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In the Spotlight

From national publications to the big screen — here’s where the conversation about Judaism and speculative fiction has been happening.

Rabbi Josh Breindel in a scene from Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in Space, with Earth visible through a space station window

Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in Space

Josh appears alongside Neil deGrasse Tyson and a group of astronauts and experts in this short documentary exploring the surprising history – and possible future – of Jews in space.

You can read more about Fiddler on the Moon on IMDb and stream the full film on PBS.

Within the classic Jewish perspective is the idea that to embrace reality is to embrace our creator. So, if we were to have irrefutable proof of alien life, then that’s an opportunity for us to celebrate our creator in whose image we were made, and then maybe to probe and say, “Where do we see echoes or resonances of that image in this other life form in their sentient discourse?”

Rabbi Josh Breindel, The Forward – “In ’Disclosure Day’, Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens”

Rabbi Josh Breindel laughing during a service at Congregation Beth El
At work and at play at Beth El

More Coverage

A few additional places where Josh’s work has been featured.