David Zvi Kalman
@dzkalman.bsky.social
I write about religion and tech. I also design dreidels.
The guy who went to jail for using CRISPR to genetically edit babies is just regularly tweeting that he wishes he could do it all the time.
March 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The guy who went to jail for using CRISPR to genetically edit babies is just regularly tweeting that he wishes he could do it all the time.
When you ask the wrong OpenAI model to give you a picture
February 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
When you ask the wrong OpenAI model to give you a picture
I think about this video at least once a week.
February 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I think about this video at least once a week.
TIL that the Camp Khitomer peace accords were signed at American Jewish University
February 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
TIL that the Camp Khitomer peace accords were signed at American Jewish University
Where I’m at today.
February 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Where I’m at today.
Predictions about the future of AI could not be any further apart.
January 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Predictions about the future of AI could not be any further apart.
This is such a beautiful thought from Flannery O'Connor.
December 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM
This is such a beautiful thought from Flannery O'Connor.
He's correct, and there's only one solution: go outside.
December 3, 2024 at 12:58 PM
He's correct, and there's only one solution: go outside.
Yes, but who is appropriating who
November 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Yes, but who is appropriating who
I'll sell this to you for less than $6 million
November 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM
I'll sell this to you for less than $6 million
I’m on this friendly platform to tell you that the Goya building lots like a Goya can
November 14, 2024 at 3:19 AM
I’m on this friendly platform to tell you that the Goya building lots like a Goya can
Look at this photograph of bagel peddlers from 1938 by Roman Vishniac. Look at those bagels! At what point does shmear even make sense??
November 13, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Look at this photograph of bagel peddlers from 1938 by Roman Vishniac. Look at those bagels! At what point does shmear even make sense??
Today’s bit of self-care: finally watched La Jetée. What a movie. There’s something about the photo-film format that feels adjacent to text. A+
November 13, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Today’s bit of self-care: finally watched La Jetée. What a movie. There’s something about the photo-film format that feels adjacent to text. A+
Patent diagram for the standard tefillin box
November 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Patent diagram for the standard tefillin box
like, this is strange!
November 10, 2024 at 1:43 PM
like, this is strange!
Can’t wait for the last night of Hanukkah!
December 13, 2023 at 11:55 PM
Can’t wait for the last night of Hanukkah!
I don’t understand why American Hanukkah gelt is a the shape of American currency when it could be reproductions of historically important coinage.
December 12, 2023 at 2:07 PM
I don’t understand why American Hanukkah gelt is a the shape of American currency when it could be reproductions of historically important coinage.
Twenty-sided dreidels are easier to print. No supports.
November 20, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Twenty-sided dreidels are easier to print. No supports.
Some call it a sukkah. Others?
October 3, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Some call it a sukkah. Others?
I would certainly hope so
August 18, 2023 at 2:37 PM
I would certainly hope so
A piece from me about whether it’s possible to make a good video game about genocide. Short answer: probably. https://jellomenorah.substack.com/p/how-to-make-a-holocaust-video-game
August 17, 2023 at 6:28 AM
A piece from me about whether it’s possible to make a good video game about genocide. Short answer: probably. https://jellomenorah.substack.com/p/how-to-make-a-holocaust-video-game