A Jewish Take on AI and Social Media
Increasingly, people I spend time with have been talking about Claude like he was their best friend or a member of their family. It’s kind of weird because Claude is not human. Claude, of course, is the popular AI chatbot developed by the company, Anthropic. The company says it chose the name because it sounds […]
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 Israelites are journeying through the desert on their way to the Land of Israel. The challenge […]
Judaism, Gender, and the Seeds of Prejudice
This year, I read the opening passages of the Torah portion of Tazria (Leviticus Ch. 12) with a different lens than I have in the past. I’ve long believed that the meaning of any Biblical passage lies in the realm between the words in the text and the life experience of the person reading the […]