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Can Artificial Intelligence Render Decisions of Jewish Law?
A 13th-century French rabbi’s insight into the problem.
Gil Student
Gil Student is an Orthodox rabbi, the editor of TorahMusings.com, and the book editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine.
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Does God Speak to Different Peoples Through Different Religions?
An Orthodox defense of Jonathan Sacks’s pluralism.
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Why the Modern Sukkah Needs Wireless Internet
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Judaism’s “self-contained system of ethics.”
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A bad omen for everyone, or just non-Jews?
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Marcionites, Gnostics, and a Shavuot custom.
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It’s not a clear-cut issue.
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Does the Torah Legislate Affirmative Action for Orphans?
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Why the Commandments?
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Biblical Evolution
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The Art of “Halakhah”
By Gil StudentIn his fascinating article on law in Judaism , Joshua Berman divides post-talmudic halakhic authorities into roughly two schools: those who follow a codified or statutory-law approach and those who a...
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Meta-Theodicy
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Loose Lips
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Misplaced Priorities
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Halakhic Peer Review
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