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- Are We Using Technology or is Technology Using Us? 16
- Astronomy 30
- Awe 32
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- Compassion 24
- Consciousness 6
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- God's Creation and Our Creation 22
- Gratitude 9
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- How Science Influences Religious Language 18
- Learning 49
- Mathematics 9
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- Religion and Science 119
- Sacred Science 50
- Scientists in Synagogues 107
- Self 29
- Sinai and Synapses Fellowship 30
- Success 8
- Technology 47
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- Time 24
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- When Religion Heals, When Science Heals 18
- Why Do People Do Bad (and Good) Things? 28
Speakers
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- 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
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- Amy Herman 1
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Lisa Sowle Cahill PhD 1
- Lorenzo Cecutti 1
- Lori Yanowitz 1
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- Mark Bloom, PhD 3
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- Marta Segal Block 3
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- 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
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- Paul Root Wolpe, PhD 2
- Pekka Sinervo, Ph.D. 4
- Peter Hotez, MD, PhD 1
- Professor Noah Efron 1
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- Ryan Niemiec, Psy. D. 1
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- Sara Gottlieb 9
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- Sara Seager, PhD 1
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- Seth Patterson 1
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Jan 14, 2011

Wait — What’s My Sign? And Why Do I Care So Much?

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman

Today, “Jewish identity” is no longer fixed, and it is no longer a given — it has to be created and nurtured in order to be chosen and embraced. And in fact, that has the potential to be a great boon for the Jewish community.