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  • The antisemitic spree by Elon Musk's Grok xAI makes it clear: AI poses a real threat to Jews

    David Zvi Kalman|Jul 18, 2025

    (JTA) — Earlier this week, Grok, the AI chatbot owned by Elon Musk’s xAI, decided to go full Nazi. Posting on X, it used antisemitic tropes and advocated for a new Holocaust, all the while praising Hitler, calling itself MechaHitler and extolling its own willingness to courageously state the unfettered truth. “Noticing isn’t blaming,” it said, using a term widely adopted by antisemites. On X, the Anti-Defamation League condemned Grok for the “supercharging of extremist rhetoric.” Many others did the same. By that evening, Grok had stopped a...

  • Raunchy, sarcastic TikTok Talmud commentary isn't profane - it's Torah

    David Zvi Kalman|Feb 25, 2022

    (JTA) — Is it appropriate to call an ancient rabbi a “legendary hottie”? To translate one Talmudic voice replying to another as, “Oh my God, what the actual f–k is wrong with you, you misogynistic ageist dips–t”? Miriam Anzovin, an ex-Orthodox artist in Boston, ignited debate over those questions this week after making headlines in both North America and Israel for her series of TikTok videos responding to passages in the Talmud, the central text of rabbinic Judaism. Anzovin’s way of talking about Talmud has been shocking for some. “This is...