Blood libels, then and now Medieval antisemites believed awful things about Jews and that gave them license to do awful things to Jews. The same is true today. Chaim Steinmetz July 2, 2024
Can ChatGPT write a better sermon? If ChatGPT can write a sermon based purely on mimicry, the real question is: Why can’t rabbis write a better sermon than ChatGPT? Chaim Steinmetz March 12, 2023
Even great leaders can miss the obvious There is greatness even among those with little learning. Chaim Steinmetz Feb. 12, 2023
The Righteous Among the Nations, then and now The founding charter of Yad Vashem tasked the new institution with commemorating those "high-minded Gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews" as one of nine founding principles. Chaim Steinmetz Jan. 15, 2023
Abraham the Zionist Genesis makes it clear that Zionism is central to Abraham’s new religious mission. Chaim Steinmetz Nov. 6, 2022
The God of the powerless There is a dark side to a culture that focuses on winners; it changes the way we see the losers in life, the weak and the powerless. Chaim Steinmetz Sept. 11, 2022
Survivor’s guilt and the atonement of the innocent The ‘Eglah Arufah’ is a way of recognizing that guilt feelings have a profound meaning. Chaim Steinmetz Sept. 4, 2022
Where fundamentalism fails Adherence to the letter of the law makes it harder to hear the voice of God. Chaim Steinmetz Aug. 28, 2022
