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Is Israel the Future of Judaism? Israeli and Diaspora Jews Weigh In.
Israel is clearly important to Jews. The question becomes: To what extent?
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Is Judaism Fundamentally Zionist?
God promised the Land of Israel to the Jewish People, so why are some rabbis anti-Zionists?
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Could Judaism Survive Israel?
In 1976, an essay posed a petrifying question to the Jewish world: What would happen to Judaism if…
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Between Modern Orthodoxy and Religious Zionism: At Home as an Immigrant
My family made aliyah over a decade ago. Navigating our lives as American immigrants in Israel is a…
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American and Israeli Jews Are Out of Sync: Mind the Gap to…
Acknowledging the distance, however painful, may allow us to bridge the gaps, even when we cannot erase them.
The Book That’s Also a Rebbe
Why Yud-Tes Kislev is sneakily an extremely bookish holiday
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Your 18Forty Parsha Guide
Journey through the parsha every week in the 18Forty style you know and love.
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I Read This Over Shabbos
Explore books and ideas relating to Jewish life, faith, and culture.
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18Forty Newsletter
All things 18Forty—stay in the loop.
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We talk to Adam Ferziger about how American Jews have helped shape the…
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Devori Nussbaum joins us to discuss Hasidism, psychotherapy, and the growth of the…
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How can our generation understanding mysticism, philosophy, and suffering in today’s chaotic world?
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This month, we explore the question of abuse in our communities, as we learn about the pragmatic and…
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Censorship, the word we used before the pundits and thought leaders of the West gave us ‘cancel culture,’…
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To talk about the history of Jewish mysticism is in many ways to talk about the history of the mystical community.
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Joy and meaning can be found not only despite the brokenness, but even because of the brokenness.
