Torah in a Connected World: Communication Technology and Social Media - Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

Torah in a Connected World: A Halakhic Perspective on Communication Technology and Social Media - Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
Rabbi Ziring received Rabbinic ordination/semichah from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University.
He also received an MA in Jewish Philosophy from Bernard Revel Graduate School and a BA from the Honors Program at the Yeshiva College of Yeshiva University.
Rabbi Ziring studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion and continued his learning there as a member of the Kollel Gavoah.
Rabbi Ziring was also a fellow at the Tikvah Fund and Center for Modern Torah Leadership's Summer Beit Midrash.
Rabbi Ziring has previously served as Sgan Rosh Kollel of the Yeshiva University Torah miTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov and as the Rabbinic Assistant of BAYT in Toronto.
Currently Rabbi serves as Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah in Modiin Israel
And today we will be discussing Rabbi Ziring’s very recently published book:
Torah in a Connected World: A Halakhic Perspective on Communication Technology and Social Media
What methodology do you employ in evaluating the halachic ramifications of new communication technologies?
How do the changes in communication impact on issues such as Agunot and Gets/Divorce?
Has the traditional approach of a local rabbinic authority, Mara De’atra changed? Replaced by Rabbi Google? What does this mean for how halachic decisions are made?
What is the Jewish view regarding privacy and how have social platforms and wide dissemination of information challenged those views?
How are the laws of Lashon Hara handled in the context of social media? What about shaming?
Has the concept of community/Tzibur changed with the advent of today’s connected world? What are its implications, for example, in the area of Tefilah/Prayer?
Is there current responsa dealing with the area of Artificial Intelligence - AI? Where is this all headed? What AI related issues will need to be addressed?
Join noted scholar Rabbi Jonathan Ziring for a fascinating look at the intersection of Jewish Law and emerging communication technologies and platforms.
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