Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations

Godwrestler: Person, Tribe & State?

What did it mean to wrestle with God so that the two brothers could kiss and live in peace?

Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations

Evolve is an online platform with conversation-sparking essays from thought-provoking rabbis, leaders and creators. Explore essays on key topics, as well as curricula, sermon sparks and videos that apply the best thinking to contemporary questions.

Spiritual Practice

Ulay Yesh Tikvah: Taking a Leap of Hope

The kind of hope I want to lift up is a nuanced hope that recognizes pain and grief and nonetheless invites us to imagine a better future.

Israel/Palestine, Text Resources

Our Narrow Bridge and Some Difficult Texts

When permission is given to the destructive force to wreak havoc, it does not distinguish between the innocent and guilty. (Mekhilta Bo 12:22)

Gender, Justice

Transgender Rights

Transgender people, in expressing their true gender identity, do so to be more authentic to themselves and, in many ways, to be closer to the image of the Creator in which they were made.

Gender, Text Resources

Reinterpreting the Biblical Prohibition of Wearing What Is Gender-Inappropriate: A B’Mitzvah Drash

What matters most is being who you feel yourself to be.

Episode 46
October 26, 2023

We sit down with Mitch Marcus, a computer scientist and linguist who has been studying A.I. since the 1970s. We discuss how programs like Chat GPT work, what he thinks governments should do to regulate A.I., and what it means for A.I. to succeed. He also shares how the study of Talmud and Zohar has informed his understanding of how language works and how Jewish ethics can guide social policy surrounding A.I.

Web Conversations

Evolve Web Conversations are opportunities for you to interact with our authors in real-time, by asking questions and challenging their assumptions. Videos and transcripts are posted in an archive for those who are unable to attend live.