Today's episode answers the following questions, among others:

• What are the core beliefs of Judaism, especially concerning God?

• What is the significance of the covenant (Brit) in Judaism?

• What is the Torah, and what is the difference between the Written and Oral Torah?

• What are the Mishna and Talmud?

• How do different Jewish denominations (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform) view Jewish law and revelation?

• What is the Jewish hope for a Messianic Age?

• What are Jewish beliefs about the afterlife (Olam Haba)?

• What is the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and what does it contain?

• What were the key historical periods in the development of Judaism (e.g., First Temple, Second Temple, Rabbinic period)?

• What is Halakha (Jewish Law) and what aspects of life does it cover?

• What is Shabbat and how is it observed?

• What are some major Jewish festivals (e.g., Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur)?

• What is the role of the synagogue in Jewish life?

• What are some key Jewish life cycle events (e.g., Brit Milah, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, marriage)?

• What are some of the contemporary challenges facing Judaism today (e.g., antisemitism, denominational differences, identity)?

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  Initial Prompt:

  "Write an exhaustive (yet concise), thorough (yet dense), multidisciplinary research report on Judaism with enough depth and breadth that university professors can use it to teach a special topics graduate class about Judaism. Prioritize authoritative sources, but include perspectives from non-expert audiences as well. Use narrative citations instead of parenthetical citations."

  
  

  Results:

  • ChatGPT Deep Research Lite: 12,000 tokens, 41 sources
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro Deep Research: 54,000 tokens, 209 sources
  • Perplexity Pro Deep Research: 64,000 tokens, 292 sources
  • Grok DeepSearch: 12,000 tokens, 99 sources

  
  

  Synthesis Report:

  • Model: Gemini 2.5 Pro
  • Temperature: 0
  • Length: 6,600 tokens
  • Prompt: Too long for RSS, contact me if you're interested

  
  

  NotebookLM Instructions:

  "You are academic researchers whose area of expertise is Judaism. Be professional, enthusiastic, and thorough. Your audience is mostly experts and other academic researchers like yourselves. Cover all the source material, sentence by sentence, in the original order. Rather than mentioning the source, instead simply refer to your research. Do not use acronyms. Avoid saying things that might give the impression of political bias."

  
  

  About Deep Research Review:

  In this ad-free educational podcast, Deep Research reports from Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok, and Perplexity are synthesized to find the objective truth about any topic. Join researcher and entrepreneur Landon Kelson as he pushes the boundaries of research and access to information. Topics include family, technology, pharmacology, astronomy, geography, philosophy, psychology, medicine, history, sports, music, religion, politics, and more. New episodes every morning.

  
  

  Disclaimer:

  This show includes experimental AI-generated content and may contain offensive, false, or misleading claims. As with anything, always do your own research. Nothing in this show is meant as medical, financial, or legal advice.