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Listener Questions

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On Loss: A Child

Emanuel Feldman: On Being a Jewish Writer

Michelle Margolis: What Do Librarians Do?

Three Editors: A Conversation with Heads of the Major Jewish Publishers

Rabbi Shalom Carmy: How I Ground My Faith

Malka Simkovich: The Mystery of the Jewish People

Steven Gotlib: Some Rabbi Grapples with His Faith

Jeff Bloom: Some Guy Wrote a Book about Jewish Theology

Listener Questions

Shira Berkovits: Creating Safe Spaces

Rahel Bayar: Developing Healthy Boundaries

Aharon Schrieber: What Happens When You Call the Police?

Adina and Eric Yoffie: A Different Path, Still Family

Moshe and Asher Weinberger: Heart of the Fire: Together Even with Small Differences

Larry and Tzipora Rothwachs: Here Without You — A Child’s Eating Disorder

Bruce Feiler: The Stories That Bind Us

Intergenerational Divergence: Recap, Reflections, and Response

Alex Edelman: Taking Comedy Seriously: Purim

Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: A Healthy Relationship with Halacha

Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg: Discovering Your Halachic Story

Dr. Moshe Koppel: Halacha as a Language

Rabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik: The Rupture and Reconstruction of Halacha

Listener Questions and Behind the Scenes with the 18Forty Team

Marika Feuerstein: The Mentsch of Malden Mills: A Granddaughter Reflects on the Life and Legacy of Aaron Feuerstein

Ari Bergmann: Giving Wealth a Rest: The Economics of Shemittah

Eli Langer & Zevy Wolman: How We Keep Our Finances Kosher

Mark Trencher: Orthonomics: The Cost of Frum Life

Zohar Atkins: Between Philosophy and Torah

Simi Peters: Building New Faith Foundations

Samuel Lebens: The Line Between Rationality and Mysticism

Shmuel Phillips: Reclaiming Judaism

Anxiety and Rationality: A Personal Anonymous Account

The Legacy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

The Books of Shabbos

Judith Shulevitz: The World of Shabbos

Senator Joe Lieberman: The Gift of Shabbos

Yabloner Rebbe: The Rebbe of Change

Miriam Gisser: Recovery as Change

Agnes Callard: A Philosophy of Change

Alex Clare: Changing in Public

Rav Judah Mischel: A Change in Progress

Rachel Grady: Documentary Film

David Hopen: Fiction

Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt: Non-Fiction

Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel: How Can God be Found After Trauma?

On Loss: A Parent

On Loss: A Spouse

Jewish Peoplehood Roundup

Comedy Roundup

David Bashevkin: The Anniversary Episode

Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter: Should We Censor Jewish History?

Jonathan Rosenblum: Communal Boundaries and Cancel Culture

Altie Karper: When a Book Is Banned

Protecting Us From Ourselves: An Anonymous Perspective on Divorce

Bari Mitzmann: Social Media and Agunah Advocacy

Keshet Starr: How Should We Advocate for Agunot?

Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann: The Rabbinic Will and Agunot

Andrew Solomon: Far from the Tree

Menachem Penner & Gedalia Robinson: A Child’s Orientation

Robyn Frisch & Benji Frisch: A Child Becomes Orthodox

Daniel Grama & Aliza Grama: A Child in Recovery

Dr. Aaron Segal: Can God Be Proven?

Rabbi David Aaron: How Should We Talk About God?

OTD Highlights

Talmud Highlights

Why 1840?

Eli Rubin: How Do Mysticism and Social Action Intersect

Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz: How Should We Educate About Social Justice?

Rabbi Jeremy Wieder: Is There a Torah Approach to our Social Responsibility?

Rabbi Meir Triebitz: How Should We Approach the Science of the Torah?

Rabbi David Fohrman: Does the Torah Teach Science?

Professor Allison Coudert: How did Religion Influence Science?

Dr. Jeremy England: What Does a Scientist See in the Torah?

Rav Moshe Weinberger: Can Mysticism Become a Community?

Dr. Ora Wiskind: How do you Read a Mystical Text?

Joey Rosenfeld: Can Mysticism Heal Us?

Samuel G. Freedman: Can Jew vs. Jew Ever Become Jew with Jew?

Bethany S. Mandel: Jews without Community

Laura E. Adkins: Is There Room for All Opinions?

Rav Aaron Lopiansky: What Tribes do you Contain Inside?

Reflections Four Months After Launch

Biblical Criticism Conclusion

Gil Student: Where are the Lines?

Joshua Berman: What Should We Believe?

Biblical Criticism Intro

Comedy Conclusion

Daniel Feldman: Punchlines with Boundaries and Opportunities

Leah Forster: Of Comedy and Community

Gary Gulman: This Impossible Life

Comedy Intro

OTD: Leaving Religion Conclusion

Kelsey Osgood: A Conversion Narrative of Sorts

Philo Judaeus: Is There a Room for Dialogue

Shulem Deen: Faith, Without Faith

OTD: Leaving Religion Intro

Talmud Conclusion

Michelle Chesner: A Page is Worth a Thousand Worlds

Chaim Saiman: Is Talmud the Jewish Constitution?

Ari Bergmann: Talmud as an Agent of Chaos

Talmud Intro