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Andy Blumenthal

Sep 28, 2026, 3:56 AM

Hard-Code G-d Into AI

Artificial intelligence cannot answer only to human commands. It must be built to serve the goodness of G-d and protect the people and world He created. A friend told me about a colleague who accepted lucrative night work after his...

Daphne Lazar Price

Sep 27, 2026, 4:26 PM

Put me down for outrage

Adam Brody is not a rabbi. This should not need to be said. He is an actor who plays one on Nobody Wants This, the wildly popular Netflix series that has generated plenty of conversation and controversy about Judaism,...

Eliezer Avraham

Sep 20, 2026, 8:47 AM

October 7: The Courage That Rises When the World Falls

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An exploration of faith, identity, and the quiet resolve that emerged in the aftermath When the World Became Unrecognizable There are moments in Jewish history when the ground beneath us gives way, when the moral order collapses in an instant....

Karen Reiss Medwed

Sep 17, 2026, 9:30 PM

Keep Open the Gates

There is a precious moment in the final Yom Kippur service of Neilah, when we beseech, "p'tach lanu sha'ar, b'et ne'ilat sha'ar,” open a gate for us, at this time of the gate's closing. As the sun sets and darkness is about to envelop us, we cry out for...

Ilana K. Levinsky

Sep 12, 2026, 10:10 AM

Does God Need a Standing Ovation?

Oh boy, I can already see how angry — or simply dismissive — some of you may be. So before you sharpen the knives, allow me to follow this thought wherever it goes. I grew up with Yemenite grandparents, steeped...

Sep 7, 2026, 9:00 AM

In The Beginning

Chapter 1 In the beginning, G-d created Artificial Intelligence. And it was good. But some men said, “No. It is bad. These large, electric chips of gold and silver are tools of the Devil. They turn brains into mush. They will destroy...

Lauren Gladstone

Sep 4, 2026, 6:55 PM

September Was a Nice Idea

Every August, I have the same thought: September would be a wonderful month to go away. The weather is beautiful. The summer crowds have gone home. Airfares begin to come down. Europe is still warm. Restaurants are easier to get...

Sep 3, 2026, 2:18 PM

When Theft Calls Itself Revelation

The text remains. The people remain. The tradition remains. Yet someone else claims ownership of the story. And calls that theft “revelation.” Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Supersessionism and the Appropriation of the Jewish Story In The Metaphysical Root of Antisemitism and Ziophobia, I described supersessionism as a deep, often unacknowledged metaphysical root of both antisemitism and its modern mutation, Ziophobia: Supersessionist doctrines in Christianity and Islam—claiming to...

Sep 3, 2026, 4:54 AM

The Heebie-Jeebies of a Driverless Tesla

As I sat in the driver's seat of my self-driving Tesla, I experienced a rare case of the heebie-jeebies. Yes, anxiety crept up every rung of my spine. I had put my life in the hands of artificial intelligence. Quite...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 3, 2026, 4:53 AM

Why Did Tahrif Become OK

Religious charges of Tahrif, corruption of sacred scriptures, began with Judaism and Christianity. Rabbi Elazar ben Yossi HaGelili who lived in the first half of the 2nd century C.E. said: “I said to the Cuthite scribes: You falsified the Torah...

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