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Mar 31, 2026, 12:56 PM

Can an Artificial Rabbi Lead a Real Seder?

Author's AI-assisted artistic rendering of AI-rabbi screenshot (courtesy)

Would you know a real rabbi if you saw one? I’m at a doctor’s office a few weeks ago. As she’s waiting for my chart to pull up, we make small talk. She asks what I do. I tell her...

Mar 3, 2026, 2:27 AM

Esther before Ahasuerus, Artemisia Gentileschi (c. 1628–1635), via Wikimedia Commons

When our moment has finally arrived, will we know it? Read superficially, the Purim story follows a familiar arc. The wicked Haman plots to exterminate the Jews. Luckily, Esther has become queen and plots to exterminate Haman. She courageously speaks...

Nov 27, 2025, 12:00 PM

Where history is made

Judaism looks for divine service not on the mountaintops or in the monasteries, but in late night diaper-changes and parent-teacher conferences (Vayetzei)

Oct 24, 2025, 10:43 AM

From Rabbi Moshe Hauer zt”l: Our True Legacy

Rabbi Moshe Hauer zt"l (X/@jacklanger)

What is our legacy? It is perhaps the most important question a person can ask. Not in the abstract sense of philosophy or theology, but in the concrete reality of how we spend our days, where we direct our energy,...

Oct 1, 2025, 11:34 AM

This Yom Kippur, are we listening?

If you’ve read any Jewish publications lately, you would get the impression that every Jew in America is kvetching about what their rabbi is saying – or not saying – about Israel. It’s the “elephant in the room,” as one...

Sep 20, 2025, 1:23 AM

Leading from the head

Rosh Hashanah: the Jewish New Year. At least, that’s what we call it. But, as anyone with a smattering of Hebrew knows, Rosh Hashanah doesn’t actually mean “New Year.” It means head (“rosh”) of the year (“shana”). It’s an odd turn...

Aug 1, 2025, 12:39 PM

The new Tisha b’Av Jews

Courtesy: Author

The summer before my senior year of high school, I joined a group mission to Poland. At one stop, we got off the bus and a few began posing for silly photos, as teenagers do. I remember feeling uneasy....

Jan 17, 2025, 12:46 AM

But the bush was not consumed

It’s been a week since the wildfires began their march of destruction, and it’s still hard to breathe. My asthma has flared up in protest against the brittle air, each cough a reminder that everything could change in an instant....

Apr 21, 2024, 12:41 PM

Imagining a world without Jews

Thought experiments at the Seder: A vintage Hagaddah's fanciful portrayal of the Sages of Bnei Brak as great medieval rabbis including Maimonides and Rashi. Vienna, 1929. Source: The National Library of Israel

The Exodus of the Passover story birthed the radical notions of intrinsic human dignity, self-determination and worth

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About Me

Rabbi Matthew J. Rosenberg is Executive Vice President and Senior Rabbi at JGO: The Jewish Grad Organization, which provides Jewish programming at over 150 graduate school campuses across North America. He previously practiced corporate law and taught at Georgetown University Law Center.