In his clar­i­on call for eth­i­cal behav­ior, Rab­bi Hil­lel tells us, ​“In a place where there is no human­i­ty, strive to be human.” But what exact­ly does it mean to be human, espe­cial­ly in an age of rapid trans­for­ma­tion? Striv­ing to Be Human: Jew­ish Per­spec­tives on Twen­ty-First-Cen­tu­ry Chal­lenges con­fronts this ques­tion with bold­ness, hope, and a foun­da­tion of Jew­ish wis­dom. The vol­ume begins with ​“Chal­lenges from With­in Us,” address­ing such top­ics as moral jus­tice, belong­ing, queer the­ol­o­gy, and good and evil. In part two, ​“Chal­lenges from Beyond Us,” the authors delve into arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, robot­ics, repro­duc­tive tech­nolo­gies, and the ani­mal-human rela­tion­ship. The result is a pro­found con­ver­sa­tion about Jew­ish val­ues and human dig­ni­ty in our evolv­ing landscape.