Gil I use AI every day for important things. Sometimes I like to use it for silly things. Some of these really cracked me up. Lincoln: Mr. Jefferson, I hear Virginia wit is very fine. Shall we test it? Jefferson: Gladly, Mr. Lincoln. Though I warn you: I drafted a Declaration. I can draft insults. Lincoln: … Read more
Love of Israel is love of humanity is love of Hashem. 3 loves = 1 love It’s the Jewish trinity.
Tonight does not mark the passing of R Shim’on ben Yohai – it marks his celebration. After all the thousands of students of the founding father of the rabbinic movement, R ‘Aqiba, died en masse – he went south and ordained five judges in the sacred law of Israel. R Shim’on was one of those … Read more
I’m the only person I’ve ever met who wants both equal citizenship with Palestinians and a halakhic state. 🤷 Right/left politics are banal. 😂
We need to talk about what too many soldiers in the IDF are doing. But imho our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, cousins and childhood friends, who go through the hell of war and put their lives on the line to defend us, because they love us and trust us, deserve … Read more
You can say I support genocide and apartheid all you want… You can say I support terrorists and am a naive traitor all you like… But you live in a movie and every day I devote my thoughts, words, and actions to doing my part to build a better world for my children’s future children, … Read more
This post is definitely politically incorrect but I’ll be honest… I have a problem with the 🇵🇸 flag. For me, it represents a history of exclusionary Pan-Arabism and organized violence against innocent people. I have seen it used, again and again, as a symbol of the denial of legitimacy to my country. The denial of … Read more
I use ChatGPT and Claude every day. Claude is better than ChatGPT – both are fascinating and powerful tools – but they both have serious, structural limitations. In its current incarnation, AI is like a very fast but very dumb research assistant with a peculiar set of cognitive biases (of which it’s perfectly aware when … Read more
After years decades centuries of being hated as a Jew, there are few things more life-affirming than celebrating the founding of this country together with my fellow Israelis. That we finally have a country again, where we can just be our Hebrew selves and live our lives freely the way the good lord intended, does … Read more
I’m sharing the post below anonymously, not just out of respect for the author (though he posted it publicly) but because I believe that he speaks for countless others, from across the spectrum of Israeli life and opinion. If you need help – be a hero for those who love you and need you, and … Read more