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How AI and ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ played essential roles in this Chinese immigrant’s journey to Judaism

JL;DR SUMMARY Liangda Hu, a Chinese immigrant living in Brooklyn, utilizes AI to translate Talmud study into Mandarin, aiding his conversion journey to Judaism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TalmudFiddler On The RoofDaf YomiJewish CommunityConversionChatgptAiChinese ImmigrantsProspect Heights ShulTechnology And Religion

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Tianjin, China
"Hu had no idea as a child in Tianjin, China, that he would ever be engaging with a Jewish language, or becoming one of the first if not the first daily Talmud students to work from a machine translation into Mandarin."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"AI is not the first technology to help Hu along his journey from his hometown in China toward becoming a Jew in his adopted home of Brownstone Brooklyn, where the 38-year-old immigrant has gone by the name Leo."
Prospect Heights, New York, United States
"But that was before Hu saw Fiddler on the Roof. It was quite fascinating, said Hu, who today lives in Prospect Heights while pursuing an MBA at Monroe College."
New York, United States
"The musical had a profound effect on Hu, who moved to New York in 2021 to attend a musical theater program at the Manhattan School of Music."

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