Joshua Leifer and Shaindy Ort: How Progressive Activists Rediscovered Traditional Jewish Life
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Joshua Leifer and Shaindy Ort, married progressive activists who are reembracing traditional Jewish life.
Pawel Maciejko: Sabbateanism and the Roots of Secular Judaism
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to historian and professor Pawel Maciejko about the false messiah Sabbatai Zevi, Sabbateanism, and the roots of Jewish secularism.
Yossi Klein Halevi: ‘Anti-Zionism is an existential threat to the Jewish People’
Yossi answers 18 questions on Israel, including anti-Zionism, the Iranian threat, and Western media’s coverage of Israel.
Rachelle Fraenkel: ‘I had expectations from humanity’
Rachelle answers 18 questions on Israel, including her religious views, religiosity in Israel, and Messianism.
Gadi Taub: ‘We should annex the north third of the Gaza Strip’
Gadi answers 18 questions on Israel, including judicial reform, Gaza’s future, and the Palestinian Authority.
Efraim Inbar: ‘Israel doesn’t use enough force’
Efraim answers 18 questions on Israel, including the Iranian threat, Gaza’s future, and Israel’s use of force.
On Loss: Defending Israel on Oct. 7
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we speak to the Perez family, whose son Daniel, Hashem yikkom damo, was murdered defending Israel and the Jewish People on October 7.
Ronit Heyd: ‘If Israel becomes less democratic, it will become less Jewish’
Ronit Heyd answers 18 questions on Israel, including democracy, religion, and the future of the Jewish state.
Yehoshua Pfeffer: ‘The army is not ready for real Haredi participation’
Rabbi Yehoshua Pfeffer answers 18 questions on Israel, including the Haredi draft, Israel as a religious state, Messianism, and so much more.
Anita Shapira: ‘You cannot wipe out Hamas’
Leading Israel historian Anita Shapira answers 18 questions on Israel, including destroying Hamas, the crisis up North, and Israel’s future.