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