Here you can find information about all of the classes, lectures and seminars — both what we have done in the past, and what events are upcoming.
Dec 6, 2017
When Judaism and Science Collide
The leadership of the URJ Sci-Tech Camps, including Rabbi Geoff Mitelman, explore what science can teach us about being Jewish, and what being Jewish teaches us about the world.
Dec 3, 2017
How Can Faith and Science Co-Exist?
Is the human brain “wired” to believe in God? Is there such a thing as “free will”?
Nov 16, 2017
Genetics, Identity, and Our Changing Selves
Join us for a FREE webinar with Dr. Marnie Gelbart to discover how you can use science in your community.
Nov 12, 2017
Life and Meaning in a Magnificent Universe: An Astronomer’s Perspective
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, senior astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Director of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER), speaks at Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County.
Nov 9, 2017
Black Swan Events
When the unexpected happens, what’s technology got to do with it, and what do we do next?
Nov 9, 2017
Costly Truths and Valuable Deceptions: How Communication Evolves in a Rapidly Changing World
Join us for a FREE webinar with Judith Donath to discover how you can use science in your community.
Nov 2, 2017
You’ve Got a Friend?
How Facebook, social media, and our phones are changing how we are wired
Nov 2, 2017
Character Strengths, Judaism, and the Science of Flourishing
Join us for a FREE webinar with Dr. Ryan Niemiec to discover how you can use the new science of character strengths in your life and in your community.
Oct 30, 2017
The Genesis Project: Day Five—Kosher Pork? Lab-Grown Hearts?
Actual meat grown in a dish, not on the farm? Bio-identical organs created in the lab? Explore the scientific issues associated with the challenges that human-made meat and tissues create.
Oct 26, 2017
Do I Want It? How We Find Meaning In a Technological Age
How have computers changed human possibilities and behavior with each technological leap?
Oct 5, 2017
A Skeptic’s Guide to the Neurocognitive Payoffs of Religion and Spirituality
Join Mike McHargue for this special workshop on the various neurocognitive dynamics at play in human brains when we interact with the ideas, social realities and inner experience of religion and spirituality.
Jul 28, 2017
A Rabbi Walks Into a Psychology Class
Rabbi Yaakov Jaffe explores the connections between Judaism and psychology in this weekly Shabbat class at Maimonides Kehillah in Brookline, Massachusetts.