18Forty Podcast11 Nov 2025

Is AI the New Printing Press? [AI 3/4]

This series is sponsored by American Security Foundation.

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast—recorded at the 18Forty X ASFoundation AI Summit—we speak with Moshe Koppel, Malka Simkovich, and Tikvah Wiener about what the AI revolution will mean for the Jewish community.

In this episode we discuss:

How is AI going to change the dynamics, cadence, and rhythm of Jewish life?
Should we panic about AI replacing the role of creative human work?
What can Jewish and world history teach us about this moment?

Tune in to hear a conversation about what AI can teach us about our own needs, especially the need for Shabbos.

Interview begins at 14:26.

Dr. Moshe Koppel is a computer scientist, Talmud scholar, and political activist. Moshe is a professor of computer science at Bar-Ilan University, and a prolific author of academic articles and books on Jewish thought, computer science, economics, political science, and other disciplines. He is the founding director of Kohelet, a conservative-libertarian think tank in Israel, and he advises members of the Knesset on legislative matters.

Dr. Malka Simkovich is the director and editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society and previously served as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. She earned a doctoral degree in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism from Brandeis University and a Master’s degree in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University.

Tikvah Wiener is Founder and Co-Director of The Idea Institute, which, since 2014, has trained close to 2000 educators in project-based learning and innovative pedagogies. From 2018-2023, she was also Head of School of The Idea School, a Jewish, project-based learning high school in Tenafly, NJ.

References:

“Lazy Sunday - SNL Digital Short”

Mechkarim Be-sifrut Ha-teshuvot by Yitzchak Ze'ev Kahane

"In the Shadow of the Emperor: The Hatam Sofer’s Copyright Rulings" by David Nimmer

Meta-Halakhah: Logic, Intuition, and the Unfolding of Jewish Law by Moshe Koppel

Judaism Straight Up by Moshe Koppel

“Yiddishkeit Without Ideology: A Letter To My Son” by Moshe Koppel

@ShabbosReads

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