This Sunday: Full Speaker Lineup for Chassidus+AI 5786

A free, global virtual gathering brings together futurists, developers, shluchim, and Chassidus learners to ask what artificial intelligence really means for hafotzas hamaayonois, and to show what it already makes possible.

When hundreds from around the world logged on to the first-ever Chassidus and AI Conference last year, it answered one question and opened a dozen more. This Sunday, June 14, 2026 / 29 Sivan, 5786, the second annual conference returns. It’s free and fully virtual, with its complete speaker lineup now announced.

The premise is hundreds of years old and as new as this week’s technology: how do we bring the deepest teachings of Chassidus to every Jew, in every place, in a way that speaks to each person individually? This year’s presenters take that question into territory most people haven’t yet imagined, and several of them will be showing real, working tools rather than talking in the abstract.

The conference is built around the questions Anash is already asking, out loud and in private: Where is this technology actually heading, and what does it mean for the way pnimiyus haTorah is learned and taught? Can a machine really help me integrate what I learn, or only help me look things up? When AI tells me what I want to hear, how is that quietly shaping the way I think? And how do you take a maamar and make it speak to a child, to a newcomer, or to someone struggling with anxiety at 2 a.m.?

The conference will be opened by words of inspiration from Rabbi Levi Wineberg, who is an acclaimed teacher of chassidus in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose father was the pioneer to bring chassidus to the radio, and who himself pioneered live simultaneous translations of the rebbe’s farbrengens, translated Lessons in Tanya, and was instrumental in founding Sichos in English.

Rabbi Asher Crispe, a technology futurist working with a French AI company on AGI, will open the horizon: the future of Chassidus and AI, where the technology is heading, and what it means for how Chassidus will be learned, taught, and internalized in the years ahead.

A cluster of presenters is quietly building the technology that everything else depends on.

Rabbi Yossi Yaffe, a shliach in Connecticut, will show how parsing and ingesting Chassidus can unlock a vast, interconnected network of knowledge, making it possible to trace how a single idea develops across generations and gain real insight into the intellectual history and development of Chassidus.

Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov will explore some of the most valuable and resonant applications of all: the mental-health dimension of Chassidus, and how to use AI to harness the lessons of Tanya and maamarim to speak directly to issues people wrestle with, including anxiety and depression.

Shimon Rosenberg, a Crown Heights businessman, will speak on how he uses AI to integrate his own Chassidus learning and how he has been applying Chassidus-based solutions to real-world problems in tech, letting the learning shape the engineering rather than the reverse.

Drawing on his research at Rutgers University, Dr. Joel Finkelstein will lead a discussion on the dangers of sycophancy, what happens when AI becomes an echo chamber that tells you what you want to hear, and how that can subtly distort your thinking.

Meyer Schmukler will discuss his passion for using AI to generate music to convey deep chassidic concepts and the revolutionary apps he is creating to bring chassidus to the world.

Rayi Stern who oversees AI at Merkos 302 will share what he learned building a retrieval system for Chassidus that, in addition to returning accurate answers, adds a flavor of insight and unique perspective.

Berel Marosow will speak about the dozens of apps he built to put Chassidus within arm’s reach.

Mendy Elishevitz will demonstrate how he uses AI to map the full scope of Chassidus, or the Rebbe’s Torah, on a given topic, parsha, or Yom Tov, so a learner can see the whole landscape of an idea at a glance.

Moishy Goldstein will give a practical, expert-level look at multimedia creation: how to achieve studio-level visual consistency in hafatzah, and how to bring concepts, values, and ideas to life on screen.

Rabbis Levi Raskin and Chanoch Chaskind of Maor will share how they use AI to translate the Rebbe’s Torah for children and for non-Chabad audiences, including how the technology helps uncover the Rebbe’s own unique way of speaking to children.

The conference takes place this Sunday, June 14, 2026 / 29 Sivan, 5786, beginning at 1pm EDT, online. Participation is free, though spaces are limited, with preference given to those actively involved in advancing the field. All registrants will receive access to the full recordings after the event.

The conference is co-hosted by Rabbi Zalman Abraham of JLI and Rabbi Mendy Shishler of “AI for Shlichus” (associated with Merkos 302).

Registration is open at ChassidusAI.com.

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