At the 'Faith-AI Covenant' roundtable, faith leaders met with representatives from AI companies to wrestle with moral questions the industry says it cannot answer alone. 🔗 https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-ethics-religion-roundtable-053a44133c64703f83fd50c9ee6124ea

Leo warns algorithms could become “masters” and transhumanist dreams threaten dignity . ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/pope-leo-ai-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas/687294/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #AI #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Was it a miracle… or just a dream?

Some questions were never meant to be answered. Each is debated, expanded, and reframed, rarely resolved. Because in Judaism (and scientific advancement), wisdom isn’t found in the certainty of an answer, but in the courage to keep asking.

"Why I’m vibing with the pope’s first big statement..." ⁠ Mira Fox writes for The Forward 🔗 ➡️ https://forward.com/forward-newsletters/looking-forward/828115/pope-leo-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #ai #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

How is AI solving once‑impossible mathematical problems? ⁠ Davide Castelvecchi writes for Nature.com 🔗 ➡️ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01553-1 ⁠ Follow us for more: #math #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Big questions belong in community. Applications close June 25. Learn more + apply: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/scientists-in-synagogues/

Presidents are often remembered for their policies, speeches, and decisions. Less often do we talk about their humanity. 🔗 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithandcriticalthinking/2026/05/lincoln-wilson-nixon-presidents-and-mental-health/

The conversation around AI and religion just entered a new chapter. Read: "14 Mostly Jewish Thoughts on the Pope's AI Encyclical" 🔗 https://www.jellomenorah.com/p/14-thoughts-on-the-popes-ai-encyclical?r=2e7gjn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

Staying alive in one’s later years is an art generally requiring the avoidance of wrong moves. Roger Rosenblatt writes for The New York Times 🔗 ➡️ ⁠ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/opinion/aging-advice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Humans may be on the way out. But at least the humanities are back. Or so some of the tech gods tell us. Maureen Dowd writes for The New York Times: "What A.I. Kant Do" // 🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/opinion/ai-liberal-arts.html

Pope Leo’s new encyclical on artificial intelligence is already prompting big questions about technology, power, dignity, and human responsibility. The timing feels striking. 🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/world/europe/pope-leo-encyclical.html

What we envision as Jewish unity is an ideal that originated at the foot of Mount Sinai. Robert Lichtman writes for eJewishPhilantopyn // 🔗 The brilliance of brokenness: https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/the-brilliance-of-brokenness/?utm_source=cio

Tamar Asraf writes for Ynet: "On Shavuot, Israel is reminded that unity is easier to feel than to preserve" // 🔗 https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rkjpfx00kzl#google_vignette

Psychologist and longtime Sinai and Synapses collaborator David DeSteno explores how artificial intelligence is increasingly intersecting with religious life. 🔗 Deus Ex Machina: How God Works with David DeSteno, Season 10 Ep 5: https://www.howgodworks.org/season-10/deus-ex-machina?

Invented or discovered? #Math #Science #Judaism #Cosmology #SinaiandSynapses

What does it mean to be human? A physicist, a neuroscientist, and an anthropologist may all answer differently... and that’s the point. Both science and Judaism remind us that truth is often provisional, a living answer we hold for now, until new light emerges. . . . #scientistsinsynagogues

Your sense of self isn’t located in a single part of the brain, it emerges from a complex interplay of cognitive processes that change over time. ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/cyiipixbdr ⁠ Follow us for more: #innerself #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Naomi Schaefer Riley writes for Deseret News: Science is recognizing the protective effects of religion 🔗 ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/dlwtikdtmx ⁠ Follow us for more: #faith #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Quoting physicist Werner Heisenberg: “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/oftrxbrcgk ⁠ #science #religion

“Donald Trump’s recent outbursts at the pope…revealed a gross and fundamental misunderstanding of who the pope is and what Catholics believe he is empowered to do.” ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/nesspjqblk

Can AI be a ‘child of God’? Inside Anthropic’s meeting with Christian leaders... 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/kcbwzeojpk

Science is recognizing the protective effects of religion. ⁠ Naomi Schaefer Riley writes for Deseret News 🔗 ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/pwicutoqri ⁠ Follow us for more: #art #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

They are just at the beginning and what matters now is clarity. Michael Bresler writes for The Times of Israel: Jewish schools aren’t behind on AI 🔗 ➡️ https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jewish-schools-arent-behind-on-ai/ Follow us for more: #AI #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

If we avoid sadness in life, why do we seek it in art? ⁠ Tara Venkatesan writes for Psyche 🔗 ➡️ https://psyche.co/ideas/if-we-avoid-sadness-in-life-why-do-we-seek-it-in-art ⁠ Follow us for more: #art #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

The hottest college major hit a wall. What happened? ⁠ Shira Ovide and Andrew Van Dam write for The Washington Post 🔗 ➡️ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/04/13/computer-science-major-ai/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #computerscience #tech #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

What changes when we step back far enough to see the whole picture? 🔗 Read the full piece at the link in bio / linked here: https://sinaiandsynapses.org/content/jews-in-space/

How do biological, psychological, and social factors interact in chronic pain—and what changes in treatment follow? ⁠ A radical new way to understand why you hurt 🔗 ➡️ https://bigthink.com/books/the-3-pillars-of-pain/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #life #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

How do new findings on minds and behavior challenge “human exceptionalism,” and what ethical shifts follow? ⁠ How the idea of human superiority over nature was invented 🔗 ➡️ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00881-6 ⁠ Follow us for more: #humanity #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Is the Smartphone Theory of Everything Wrong? A Comprehensive Investigation by Derek Thompson ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://www.derekthompson.org/p/is-the-smartphone-theory-of-everything ⁠ Follow us for more: #tech #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

What should you be teaching your kids right now to prepare them for an AI-scrambled job market? ⁠ Sigal Samuel writes for Vox 🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/484820/ai-job-market-education-teaching-kids ⁠ Follow us for more: # #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

"The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts." ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://www.natesilver.net/p/social-media-has-become-a-freak-show ⁠ Follow us for more: #socialmedia #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

"Beyond the initial shame, there are rich rewards in sharing important, hidden parts of ourselves with others." ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://psyche.co/ideas/intimacy-is-risky-but-its-the-only-way-to-true-acceptance ⁠ Follow us for more: #1on1 #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Humanity’s return to the moon was a deeply religious mission... ⁠ Sigal Samuel writes for Vox 🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/4/3/23667361/moon-artemis-nasa-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-space-colonization-exploration ⁠ Follow us for more: #artemis #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

"We imagine ourselves conductors of our transformation symphony..." ⁠ Benoit Denizet-Lewis writes for The New York Times 🔗 ➡️ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/opinion/change-self-transformation-industry.html ⁠ Follow us for more: #metamorphosis #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

If data doesn’t show “revival,” what is changing- belief, practice, identity, or community formation? ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/christian-revival-generation-z/686612/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #genz #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Humanity’s return to the moon is a deeply religious mission.⁠ Sigal Samuel writes for Vox 🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/4/3/23667361/moon-artemis-nasa-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-space-colonization-exploration Follow us for more: #artemis #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

As we watch the news with concern, move through another chag, and think about what holds communities together in moments of uncertainty, this piece feels especially worth reading. 🔗 Read the full piece by Derek Thompson: https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-cost-disease-is-the-secret-force

When people seek scientific “proof” for faith, what (if anything) gets clarified or misunderstood about faith itself? ⁠ The Evidence That God Exists 🔗 ➡️ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/faith-god-science/686534/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #proof #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

In Israel, Amid Missile Fire, Life Goes On — Because It Must ⁠ Aviva Engel writes for Kveller 🔗 ➡️ https://www.kveller.com/in-israel-amid-missile-fire-life-goes-on-because-it-must/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #pesach #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

The Seder offers a model for how to resist the ‘Meaning Crisis’ without falling into nihilism or hyper-traditionalism. ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://forward.com/opinion/816016/passover-4-cups-of-meaning-john-vervaeke-viktor-frankl/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #pesach #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

The secret to happy familes is…Passover?? ⁠ Rob Eshman writes for his substack, Foodaism 🔗 ➡️ https://foodaism.substack.com/p/the-secret-to-happy-familes-ispassover ⁠ Follow us for more: #passover #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

When communities add new ritual objects, what gets repaired; memory, safety, identity, or future-facing hope? ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://www.jta.org/2026/04/01/united-states/a-lego-on-the-seder-plate-temple-israel-calls-for-new-ritual-object-after-attack ⁠ Follow us for more: #pesach #jewish #judaism #religion

As Pesach 2026 approaches, may this season invite us into reflection, renewal, and the kind of freedom that starts deep within.

How are new kids’ books reshaping Passover themes like welcome, women’s stories, and memory? ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://www.jta.org/2026/03/23/culture/matzah-pizza-miriam-and-a-hug-gadah-star-in-new-childrens-books-for-passover-in-2026 ⁠ Follow us for more: #pesach #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

The internet fractured reality. Chatbots might put it back together. ⁠ Eric Levitz writes for Vox🔗 ➡️ https://www.vox.com/technology/483455/ai-social-media-misinformation ⁠ Follow us for more: #AI #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

Why does near-zero curvature matter for inflation models and what future measurements could reveal small deviations from flatness? ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/universe-flat/ ⁠ Follow us for more: # #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

"Which seder objects best prompt storytelling and questions (especially for first-time guests) without turning ritual into mere décor?" ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://www.heyalma.com/this-passover-get-yourself-a-goblet/ ⁠ Follow us for more: #pesach #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new

What happens when we start outsourcing the very things that make us human? If you missed it, the video and transcript are now available. 🔗 https://sinaiandsynapses.org/content/outsourcing-humanity-ancient-insight-for-the-age-of-ai/ As our tools become more powerful, how do we remain fully human?

"The experiences you had as a child influence your emotional life as an adult. Recognising these dynamics can be healing..." ⁠ 🔗 ➡️ https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-reconnect-with-your-inner-child ⁠ Follow us for more: #selfdevelopment #science #jewish #judaism #religion #new