The extraordinary force called Artificial Intelligence (AI) threatens to replace us, seducing us with an irresistible sales pitch: Why do something yourself when a brainy, all-knowing program can do it all instantly and better?
What is it that makes God an unlikely and surprising subject? And why would it never occur to me to make our Creator the theme of a Seder?
The real value of Passover is when we learn to take its many lessons with us throughout the year, when they become part of our lives and can make a real difference.
Everything about the Seder reeks of serious. Serious symbols, serious meaning, serious lessons. Where is there room for laughter in this sacred place of meaning?
Is it callous of me to read the most heart-wrenching tale of physical pain and loss and think, “This is one of the most beautiful sentences I’ve ever read?”
The free speech we need most right now is the freedom to file compelling lawsuits that will put the fear of the law, not the fear of Trump, in those who attack us.
Early education at the new Aaron Milken Center is so obviously crucial because it represents the foundation of a kid’s life. Just like the planting of a tree and Judaism itself, the stronger the foundation the longer it will last and the more it will thrive.
Fink created a lot of meaningful things in his life, with a Torah-Hollywood voice that made him one in a million. As he said about Judaism, his past will live in us.
Until I saw “The World Will Tremble,” I had never seen a Holocaust film where Jewish prisoners manage to actually escape from the clutches of the Nazis.
It’s easy to defend a hater whose hateful views against Israel don’t bother you one bit. But what about a hater whose views you absolutely abhor?
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