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Artificial intelligence (AI) on trial. Credit: TSViPhoto/Shutterstock.

Prominent Jewish books cited in copyright lawsuit against AI companies

Lawyers told “Publisher’s Weekly” they doubt that the lawsuits against artificial intelligence program creators will succeed.

September 19, 2023

Israeli founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declares independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism, at the Tel Aviv Museum, today Independence Hall, on May 14, 1948. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

What would the world be like with no State of Israel?

After 72 years, many take its existence for granted. But with so many still wishing it dead, it’s worth thinking about how dangerous life for Jews would be without it.

Jonathan S. Tobin

April 27, 2020

Michael Chabon speaking at the Hebrew Union College-Institute of Religion in Los Angeles commencement in May. Credit: Screenshot.

Michael Chabon’s ideas about inclusion are killing liberal Judaism

The novelist’s rant against in-marriage and Israel at a Reform graduation ceremony illustrates what’s going wrong with American Jewry.

Jonathan S. Tobin

May 31, 2018

Israel flags decorate the 2,000-year-old Cave of the Patriarchs complex in Hebron in anticipation of Israel's Independence Day. The same Herodian masonry is used for the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo by Yishai Fleisher.

To Michael Chabon, from biblical Hebron

The Jewish community of Hebron does not “gaze out in scorn” at our Arab neighbors. We have many friends and colleagues among the Arab community—those who reject jihad.

Yishai Fleisher

May 30, 2018