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Will Jewish Tradition Adapt to AI?
By Moshe KoppelJudaism has the resources to confront artificial intelligence, if Jews are prudent about how to use them.
Halakhah
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Jews Aren’t Loud Enough about AI
By David Zvi KalmanJews can help the wider world fight the excesses of artificial intelligence, but in order to do so they need to learn how to speak about such matters in a language non-Jews understand.
Observation ·
How Modern Orthodoxy Can Chart Its Course Without Jonathan Sacks
By Eli SpitzerMore than most, Modern Orthodoxy is a movement constantly ensnared by ideological disputes. Here’s how it can survive.
Observation ·
Podcast: Chaim Saiman Talks Zoom Seder Out Loud
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Chaim SaimanThe author of our May essay on the Zoom seder joins us to talk about his ideas and the debate surrounding them.
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The Zoom-Seder Ruling Reveals New Fractures and Coalitions in the World of Jewish Orthodoxy
By Chaim SaimanFrom Ashkenazi and Sephardi to strict and lenient.
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Sephardi Jewry’s Resurgent Cultural Confidence
By Aryeh TepperThe Zoom-seder ruling was intended to ease human suffering, but it was also, in effect, a maneuver for influence within the Sephardi rabbinate and a bid to resist historical forgetfulness.
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Does Virtual Seeing Count as Seeing under Jewish Law?
By Shlomo ZuckierHow the Zoom-seder debate opens up on questions of virtual reality.
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Why Sephardi and Mizrahi Approaches to Jewish Law Were Friendlier to the Zoom Seder
By Daniel BouskilaLenient rulings in response to new situations are not necessary if unfortunate accommodations, they are instead a testament to the strength and durability of Judaism.
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Can the Zoom Seder Foster Faith?
By Shalom CarmySome families prefer the connection it offers. But an online seder seems like an acknowledgement of generational failure, a stopgap measure to keep nostalgic religious affiliation afloat.
Monthly Essay ·
In Rejecting the Zoom Seder, What Did Orthodox Jews Affirm?
By Chaim SaimanWhat the headline-making rabbinic showdown over online seders reveals about Jewish law and its limits.
Observation ·
Does Jewish Law Oblige Doctors to Risk Their Own Health to Heal the Sick?
By Shlomo BrodyThose with greater ability to help are called upon to bear greater risk.
Observation ·
What Happens in Heaven? Study. Of What? Jewish Law.
By Chaim Saiman"In heaven there will be no law," an American legal giant once wrote. For Jews, it's exactly the opposite.
Observation ·
The Kabbalah of Birds’ Nests
By Sarah RindnerIs a biblical commandment against taking a mother bird with her young intended to teach mercy, or is it about something else?
Observation ·
Have I Shared Too Many Secrets of Jewish Law?
By Shlomo BrodyMy book opened the closed door of halakhic decision-making. Some think that process isn't for public consumption.
Monthly Essay ·
Can Modern Orthodoxy Survive?
By Jack WertheimerThe culture wars have come to the Modern Orthodox movement. Is a schism on the horizon?
Monthly Essay ·
Same-Sex Marriage and the Jews
The Reform and Conservative branches of the Jewish religious world have been eager to institute gay marriage. The only outlier is Orthodoxy. What's at stake?
Response ·
Can Jewish Law Get Its Creativity Back?
By Joshua BermanA reply to my respondents.
Response ·
The Crisis in Jewish Law Today
Orthodox rabbis need to stop worrying about 200-year-old battles with “Reformers” and allow Jewish law to develop organically, as it always did in the past.
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The Paths Not Taken
By Chaim SaimanThere have been two moments in the last 150 years when the assumptions behind Jewish law seemed poised to change. Nothing happened. Is today different?
Monthly Essay ·
What Is This Thing Called Law?
By Joshua BermanThe Jewish Legal Tradition and Its Discontents
Monthly Essay ·
Religion and State in Israel
By Moshe KoppelA Modest Proposal
