David Bashevkin

How can one person love a whole nation? And how can the love for a nation be a textured love, an appreciation…

The first memory I have of being conscious of being Jewish was on vacation with my family when I was about five…

What is Jewish peoplehood? In a world that is increasingly international in its scope, our appreciation for the national or the tribal is…

In 1976, a fair amount of controversy was created surrounding the publication of Rabbi Yehudah HaChassid’s commentary on the Torah. Certain passages…

However you navigate this issue, Professor Joshua Berman’s approach is crucial to consider. He is an accomplished academic in the field, whose new…

18Forty started with a question about Biblical criticism. Mitch Eichen, who really got this project off the ground, called me on the…

No book in human history has had its authorship contested—and no book has had as much at stake—as the Bible. All major…

The famous Jewish comedian, Jackie Mason, began his career as a Rabbi Jack Maza. His Bar Mitzvah speech was fairly sophisticated and later…

In 2013, an unusual clip of a stand-up comedy performance appeared online. It was unusual because the person on stage was wearing a…

Like most, I was introduced to Gary Gulman’s comedy with his incredible set on Conan, imagining a documentary about the naming of the states.…

I take comedy very seriously. Beginning in 2017 and continuing through today, I write a humor column for Mishpacha magazine. It brings a lot…

I don’t like the term “Off the Derech.” I think I’ve made that clear. One of the primary points of view that…