Content
Topics
- Are We More Than Our Genes? 16
- Are We Using Technology or is Technology Using Us? 16
- Astronomy 30
- Awe 32
- Behavior 67
- Belief 59
- Cognitive Science 40
- Compassion 24
- Consciousness 6
- Creativity 16
- Environment 34
- Ethics 50
- Fear 23
- Free Will 5
- Genetics 25
- God's Creation and Our Creation 22
- Gratitude 9
- Happiness 11
- Holidays 50
- Hope 12
- How Science Influences Religious Language 18
- Learning 49
- Mathematics 9
- Memory 18
- Morality 46
- Prayer 19
- Relationships 42
- Religion and Science 119
- Sacred Science 50
- Scientists in Synagogues 107
- Self 29
- Sinai and Synapses Fellowship 30
- Success 8
- Technology 47
- Theology 31
- Time 24
- Truth 27
- When Religion Heals, When Science Heals 18
- Why Do People Do Bad (and Good) Things? 28
Speakers
- 2013-2015 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 53
- 2015-2017 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 53
- 2016-2017 Scientists in Synagogues Selected Congregations 26
- 2017-2019 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 68
- 2019-2021 Sinai and Synapses Fellows 20
- Abby Olena, PhD 1
- Adam Lyon PhD 1
- Adam Reynolds 3
- Agustín Fuentes PhD 1
- Alan Lightman, PhD 2
- Alfred Kaszniak PhD 1
- Amanda Lawrence 1
- Amanda Townley, PhD 2
- Amy Herman 1
- Amy Pollack 1
- Anebel Hernandez 1
- Anna McCallie 1
- Annie Murphy Paul 1
- Ariel Anbar, PhD 2
- Arthur N. Popper, PhD 1
- Arvin Gouw, PhD 7
- Azi Grysman, PhD 2
- Baba Brinkman 1
- Barbara Hofer, PhD 1
- Bonnie J Buratti PhD 1
- Brian Gallagher 13
- Brian Nosek, PhD 1
- Briana Pobiner, PhD 3
- Cailin O'Connor, PhD 1
- Cantor Elizabeth Sternlieb 1
- Carly-Anne Gannon 1
- Carmen Del Toro 1
- Carolyn Hall 1
- Christian B Miller, PhD 1
- Ciara Reyes-Ton, PhD 1
- CJ Baldelomar 1
- Connor Wood, PhD 24
- Dan Rothstein 1
- Dana Bash 1
- Daniel H. Pink 1
- Daniel Langton, Ph.D. 1
- Daniel Wilkenfeld, PhD 1
- Dave Schmelzer 2
- David B Yaden PhD 1
- David Borger Germann 1
- David Bosworth, PhD 7
- David DeSteno, PhD 7
- David DiSalvo 1
- David Haymer, PhD 1
- David Mogul, PhD 1
- David Novick PhD 1
- David Rosmarin, PhD 1
- David Snyder, MD 1
- David Zvi Kalman, PhD 1
- Debbi Dunn Solomon 1
- Deena Gottlieb 1
- Dennis Gilbride PhD 1
- Derek Nelson 1
- Diana Butler Bass 1
- Dominic Packer, PhD 1
- Dr Zachary Epstein 1
- Dr. Adam Pryor 10
- Dr. Andrea Ciaranello 1
- Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell 4
- Dr. Brian Patrick Green 1
- Dr. Carey Murphy 1
- Dr. Christopher Cotter 1
- Dr. Elyssa Pellish 1
- Dr. Gerard Saucier 1
- Dr. Greg Samsa 2
- Dr. Jennifer Wiseman 2
- Dr. Joel Wolfson, MD 2
- Dr. Jonathan Weinkle 1
- Dr. Joseph Henrich 1
- Dr. Joshua Greene 1
- Dr. Joshua Holo 1
- Dr. Joshua Weitz 1
- Dr. Kevin Tidgewell 1
- Dr. Michael Summers 1
- Dr. Nicole M. Gerardo 1
- Dr. Olga Kosheleva 1
- Dr. Paul Slovic 2
- Dr. Peter R. Saulson 5
- Dr. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein 1
- Dr. Stephen Rosen 1
- Dr. Thomas Wassink 5
- Dr. Victor J. Katz 1
- Dr. Vladik Kreinovich 1
- Dr. William Kraus 1
- Elad Nehorai 1
- Elaine Howard Ecklund, PhD 2
- Elizabeth Fernandez, PhD 5
- Ellen Knell PhD 1
- Elliot Berkman, PhD 2
- Emily Oster, PhD 2
- Ethan Siegel PhD 1
- Gale Sinatra PhD 1
- Gary Heiligman PhD 1
- Grace Wolf-Chase, PhD 2
- Greg Cotsoona, PhD 1
- Hank Davis, PhD 1
- Helen de Cruz PhD 1
- Helmut Brückner, PhD 1
- Ian Binns, PhD 6
- Ian Hutchinson, PhD 1
- Imam Abdullah Antepli 1
- Irene G. Plotzker, PhD 1
- Isaac Alderman, PhD 4
- Itzik Nir 1
- Janet McDaniel 1
- Jeremy England, PhD 2
- Jerrold Davis, PhD 2
- Joe Baldelomar 1
- Joelle Novey 1
- John Marc Sianghio, Jr. 8
- John Meitzen, PhD 1
- John Zaia, MD 1
- John ZuHone, PhD 7
- Jon Katz 1
- Jonathan Morgan, PhD 9
- Joselin Linder 1
- Joyce Ann Konigsburg, PhD 1
- Judith Donath, PhD 1
- Judy Callahan 1
- Judy Klinghoffer 1
- Judy Libman 1
- Julia Stoyanovich PhD 1
- Julian de Freitas 1
- Julie Reynolds, PhD 3
- Julien Musolino 1
- Karl Giberson, PhD 1
- Kat Robison 10
- Kate Stockly 2
- Keith Shafritz PhD 1
- Kendra Holt Moore 4
- Kent Harber, PhD 1
- Kevin Ladd PhD 1
- Kim Regnier Jongerius, PhD 1
- Kristine Henriksen Garroway, PhD 1
- Larisa Heiphetz, PhD 1
- Larry Lesser, PhD 2
- Laura Donnelly 3
- Laura Haynes 1
- Laura Trouille, PhD 1
- Lindsey Myers 1
- Lisa Miller 1
- Lisa Miller PhD 1
- Lisa Ortuno, PhD 6
- Lisa Sowle Cahill PhD 1
- Lorenzo Cecutti 1
- Lori Yanowitz 1
- Luisa Cortesi, PhD 1
- Mark Bloom, PhD 3
- Marnie Gelbart, PhD 1
- Marta Segal Block 3
- Matthew I. Banks, PhD 2
- Megan Powell Cuzzolino 1
- Megan Powell Cuzzolino, EdD 11
- Michael Dine PhD 1
- Michael Gottlieb, PhD 1
- Michael James, PhD 1
- Michael Kaplan 2
- Michael Shermer, PhD 3
- Michael Zimmerman, PhD 1
- Michelle Lani Shiota PhD 1
- Miriam Brosseau 1
- Mitchell Freedman, MD 1
- Molly Shoichet, PhD 1
- Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad, PhD 1
- Myriam Renaud, PhD 4
- Nathaniel Daw 1
- Nicholas Christakis MD, PhD, MPH 1
- Pastor Ken Wilson 1
- Pastor Zach Fleming 1
- Paul Root Wolpe, PhD 2
- Pekka Sinervo, Ph.D. 4
- Peter Hotez, MD, PhD 1
- Professor Noah Efron 1
- Rabbi Adam Bellows 1
- Rabbi Adam Cutler 1
- Rabbi Amy Hertz 1
- Rabbi Andrew Paley 1
- Rabbi Annie Tucker 2
- Rabbi Ari Kaiman 1
- Rabbi Arielle Hanien 6
- Rabbi Avi Orlow 1
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- Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman 199
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- Rabbi Robert Scheinberg 1
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- Rachel Petroff Kessler, RJE 1
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- Randy Dimond, PhD 1
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- Roger Price 1
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- Roy E. Plotnick, PhD 4
- Ryan Niemiec, Psy. D. 1
- Sam McNerney 1
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- Sara Gottlieb 9
- Sara Huston Katsanis 2
- Sara Seager, PhD 1
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- Sarah Goss 2
- Seth Patterson 1
- Seth Villegas 1
- Shamila N. Chaudhary 1
- Sharon Brown 1
- Shira Leibowitz Schmidt 1
- Sigal Samuel 1
- Snezana Lawrence PhD 1
- Stefanie West Leacock, PhD 4
- Steven Goldman 1
- Steven Pinker, PhD 2
- Stuart Firestein, PhD 4
- Tania Lombrozo, PhD 1
- Ted Peters 1
- Telli Davoodi, PhD 3
- Thomas F Rosenbaum PhD 1
- Thomas Williams 1
- Tiffany Shlain 2
- Timothy Maness, PhD 7
- Val Snekvik 1
- Venkat Venkatasubramanian 1
- Victoria Templer Rotkow, PhD 1
- Wayne Appelbaum PhD 1
- William D. Richards 1
- Yair Lior, PhD 1
- Zander Harpel 1
- Zane Fernandez 1
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- March 2023 3
- February 2023 3
- January 2023 1
- December 2022 5
- November 2022 4
- October 2022 5
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- August 2022 5
- July 2022 4
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- May 2022 5
- April 2022 4

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Jun 24, 2014

3 Cognitive Science Books That Have Influenced My Judaism

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman

As someone whose shelves are overflowing with books about cognitive science, and who often integrates these findings with Jewish teachings, I want to share three books that teach Jewish ideas.