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Michael Bresler

Jun 28, 2026, 4:52 PM

Why I Don’t Start with AI Anymore

Over the past year, nearly every meeting I walked into started with a question about technology. "What AI tool should we use?" Today, the conversations sound different. They're about exhausted teams. Overloaded teachers. Nonprofits trying to serve more people with the same resources. Boards struggling...

Michael Bresler

Jun 26, 2026, 6:09 PM

AI in Jewish Nonprofits: Capacity Is a Mission Issue

Most Jewish nonprofits are not struggling because they lack commitment. If anything, the opposite is true. Their leaders, staff, volunteers, and boards care deeply about the work. They believe in the mission. They want to make a difference. And...

Jun 26, 2026, 7:02 AM

I am with you—declares GOD

"I am with you - declares GOD"

The government has quietly called for training two hundred thousand men in the procedures of Temple service. One hundred fifty thousand have already enrolled. This comes as Israel continues daily operations against Hamas terrorists and internal debates over priorities...

Naomi Marmon Grumet

Jun 25, 2026, 1:56 PM

The mikveh experience is holy, not a political bargaining chip

A mikveh attendant supervises a woman immersing. (Heidi Levine, via The Eden Center)

When Rabbi David Yosef urges women to humiliate other women, he contravenes Jewish law and opens the door to undermining his own authority

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Jun 22, 2026, 6:55 PM

The Core Qualities of Effective School Leadership

Highly effective schools, are almost always led and inspired by highly effective leaders. The inverse is also true. Poor and ineffective schools are led primarily by those who are either mediocre or ineffective. I use the term "almost" or "mostly"...

Michael Bresler

Jun 22, 2026, 4:50 PM

AI Can Answer. Leaders Must Question.

AI can produce answers faster than ever. But speed is not the same as wisdom. In leadership, the quality of the answer often depends on the quality of the question. One of the most impressive things about AI is how...

Jun 22, 2026, 7:23 AM

Korach and Jewish Lessons on Leadership

One of the more dramatic stories in the Bible occurs in Numbers, chapter 16, when Korach, a Levite, along with two members of the tribe of Reuben, Datan and Abiram, foment a rebellion against Moses and Aaron as the...

Jun 21, 2026, 11:11 PM

Parashat Chukat: An Outstretched Hand and a Sword in its Sheath

Parashat Chukat is not usually regarded as a political parashah. It deals with a wide range of topics, including the red heifer, the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, and the waters of Merivah. And yet, toward its end, a...

Andy Blumenthal

Jun 20, 2026, 11:10 PM

JD Vance: A Korach for Our Time

Vice President JD Vance’s recent remarks about Israel were not merely misguided—they were a striking display of moral weakness, strategic ignorance, and political arrogance. At a moment when Israel is fighting for its very survival against an Iranian regime...

Jun 19, 2026, 5:29 PM

Why Was Moses Not Destined to Enter the Land? (Chukat)

It is one of the most perplexing, even disturbing, passages in the Torah. Moses the faithful shepherd, who has led the Israelites for forty years, is told that he will not live to cross the Jordan and enter the...

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