Academics
Beit AI
Where Jewish Thought Meets Artificial Intelligence
Beit AI is Milken Community School’s innovation initiative integrating Jewish values with thoughtful, ethical engagement in artificial intelligence. Rooted in our mission to educate children who will surpass us, Beit AI ensures that students are not only prepared for the future—but equipped to help shape it with wisdom, responsibility, and compassion.
Our Vision: Building a “Beit”
Beit AI reflects Milken’s belief that Jewish education must evolve alongside the world it seeks to improve. By grounding our engagement with generative artificial intelligence in Milken’s core values, we empower students to become not just skilled users of technology, but ethical leaders and contributors to a better world.
Beit, meaning “house” in Hebrew, represents a home for learning, wonder, and responsibility. Beit AI is a house of inquiry, creativity, ethics, and pluralistic Jewish thought—where Jewish tradition and technological innovation grow side by side.
Milken is proud to lead in AI education and remains deeply committed to ongoing growth and innovation in this space.
Our Guiding Principles
At the heart of Beit AI is a spirit of inquiry. As artificial intelligence rapidly evolves, we return to enduring Jewish questions about human dignity, moral responsibility, and the pursuit of wisdom. These principles guide our work and ensure it remains aligned with our mission and values.
Cultivate a Theology of Humanity in the Age of AI
We explore what it means to be created B’tzelem Elohim in a world increasingly shaped by intelligent machines—ensuring that technological progress preserves and elevates human dignity.
Apply Jewish Ethics to the Design and Use of Technology
Jewish law (halakhah) and moral reasoning guide how we create, use, and respond to AI, grounding innovation in responsibility, justice, and areivut (mutual responsibility).
Form Spiritually Rooted, Ethically Courageous Leaders
Students are educated to balance technological fluency with Talmud Torah, Shavat Vayinafash, and moral courage—preparing them to lead thoughtfully in an AI-driven world.
Beit AI Today & the Road Ahead
Beit AI is an ongoing journey of learning and reflection. As artificial intelligence continues to develop, Milken will continue asking questions, learning together, and guiding our work with purpose and responsibility—anchored in Jewish values.
Read below to see how Beit AI is already coming to life among faculty, students, and families.
Faculty & Staff Professional Development
Empowering educators as leaders in ethical and pedagogical AI integration
- Director of Educational Technology: Tara Ann Carter
Providing visionary leadership to implement Milken’s school-wide AI framework with curiosity, fidelity, and purpose. - AI Sandbox for Faculty
A digital lab where educators explore emerging AI tools that enhance teaching, creativity, and student feedback. - Faculty Summer Reading: Co-Intelligence
A community-wide read cultivating shared language and vision around AI as a collaborative force. - Strategic Partnership with Eric Hudson
Ongoing consultation with a leading thinker in AI and education to shape professional learning and school strategy. - AI Learning Pods (with Eric Hudson & Tara Ann Carter)
Faculty cohorts exploring how to thoughtfully embed AI into classroom practice, with a strong focus on ethics and pedagogy.
Parent & Community Engagement
Building a shared language and ethical approach to AI
- Beit AI Parent Book Clubs
Facilitated discussions exploring AI through a Jewish values lens, beginning with Co-Intelligence. - AI Sibling Coffee Event (September 2025)
An admissions-related gathering where current parents explored how students engage critically with AI in the classroom. - Industry-Facing AI Event (Spring 2026)
A marquee event bringing together Milken alumni, tech innovators, and Jewish thought leaders to explore AI’s societal impact. - A Conversation with Rabbi Ed Feinstein & Eric Hudson (Early 2026)
A community Zoom event examining AI through Jewish history, values, and ethical responsibility, led by Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Ed Feinstein and AI educator Eric Hudson.
Curricular Innovation & Student Learning
Embedding AI inquiry across disciplines
- School-Wide AI Framework
Shared principles guiding responsible AI use in learning, research, creativity, and collaboration—aligned with Milken’s core values. - Career Discovery Day Keynote
Featuring an AI leader (such as Eric Hudson or a Milken alum) speaking with students about how AI is reshaping the workforce. - Jewish Studies Integration
Exploring contemporary dilemmas—AI in medicine, surveillance, and autonomous decision-making—through halachic texts and chevruta, fostering ethical debate and spiritual reflection.
Learn More
For questions about Beit AI, please contact:
Tara Ann Carter
Director of Educational Technology
tcarter@milkenschool.org
Tara Ann Carter
Director of Educational Technology
tcarter@milkenschool.org
At Milken Community School, we think education is more than what you know. Our School, founded on Jewish values, is about who our children can become and how they can help others become who they might be. Because the world our children will create tomorrow is born in the School we build today, our mission is to educate our children so they can surpass us.
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