Joseph Dana

Sep 30, 2024 | newlinesmag.com | Joseph Dana

The country's Jewish community faces a painful confrontation with the past South Africa’s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the war in Gaza, while widely popular with most South Africans, opened a fierce debate within the country’s small Jewish community. For many Jewish groups in the country, the government’s decision to side against Israel was seen as evidence of bias against Israel — an attitude viewed as synonymous with antisemitism.

Dec 29, 2023 | thearabweekly.com | Joseph Dana

Jewish history is full of cautionary examples of failed emancipation. For millennia, Jews have often been perceived as the “other” in their host societies, a status that continues to this day despite appearances to the contrary in some countries. While the past century has witnessed various efforts to achieve civil and political rights for Jews, including religious initiatives like Reform Judaism and political movements like Zionism, these have not fully addressed the underlying issues.

Dec 26, 2023 | jordannews.jo | Joseph Dana

اضافة اعلانFollowingthe Holocaust, Zionism succeeded in establishing the state of Israel, but itdid not resolve the fundamental issue of Jewish emancipation. That’s becausethe state is not secure or, in many ways, viable. Israel’s lack ofinternationally recognized borders and its ongoing inability or unwillingnessto establish a lasting peace with the indigenous Palestinian population haveexacerbated the idea that the country is not secure.

Dec 21, 2023 | asiatimes.com | Joseph Dana

Jewish history is full of cautionary examples of failed emancipation. For millennia, Jews have often been perceived as the “other” in their host societies, a status that continues to this day despite appearances to the contrary in some countries. While the past century has witnessed various efforts to achieve civil and political rights for Jews, including religious initiatives like Reform Judaism and political movements like Zionism, these have not fully addressed the underlying issues.

Dec 11, 2023 | jordannews.jo | Joseph Dana

Let’s start with the uncomfortable truth. We have lostcontrol of artificial intelligence. This shouldn’t be too surprising,considering we likely never had any control over it. The maelstrom at OpenAIover the abrupt dismissal of its chief executive, Sam Altman, raisedaccountability questions inside one of the world’s most powerful AI companies. Yet even before the boardroom drama, our understanding of how AI is created andused was limited.