam requires us to abandon the idea that we always know what is best for the natural world.
Meep Morp
Today, on the birthday of the world, when we sing the prayer “hayom harat olam,” which can be translated as “today is pregnant with eternity,” is a day when we begin again, and all possibility is open.
Why Are We Here? Free Will and the Purpose of Life
Rosh Hashanah reminds us that we are not human beings, but human becomings.
Religion is Not (Just) Private
There’s a private mental life that we all have, but all others can respond to are the words or actions they can see or hear.
A Letter to My Kids about the Universe, Faith and Science
Teaching our children about science and talking to them about God are some of the most beautiful gifts we can give to them.
The CRISPR Revolution in Science, Religion and Ethics
Sinai and Synapses Fellowship alumnus Arvin Gouw shares quandaries and successes from the frontlines of CRISPR gene-editing research.
Rosh Hashanah and the Sound of the Shofar
Going forward in time, Rosh Hashanah retains its power to re-create humanity every year.
AI: Ally or Adversary?
What can the history of artificial intelligence tell us about its possible future?
Nuclear Materials: The Good… and the Ugly
How do we navigate the great power and potentially massive risk surrounding nuclear technology?