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In this poem, Julian Alper reminisces about the legacy of an old man who used to sit beside him in synagogue.

In this short fiction narrative, David Zvi Kalman imagines a world in which figures such as Maimonides can be summoned through artificial intelligence, causing people and programs alike to contend with new and age-old questions.

At what point in Jewish thought does artificial intelligence go too far? In this short story, Olga Lempert writes about a world where humanity itself might be replaced by the machines they create

Shlomo Zuckier reviews Headlines, the most famous Jewish Podcast you've never heard of.

Julie Goldstein reflects on her recent Yom Kippur experience and why it matters for Orthodox women everywhere.

A poem addressed to survivors in the Chareidi community about the existential confusion endured by child sexual abuse.

In commemoration of the shloshim of Rabbi Simcha Krauss z"l, Dan Margulies offers a moving reflection of his teacher.

Shumel Hain discusses how we can bridge the "Tragic Gap" between the world envisioned in the blessing on budding fruit tress and our current reality of pandemic and tragedy

Todd Berman warns of antisemitism in strange places.

Bezalel Naor translates and contextualizes a poem by Pinchas Peli about the home of Rav Kook.