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Oct 13, 2026, 10:31 AM

A list of the people you have lost

Every Jewish calendar I have used has a page most people never look at until they need it. It holds a short list: a name, a Hebrew date, sometimes a relationship. Father. Grandmother. A brother. It tells you when...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 13, 2026, 8:01 AM

Forget Jakarta: Why Israel Must Pivot to Timor

Indonesia’s refusal to grant visas to Israeli gymnasts for the October 2025 World Championships, followed by the International Olympic Committee’s formal termination of hosting discussions, exposed the hard limits of Jakarta’s so-called “pragmatism.” This diplomatic hardening culminated on September...

Oct 12, 2026, 6:18 PM

Why Some Israelis Can’t Open Your New Link

The National Cyber Directorate's 119 hotline received about 26,500 reports in 2025, 55% more than the year before, and phishing made up 52% of them, according to the directorate's annual report. Internet providers have answered by filtering at the router....

Oct 11, 2026, 11:58 PM

20 Watts: The Energy Price of Thought

Twenty Watts - The Energy Price of Thought

As artificial intelligence (AI) consume ever more power, we must ask what intelligence is worth and what we intend to think about. The human brain runs on about 20 watts, roughly a dim bulb. It composes symphonies, proves theorems, and...

Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler

Oct 11, 2026, 1:33 PM

ChatGPT was on my medical team

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I made my own decision, of course, but the machine's influence far exceeds its data, depending on how we relate to it: tool, team-member, or authority

Andy Blumenthal

Oct 11, 2026, 4:48 AM

The AI Race Is Also a Race for Survivability

Building more powerful AI is only half the challenge. Israel must ensure essential capabilities keep working under attack—and recover when defenses fail. The cloud is not in the sky. It has an address. Behind every AI service is physical equipment that...

Oct 8, 2026, 11:59 PM

Beyond the Reactor Core: India-Israel Civil Nuclear Cooperation

India-Israel Civil Nuclear Cooperation. An AI Illustration.

The conventional question is whether India and Israel should cooperate on nuclear energy. This is partly answered by the recent elevation of their ties to a special strategic partnership, wherein they decided to extend cooperation in civil nuclear energy....

Oct 6, 2026, 2:05 AM

Neither Hanuman nor Bhasmasura: Power, Agency and the Governance of Agentic AI

AI Power - Neither Hanuman nor Bhasmasura. (An AI Illustration).

Public debate on artificial intelligence (AI) oscillates between two figures from Indian tradition. Hanuman is the benevolent giant deity who has forgotten his own strength. In the Valmiki Ramayana, when the vanara army stalls at the ocean’s edge, Jambavan...

Silas Anastacio

Oct 2, 2026, 10:57 PM

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Brazilians at Weizmann Institute

Applications are now open for the Paulo Pinheiro de Andrade Fellowship, a postdoctoral scholarship offered by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and dedicated to Brazilian researchers. Candidates may apply until October 20, 2026. Established by Marcos Pinheiro de...

Oct 1, 2026, 10:57 PM

When the Sukkah Becomes a TARDIS

On AI, Moral Purity, and What We Do With Powerful Tools It all started when my friend Rabbi David Seidenberg made a post comparing the sukkah to the TARDIS. Attached to the post he included an image of a TARDIS-sukkah that...

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