Content on Scientists in Synagogues (Page 4)
Each of the congregations selected by Scientists in Synagogues agreed to create content such as blogposts, videos, and other resources surrounding Judaism and science. The topics they explore range from the neuroscience of free will to astrobiology to technology, and so here you will find all the content resources that have arisen out of this initiative.
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
How can we continue the intellectual and spiritual work that Maimonides and Spinoza started?
Where the Spheres of Judaism and Science Meet
What are some of the biggest challenges and opportunities facing science and Judaism today?
Nine Months and the Blessings of AI Continue
Looking back at the work we were doing through October 6th, I found myself reflecting upon the work on Artificial Intelligence which had been our foci for a year of education and programming.
How Long is Forever? A Physics and Astronomy Perspective
Recent advances in physics and the study of time bring us one step closer to an understanding of what “eternity” really is.
Medical Aid in Dying: Bioethical and Public-Policy Perspectives
As we grapple with ethical questions on medical aid in dying, what might some public policy look like?
How Anxiety Can Help
Our society has been misperceiving anxiety as a disease, instead of understanding it as a human emotion – something that all human beings will, and do, experience.
Medical Aid in Dying: A Jewish Perspective
If we can increasingly choose how we live, should we also be able to choose how we die?
Truth and Uncertainty in Science and Faith
To apply the approximately correct theories of science, or the contextual facts of mathematics, to the real world truly involves a leap of faith.
Can We “See” God? Vision and Religion
Human existence is overwhelmingly driven by our sense of vision, yet our eyes often deceive us, too.
Are Scientific and Religious Explanations the Same?
We often ask ourselves: Why did this happen? How could it happen? There’s got to be a reason.
Insights from Spinoza and the New Brain Sciences
Spinoza speculated about how ethics could emerge from biology and psychology rather than disrupt them, and recent evidence suggests he might have gotten it right.
Can AI Be a Link in a Chain of Tradition?
Artificial intelligence is creating new problems almost as fast as it solves old ones. Could the Jewish intellectual tradition hold correctives for some of its most persistent flaws?