The pandemic has revealed a weakness at the heart of Israel’s economy: it’s been so focused on developing its technology sector that more traditional industries are languishing.
The modern way of life works if you want to make money, but there are bigger questions that it just can’t answer. Judaism, the author of a new essay argues, can fill the gap.
The Startup Wife, a buzzy new novel, has been hailed as a serious exploration of modern spirituality. All it explores is a tech-fantasy of hyper-individualism and personal fulfillment.
Technology is the easy part. Getting young Jews to connect with the Book of Books, that’s hard.
Halakhah and the trolley problem.
The dangers of the robot rabbi.
A great Yiddish writer reflects on what, exactly, the novel is for.
A global presence that hovers above the world declaring that it desires nothing but to connect us with each other, Facebook now invites serious religious questions.
Beijing buys Muslim leaders’ support for repressing its own Muslim population.
An account of homo, without the sapiens.
“How fair are your tents, O Jacob.”
Along with a warning about globalization.
Improving Israeli law in the era of big data and smart appliances.
With some rabbinic assistance.