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For this week’s Torah portion, Va’era, Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman writes “Pluribus”, Individuality, and Mattering...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
For this week’s Torah portion, Va’era, Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman writes “Pluribus”, Individuality, and Mattering...
🔗 Read the full piece: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/content/pluribus-individuality-and-mattering/
🔗 Read the full piece: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/content/pluribus-individuality-and-mattering/
"Given this history, it is difficult to overstate the significance of Heim’s discovery of Bilitis’s poetry... The catch? ‘Bilitis’ was fake.”
🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive
🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
"Given this history, it is difficult to overstate the significance of Heim’s discovery of Bilitis’s poetry... The catch? ‘Bilitis’ was fake.”
🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive
🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/the-hidden-role-of-pride-and-shame-in-the-human-hive
Behavioral science keeps confirming what ritual traditions assumed all along:
humans don’t change through pressure... they change through structure, meaning, and time.
humans don’t change through pressure... they change through structure, meaning, and time.
January 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Behavioral science keeps confirming what ritual traditions assumed all along:
humans don’t change through pressure... they change through structure, meaning, and time.
humans don’t change through pressure... they change through structure, meaning, and time.
"Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious.”
🔗 ➡️ https://psyche.co/ideas/what-your-minds-blank-moments-reveal-about-consciousness
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What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness | Psyche Ideas
Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious
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January 8, 2026 at 4:52 AM
"Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious.”
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🔗 ➡️ https://psyche.co/ideas/what-your-minds-blank-moments-reveal-about-consciousness
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Most people think of relativity as a physics concept.
But it’s also a useful lens for a very old Jewish idea:
Perspective matters.
If this kind of science + Judaism framing lands, follow along.
We’re here for the nuance.
But it’s also a useful lens for a very old Jewish idea:
Perspective matters.
If this kind of science + Judaism framing lands, follow along.
We’re here for the nuance.
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Most people think of relativity as a physics concept.
But it’s also a useful lens for a very old Jewish idea:
Perspective matters.
If this kind of science + Judaism framing lands, follow along.
We’re here for the nuance.
But it’s also a useful lens for a very old Jewish idea:
Perspective matters.
If this kind of science + Judaism framing lands, follow along.
We’re here for the nuance.
“What if, instead of sparking riots in the streets, the AI revolution expanded the economy, increased prosperity, and improved our quality of life?”
🔗 ➡️ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/01/01/robots-jobs-economy-future/
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🔗 ➡️ https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/01/01/robots-jobs-economy-future/
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January 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
"Nine scientific breakthroughs I’d like to see in 2026 – from earworms to procrastination"
🔗 ➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/nine-scientific-breakthroughs-id-like-to-see-in-2026-from-earworms-to-procrastination
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January 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"Nine scientific breakthroughs I’d like to see in 2026 – from earworms to procrastination"
🔗 ➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/05/nine-scientific-breakthroughs-id-like-to-see-in-2026-from-earworms-to-procrastination
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""What is being lost in the tumult is the basic purpose of education: teaching students to think for themselves."
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/opinion/teachers-activists-censorship.html
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January 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
""What is being lost in the tumult is the basic purpose of education: teaching students to think for themselves."
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/opinion/teachers-activists-censorship.html
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"Medical error kills hundreds of thousands yearly. If AI is sophisticated enough to help, doctors must not stand in the way..."
🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/who-should-decide-the-role-of-ai-in-the-future-of-medicine
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🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/who-should-decide-the-role-of-ai-in-the-future-of-medicine
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January 2, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“Here in 2025, the Department of Energy has launched a new endeavor… accelerate science in the USA, or bring it to an unceremonious end?”
🔗 ➡️ https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/usa-genesis-mission-moonshot/
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🔗 ➡️ https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/usa-genesis-mission-moonshot/
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December 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.”
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03505-7
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🔗 ➡️ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03505-7
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December 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.”
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03505-7
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🔗 ➡️ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03505-7
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“If the purpose of medicine is patient care, then the real question… what can best deliver safe, reliable and equitable outcomes.”
🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/who-should-decide-the-role-of-ai-in-the-future-of-medicine
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🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/who-should-decide-the-role-of-ai-in-the-future-of-medicine
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December 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“If the purpose of medicine is patient care, then the real question… what can best deliver safe, reliable and equitable outcomes.”
🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/who-should-decide-the-role-of-ai-in-the-future-of-medicine
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🔗 ➡️ https://aeon.co/essays/who-should-decide-the-role-of-ai-in-the-future-of-medicine
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“Our brains have a way of playing tricks on us — like that ringing in our ears known as tinnitus. It’s a sound in your head, created to make up for hearing loss.” // @vox.com
🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/473103/brain-perception-reality-matrix-simulation-universe // @vox.com
🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/473103/brain-perception-reality-matrix-simulation-universe // @vox.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Our brains have a way of playing tricks on us — like that ringing in our ears known as tinnitus. It’s a sound in your head, created to make up for hearing loss.” // @vox.com
🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/473103/brain-perception-reality-matrix-simulation-universe // @vox.com
🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/473103/brain-perception-reality-matrix-simulation-universe // @vox.com
Ritual isn’t only about what we do.
It’s about who we become.
Science is measuring it.
Tradition has been practicing it.
It’s about who we become.
Science is measuring it.
Tradition has been practicing it.
December 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ritual isn’t only about what we do.
It’s about who we become.
Science is measuring it.
Tradition has been practicing it.
It’s about who we become.
Science is measuring it.
Tradition has been practicing it.
"There is a particular horror in violent attacks on holy days and in holy places..."
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/opinion/hanukkah-attack-sydney-australia.html
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December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"There is a particular horror in violent attacks on holy days and in holy places..."
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"The call of this hard Hanukkah moment remains simple and urgent: Light candles everywhere..."
Alon Shalev writes for The Forward 🔗 ➡️ https://forward.com/opinion/790420/australia-shooting-hanukkah-antisemitism/
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Alon Shalev writes for The Forward 🔗 ➡️ https://forward.com/opinion/790420/australia-shooting-hanukkah-antisemitism/
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December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As we get ready to light our hanukkiyot and bring more light at the darkest time of the year, like so much of the Jewish world, our hearts break for those murdered in Bondi Beach and at Brown University.
May their memories be for a blessing.
May their memories be for a blessing.
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As we get ready to light our hanukkiyot and bring more light at the darkest time of the year, like so much of the Jewish world, our hearts break for those murdered in Bondi Beach and at Brown University.
May their memories be for a blessing.
May their memories be for a blessing.
"Tech experts worry about spiritual psychosis that might result when vulnerable people ask A.I.-powered search engines existential questions that could result in fulsome, almost deifying responses."
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/faith-bot-individualism.html
#ai #tech
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/faith-bot-individualism.html
#ai #tech
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Tech experts worry about spiritual psychosis that might result when vulnerable people ask A.I.-powered search engines existential questions that could result in fulsome, almost deifying responses."
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/faith-bot-individualism.html
#ai #tech
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/faith-bot-individualism.html
#ai #tech
"Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s"
🔗 ➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/25/brain-human-cognitive-development-life-stages-cambridge-study
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🔗 ➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/25/brain-human-cognitive-development-life-stages-cambridge-study
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December 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s"
🔗 ➡️ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/25/brain-human-cognitive-development-life-stages-cambridge-study
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📣 Tonight is the deadline for synagogues that believe Judaism and science belong in the same conversation!
Will your community be part of the next cohort?
👉 Submit your application here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
Will your community be part of the next cohort?
👉 Submit your application here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📣 Tonight is the deadline for synagogues that believe Judaism and science belong in the same conversation!
Will your community be part of the next cohort?
👉 Submit your application here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
Will your community be part of the next cohort?
👉 Submit your application here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
When science meets Judaism, our biggest questions get much more interesting...
Scientists in Synagogues is designed to amplify that.
👉 Apply here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
Scientists in Synagogues is designed to amplify that.
👉 Apply here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When science meets Judaism, our biggest questions get much more interesting...
Scientists in Synagogues is designed to amplify that.
👉 Apply here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
Scientists in Synagogues is designed to amplify that.
👉 Apply here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
"The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by.."
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December 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by.."
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🔗 ➡️ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/colleges-ai-education-students/685039/?gift=Syn5BTl_q-6wM5HTBL4e3wOY-3Nop-nd603MHTDz7dM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
We’re offering up to $5,000 to support bold, thoughtful projects that bring science and Judaism into real conversation; in classrooms, sanctuaries, and communities.
Applications are due December 4 → https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
Applications are due December 4 → https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We’re offering up to $5,000 to support bold, thoughtful projects that bring science and Judaism into real conversation; in classrooms, sanctuaries, and communities.
Applications are due December 4 → https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
Applications are due December 4 → https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/
"In 2025, the internet now feels like a dystopia..."
🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/opinion/patreon-algorithms-social-media-internet.html
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December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"In 2025, the internet now feels like a dystopia..."
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