Ben Greenberg, at The Blogs

Apr 4, 2025, 6:16 PM

It's time we reframe Israel's political center. For too long, centrism has been positioned as a delicate balancing act between political extremes. Defined more by what it opposes than what it stands for, the center is constantly squeezed from...

Apr 1, 2025, 5:57 PM

A Stronger Israel Means All Serve, All Belong

On October 7th, when so many of our illusions about security and stability were shattered, one man stood tall. Ibrahim Kharuba, a 39-year-old Muslim Arab tracker from Maghar, fought with everything he had to defend his fellow soldiers at...

Mar 23, 2025, 3:41 PM

The Day I Learned Jewish Safety Is Not A Guarantee

Do you remember the first time you felt physically threatened for being Jewish? I do. In the winter of 2019, I was speaking at a software conference in Brussels. It was a sunny yet freezing day as I walked near my...

Oct 28, 2018, 6:46 PM

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One reason observant Jews might not celebrate the birth control rollback

Illustrative photo of birth control pills (Public domain)

There is a reason observant Jews might not celebrate limitations on insurance coverage for birth control

Oct 6, 2016, 8:24 PM

How many times did you stare at the clock this Rosh Hashanah?

Isaiah cried out, "What need do I have for your sacrifices?" Jeremiah audaciously declared that the sacrifices were not even commanded, but rather only to follow God and listen to God's voice. Samuel rhetorically asked what is more important...

May 18, 2016, 2:42 AM

The Emperor Has No Clothes: Reflections on Authority, Leadership and Meaning in the American Jewish Community

November 15, 1825 shall be remembered forever as a watershed moment in American Jewish history. As Dr. Jonathan Sarna describes in his book, American Judaism: Given the spirit of the age and the fortunate availability of funding, it comes as no...

Apr 13, 2016, 9:52 PM

Are we really looking for unity?

We hear the word 'unity' everywhere nowadays. Politicians promise to unite the country in almost every speech. Rabbis encourage their congregants to develop greater Jewish achdut, unity. One of the greatest buzzwords of our era is certainly unity. What...

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Ben Greenberg is a rabbi, software developer and educator. He has worked as a campus rabbi at Harvard University and as a pulpit rabbi in Denver, CO. He currently works as a software developer based in Israel. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Mastering Vector Search for Developers, and the co-author of Torah && Tech. He speaks at technology conferences around the world and can be found online at hummusonrails.com.

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