Daily Podcasts Video Research

In 'Disclosure Day,' Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens

JL;DR SUMMARY Steven Spielberg's new film, "Disclosure Day," explores the tensions between faith and the revelation of extraterrestrial life through the lens of Jewish and other religious perspectives. 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'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish ThoughtSteven SpielbergEmpathyShemaJewish PerspectivesHasdai CrescasAliensFaith And ExtraterrestrialsDisclosure DayRabbi Josh Breindel

Places mentioned

Kansas City, Kansas, United States
"and made Emily Blunts character, Margaret, a Kansas City weatherperson, into a supreme empath, like Star Treks Deanna Troi cranked up to 11."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"recalling both images from the Holocaust and current conflicts including Gaza."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 84923
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2026-06-16 05:30:53 UTC
Curated 2026-06-16 08:31:08 UTC