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Mijal Bitton

Jun 6, 2025, 6:24 PM

Will AI replace me? Not where it counts most

Illustrative. Mother and daughter in a hammock. (iStock)

It's unsettling to think our creativity may be outdone by machines, but no machine will bless my children the way I do (Naso)

May 31, 2025, 8:37 AM

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We trusted HONY. Then he platformed a blood libel

The Neturei Karta who maligned the vast majority of world Jewry, as showcased on Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York (HONY). (Facebook)

The man who finds the humanity in everyone dehumanized the vast majority of Jews in the world before 30 million followers without flinching

May 30, 2025, 5:55 PM

No One Live-Streamed Ruth: Why That Matters

This Shabbat we begin reading Bamidbar—literally, "in the wilderness." Next week we celebrate Shavuot, the moment we received the Torah. I've always been struck by the fact that God gave the Torah in the midbar. For the sages, that setting wasn't accidental—and...

May 23, 2025, 7:03 AM

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Why I’m breaking up with the two-party system

Republican Elephant, Democrat Donkey (via Shutterstock)

We need to stop outsourcing our thinking to the political echelons; neither party represents Judaism - and neither guarantees Jewish safety (Behar/Bechuotai)

May 15, 2025, 11:12 PM

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Sacred time in a world gone mad

'Memorial Tablet and Omer Calendar,' Baruch Zvi Ring, 1904. (Wikipedia)

Rome didn't own the Jewish story, nor will Hamas or Qatar. Rather, we transform our mourning, and grow our continuity out of catastrophe (Emor/ Lag B'Omer)

May 9, 2025, 3:13 PM

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Saying thank you is not just polite, but holy

'Thank you' painted on kids' hands. (iStock)

When you believe your time can be sacred, the little things you do are incredibly important (Kedoshim)

May 1, 2025, 8:35 PM

Happy Birthday Israel: You’re Just Getting Started

It’s been a hard birthday. Last night, I gathered with about 100 young Jews near Union Square in NYC. We told stories of IDF soldiers we had known and lost. We sang, marking the transition from Yom Hazikaron to Yom...

Apr 17, 2025, 11:46 PM

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Faith in motion: The seventh day of Passover

'The Splitting of the Red Sea,' by Lidia Kozenitzky. (Wikimedia Commons)

Some people find unshakeable belief in the most impossible of times; others don't know what they believe, but keep going anyway. Leaving Egypt needed both

Mar 27, 2025, 10:55 PM

October 6, October 7, and the High Priest’s Heart

Let me be honest: lately, it’s been hard for me to open the news from Israel each morning. Not just because of the war. It's a different kind of dread—heavier, more disorienting. The fear of internal unraveling, sometimes more...

Mar 6, 2025, 11:30 PM

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Amalek and the need to name evil

Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus celebrate on October 7, 2023, after Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip and launched a brutal large-scale attack on Israeli towns and cities. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Americans Jews must learn that there are antisemites so irredeemably evil, the Bible’s 'baby Hitler' scenario applies (Zachor)

About Me

Dr. Mijal Bitton is a Spiritual Leader and Sociologist. She is the Rosh Kehilla of The Downtown Minyan, a Scholar in Residence at the Maimonides Fund, and a Visiting Researcher at NYU Wagner. Follow her for weekly Jewish wisdom on her Substack, Committed: https://mijal.substack.com/.