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Josh Gad’s ‘The Writer’ Is a Densely Jewish Comic Featuring a Golem, Demons and a Badass Jewish Mom

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 24 Sep

Josh Gad co-writes a comic series, "The Writer," alongside Max and Ben Berkowitz, celebrating Jewish culture and its foundational role in superhero narratives.

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From the Newsletter | Moment Wins First Place from Religion News Association!

Nadine Epstein in Moment · 26 Apr

Moment Magazine won two major First Place prizes from the Religion News Association for Magazine Overall Excellence for its Artificial Intelligence issue, which explored the impact of AI on humanity.

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The Importance of Storytelling in the Black and Jewish Communities with Eric K. Ward, Nadine Epstein, Adam Mansbach and Langston Collin Wilkins

Moment in Moment · 23 Jan

In this discussion, Eric K. Ward, Nadine Epstein, Adam Mansbach, and Langston Collin Wilkins explore the significance of storytelling and folklore in both the Black and Jewish communities.

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Three Golems I Have Known

Sapir · 1 Dec 2023

The article discusses the concept of the golem in Jewish tradition and literature.

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Jewish Technophobia: An Old Story

Sapir · 1 Dec 2023

In 2023, 25 Haredi rabbis banned the use of AI chatbots, claiming that they contain heresy and dangers.

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A new golem is born with a new mission — protecting vulnerable communities and cultural history

ALanger in Forward · 19 Oct 2023

Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz has created an American Golem, a monument made from fragments of other monuments, as a way of reconstructing and redefining destructed cultural works.

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The Conversation

Moment in Moment · 14 Sep 2023

The summer 2023 issue of Moment Magazine explores the problems and opportunities surrounding artificial intelligence (AI).

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Autonomy, Automatons, <em>Golems</em>, and <em>Dybbuks</em>: Models for AI

Michael M. Rosen in Sources · 21 Aug 2023

In the exploration of AI within a Jewish legal and cultural context, legal expert Michael M. Rosen discusses how concepts like the golem and dybbuk from Jewish tradition offer insightful models for understanding artificial intelligence.

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Roundtable | Robots Get Religion

Amy E. Schwartz in Moment · 20 Jul 2023

This roundtable discussion explores the theme of robots and golems in literature and the implications they have for our understanding of spirituality and humanity.

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Jewish Demons

Maoz Kahana in Tablet · 1 Jun 2023

In this text, the author discusses the presence of demons and magical creatures in Jewish literature.

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The Golem of Montreal

Allan Nadler in Jewish Review of Books · 3 Oct 2022

This book discusses the life and work of Yudel Rosenberg, the chief rabbi of Montreal in the early 20th century.

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A Golem in Argentina

Henry Gonshak in Jewish Review of Books · 10 Dec 2018

"The Silence of Malka" is a graphic novel set in a Jewish settlement in Argentina at the end of the 19th century, featuring a golem created to help a struggling farmer and his family.

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The Kids are Alright: Ep. 124

Unorthodox · 15 Feb 2018

This episode of "The Kids are Alright" podcast features writer Molly Lambert sharing the story of her German-Jewish grandmother Margaret Bergmann Lambert, who was prevented from participating in the 1936 Olympics.

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Inaugural Distress: Ep. 74

Unorthodox · 19 Jan 2017

In this episode of Unorthodox, the hosts discuss Bernie Madoff's prison hot chocolate scheme and feature two Jewish guests - Rosie Gray, a staff writer at the Atlantic who covered the election for BuzzFeed, and Charlie Brotman, who announced every inauguration parade from Eisenhower to Obama but was snubbed by the Trump inauguration committee.

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Brave New Golems

Michael Weingrad in Jewish Review of Books · 4 Jan 2017

The modern portrayal of golems in popular culture, such as in the game Pokmon GO, deviates from the traditional Jewish concept of a golem as a magically created servant under a kabbalist's control.

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