At a time of unprecedented leaps in technology and ethical questions about artificial intelligence,

one scholar seeks answers from an unlikely source, ancient Jewish wisdom.

In this episode of Identity Crisis, Yudor Kurtzer talks with technology guru, Hartman Scholar,

and founding identity crisis producer David Svee Kahlman, about the religious and ethical

dilemmas AI poses for Jewish life, from sermons written by bots to the erosion of truth

and authority. This thoughtful conversation is for anyone wondering whether Judaism can move fast enough to meet technology's challenges show from the Shalom Harman Institute, creating better

conversations about the essential issues facing Jewish life today. I'm you to Kurtzer. We're

recording Friday, October 3rd,

2025. So we're recording this episode the morning after Yom Kippur. I apologize in advance if both

my guest and I are a little creaky today. I was thinking throughout Yom Kippur yesterday,

at various times throughout the day, how in many ways it might be Judaism's most human holiday.

Passover, Sukkot, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, most of those days are tied into the big narrative of the Jewish people.

The exodus from Egypt, Revelation at Sinai, Jewish People's Memorial Day, and or their tethered to the land of Israel marking the spring or fall

harvests. Yom Kippur is connected to the temple, of course, to the particularistic story

of the Jewish people, but it evolved pretty quickly to become the day not just of collective

purification, but of individual atonement, centering the story much more on the human

individual.

The rules of the day are strict and they're all embodied.

No food and drink, no bathing, no sex, etc.

All of which are rooted in sensory deprivation, which in turn fuels sensory awareness.

If you're like me, you feel things physically, more intensely on Yom Kippur,

like weary feet after a lot of standing, feeling parched after all of the singing. The symbols

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