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.
Jun 16, 2017
Question Everything: Is There Life On Other Planets? Does It Matter?
Join Rabbi Dan Ain for a new off-beat Shabbat dinner experience in a unique NYC location in dialogue about God, faith and what actually, maybe matters. No question is off limits… we think…
Jun 3, 2017
When Science and Halacha Meet: Collaboration or Confrontation?
As part of Scientists in Synagogues, on Shabbat of June 3rd, Maimonides will be hosting Ms. Sara Cheses, a graduate of the Nishmat Yoetzet Halacha program in their community.
Jun 3, 2017
Does Artificial Intelligence Alter Free Will?
As part of Scientists in Synagogues, Wendell Wallach, of Yale’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics will be speaking at Temple Israel Center of White Plains on Shabbat morning June 3.
May 8, 2017
How Artificial Intelligence and Technological Innovation are Transforming the Human Experience
Come to Congregation B’nai Shalom on May 8th to discuss how technological innovations might be transforming what we know about ourselves and our sense of purpose.
May 7, 2017
Is Natural “Better”? Why Do We Prefer the Natural Over the Man-Made?
This project seeks to engage science with Judaism to illuminate the theme of Natural and Man-made. It is part of Scientists in Synagogues, a grass-roots program to offer Jews opportunities to explore the most interesting and pressing questions surrounding Judaism and science.
Apr 23, 2017
How and Why Do We Distinguish the Natural from the Man-Made?
This engages science with Judaism to illuminate the theme of Natural and Man-made.
Apr 20, 2017
The Genesis Project: Day Four — The God of Other Planets
What happens to our notion of ourselves when we discover life elsewhere? How will Judaism respond to another planetary Creation story?
Apr 2, 2017
How Are Humans Different From (the Rest of) Nature?
This engages science with Judaism to illuminate the theme of Natural and Man-made.
Mar 9, 2017
Are We Still Special If We Are Not Alone? A Webinar For Jewish Professionals
As we discover more and more exoplanets, are we more insignificant or more special?
Feb 26, 2017
Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition
Roald Hoffmann, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981, will speak at a public lecture on how he lives in both the scientific and Jewish worlds.
Feb 21, 2017
How Free is Free Will? A Public Lecture With Dr. Jonathan Crane
Explore questions of free will with a public lecture featuring Dr. Jonathan Crane, Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought at Emory University.
Feb 14 – 21, 2017
How Free is Free Will? – The Biology of Free Will
How Free is Free Will? – The Neuroscience of Moral Decision Making will explore how what we know about the brain aligns with traditional Jewish ideas about autonomy and self-determination.