The Future of Torah: Jewish Learning in the Age of AI
Date: Oct 26, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:10 pm
Location: Online
Category: Back to the Future: Jewish Perspectives on What Comes Next Online Learning
The Future of Torah: Jewish Learning in the Age of AI
Part of Our Fall 2026 Learning Series, Back to the Future: Jewish Perspectives on What Comes Next
October 26, 2026
Online
1:00–2:10 p.m. ET
With Rabbi Dr. Zohar Atkins, JTS alum, scholar, writer, and founder of Lightning
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we find, organize, and create knowledge. What could this mean for a Jewish tradition built on centuries of interpretation, debate, and discovery?
Major technological shifts—from the printing press to digital libraries—have changed the accessibility of Jewish texts and the ways in which we study Torah. Rabbi Zohar Atkins explores AI as the next chapter in that story: a technology that could dramatically expand access to Jewish learning, uncover new connections across centuries of tradition, and create new possibilities for interpretation and insight. Rather than asking what AI might replace, he asks what it might enable—and what kinds of readers, teachers, and communities we might become as we help shape the future of Torah.
If you have previously registered for another session in this series, your registration admits you to all sessions in the series, and you may attend as many as you’d like.
About the Speaker
Rabbi Dr. Zohar Atkins is a JTS alum, scholar, writer, and founder of Lightning, an AI-native education platform for lifelong learners. A Rhodes Scholar, he holds a DPhil in Theology from Oxford and received rabbinic ordination from JTS, where he was a Wexner Graduate Fellow. His work explores the intersection of Jewish texts, philosophy, technology, and the future of learning.
About the Series
Preoccupation with what comes next, especially in periods of uncertainty, is hardly a new phenomenon. Looking ahead—to what might change, what might endure, and what might be possible—runs throughout Jewish text and tradition.
In this series, JTS scholars and alumni look backward and forward, exploring how Jews across centuries have imagined what comes next, prepared for the unknown, and established what they hoped would endure. From biblical visions and rabbinic ideas about the world to come to preservation, artificial intelligence, and the future of Jewish life, we’ll ask not only what the future might hold, but how we can help shape it.
