Eli Rubin: Is the Rebbe the Messiah?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Eli Rubin—a scholar, Lubavitcher Hasid, and author of the forthcoming book Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism—about life’s big cosmic questions.
Yosef Bronstein: Only for Chabad? Modern Orthodoxy and the Rebbe
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yosef Bronstein—a rabbi, writer, and scholar—about the philosophy of Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Rabbi YY Jacobson: How Did the Rebbe Revolutionize Judaism?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to renowned Chabad speaker Rabbi YY Jacobson about Chassidus, Chabad, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Sivan Rahav-Meir: ‘When it comes to terrorism, you can’t compromise
Religious journalist Sivan Rahav-Meir answers 18 questions on Israel, including Israelis’ search for meaning, peace prospects, the war, and so much more.
Ammiel Hirsch: How To Understand Reform Judaism’s Anti-Zionist Crisis
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we follow up with Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch to break down the anti-Zionist crisis facing the Reform Movement.
Yakov Nagen: ‘Jewish Messianism is a vision for all of humanity’
Interfaith activist Rabbi Yakov Nagen answers 18 questions on Israel, including Jewish-Musim relations, Messianism, peace, and so much more.
Benny Morris: ‘We should have taken Rafah at the start’
Leading Israeli historian Benny Morris answers 18 questions on Israel, including Gaza, Palestinian-Israeli peace prospects, morality, and so much more.
Adam and Mia Raskin: Can Families Live with Denominational Differences?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Adam J. Raskin—a Conservative rabbi in Maryland—and Mia Raskin, his Orthodox daughter.
Marc B. Shapiro: Where Does Orthodox Judaism Come From?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to author and historian Dr. Marc B. Shapiro about the blurry borders that distinguish Reform, Conservative, yeshivish, Modern Orthodox, and the many other Jewish sects from one another.
Jack Wertheimer: A New American Judaism? The Sociology of Jewish Practice
