Moshe Koppel is a member of the department of computer science at Bar-Ilan University and chairman of the Kohelet Policy Forum in Jerusalem. His book, Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures, was published by Maggid Books.
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I thank Chaim Saiman, David Zvi Kalman, and L.M. Sacasas for their thoughtful responses to my essay. I infer from each of the responses that at least one aspect of my essay bears clarification. I posi...
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AI has the potential to change the way Jews study Torah, observe Jewish law, work with rabbis, and teach their children. Will Jews resist those changes or welcome them?
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A boon to both beginners and experts.
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Making sense of the override clause.
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The case for traditionalism and tribalism.
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Don’t let the blessing turn into a curse.
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And why the political stalemate came about.
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The dangers of the robot rabbi.
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Supreme Court acts independently of both law and the constitution.
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Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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American Judaism is losing both commitment and moderation.
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In some ways, halakhah is more about social norms than about law.
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We are grateful to all four respondents to our essay in Mosaic on Israel’s nation-state law. Since each of them addresses a different aspect of the issue, we’ll reply individually in the order in...
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The controversial new law has been reviled as “an assassination of democracy” and a subversion of the founding principles of the Jewish state. It's neither.
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Where Judaism can be a culture, not a counterculture.
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The normal distribution curve comes to Israel.
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The ultra-Orthodox/Modern Orthodox schism.
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Jewish belief is “coherent” only to those who experience it viscerally.
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Children learn values and traditions long before they have even a rudimentary ability to contemplate the content of belief.
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John Rawls vs. religion.
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Balancing law and intuition.
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How rabbis lead from behind.
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Jews’ brand of particularism angers messianists of all kinds.
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Fairness vs. loyalty.
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Against the modern doctrine of fairness over all.
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Between Princeton and Auschwitz.
