Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:

Contemporary Issues 

Machshava:

Bitachon,  Emunah 

Collections: R' Torczyner Jew of the Future

References: Sanhedrin: 72a ,  Sanhedrin: 71a ,  Rosh Hashana: 16b ,  Bava Batra: 133b ,  Berachot: 10a ,  Shabbat: 156b  

Description

Is police work based on predictive analytics consistent with Jewish ethics and the approach of judging people באשר הוא שם, as they are now? Does reliance on predictive algorithms violate prohibitions against use of omens, or lead people away from faith in Gd? Geared toward an audience including people without strong background in Torah text study.