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  How do we prevent the worst-case AI scenario? Religious AI scientists

  AI technologists need to view a higher power as the ultimate creator, which would temper the scope of their inventions

  By Micah Ezekiel

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  George Santos fabricated his life story. The person he pretended to be will defeat him in 2024

  Several of the candidates challenging for his seat have the Jewish heritage and business acumen that Santos boasted of

  By Sam Weinberg and Evan Shapiro May 19, 2023 | 3 min read
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  On Jerusalem Day, Ethiopian Jews remember those who never reached the Promised Land

  Now in the U.S., an Ethiopian Jewish mom recalls her journey as an 8-year-old to Israel

  By Robin Washington May 18, 2023 | 4 min read

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• Dan Perry Trump is finally absolutely right about something in the Middle East

  

• Emily Tamkin Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else)

  

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  Jerusalem Day celebrates the city’s reunification. Great Britain’s cryptic anthem is another story entirely

  The hymn ‘Jerusalem’ with words by William Blake glorifies the ancient city — in England

  By Robin Washington May 18, 2023 | 4 min read
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  On Jerusalem Day, what ‘united’ Jerusalem are people talking about?

  The reality of Jerusalem is far more divided and inequitable than Jerusalem Day proponents would have you believe

  By Jo-Ann Mort May 18, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Is Midge Maisel my modern Orthodox neighbor?

  The last season of ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ includes much needed observant Jewish visibility

  By Hannah Lebovits May 18, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Texas wants the Ten Commandments in each public school classroom. This is a blatant assault on religious liberty

  A bill requiring the display of the Ten Commandments is under consideration in the state House

  By Marc Zvi Brettler and Mark Chancey May 17, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Vice Media valiantly covered the far right. Jews should care that it’s on the verge of collapse

  Vice News covered Charlottesville's Unite the Right rally and the rise far-right movements one of their co-founders now fuels

  By Rob Eshman May 16, 2023 | 4 min read
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  A lawsuit, a hotel bombing, an invasion: The moments that shaped Israel — that you don’t know about

  As Israel turns 75, we asked journalists, artists, historians and more to tell us about the most important under-the-radar moments of Israeli history

  By Nora Berman May 15, 2023 | 8 min read
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  Rashida Tlaib held a Nakba Day event at the Senate. Why are some Jews so mad?

  After Bernie Sanders jumped in as sponsor of the event, American Jewish institutions and lawmakers erupted

  By Nora Berman May 11, 2023 | 4 min read
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  My friend Herschel Siegel died by suicide. Politicizing his death doesn’t help gay Jews

  We ought not to assume that rejection from the Orthodox community played a role in Herschel's Siegel's tragic death

  By Simon Italiaander May 11, 2023 | 5 min read