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Ammos Chorny

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America at 250: An Immigrant’s Gratitude

On July 2, 1978, the day I turned seventeen years old, I left my childhood home in Bogotá, Colombia, and boarded a plane bound for New York. I was...

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Ammos Chorny

15 Feet Apart

A few days ago, my wife looked up from the living room and asked: “So, I’m alone again today?” I was puzzled. She was watching television. I was...

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Why I Never Skip the National Anthem

At my age, and having grown up in a Latin American country where fútbol is more than a sport, I have watched hundreds, perhaps thousands, of matches....

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The Sacredness of Remaining Time

The Sacredness of Remaining Time: Hospice, Jewish Ethics, and the Moral Meaning of Time at Life’s End There is a moment I have witnessed many times...

11.06.2026 30

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From Information to Transformation

Rethinking the Art of the Sermon Several years ago, I began noticing something uncomfortable about my own preaching. People would compliment a sermon...

10.06.2026 40

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Alone in a Vast Universe? The Search for Meaning

In 1950, during a lunchtime conversation at Los Alamos, the physicist Enrico Fermi asked a deceptively simple question: “Where is everybody?” He...

07.06.2026 60

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Babel in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

In recent months, I have found myself listening to lectures on artificial intelligence and quantum computing with a mixture of fascination and...

02.06.2026 30

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