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Praying Without an Answer
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
Shalom Rosner and Sara Zimbalist: Loss, Faith, and Gratitude
We speak with Rabbi Shalom Rosner, who delivered a widely shared eulogy for Eliyahu Moshe Zimbalist—and with Eli Mo’s mother, Sara Zimbalist.
Judah Mischel: ‘I identify as someone who is living in the times of redemption’
Judah Mischel discusses mysticism, simple faith, and the miraculous nature of the State of Israel.
The American Jewish Reading Companion
What does it mean to build a Jewish life in a country founded on the ideals of freedom and possibility?
How Jews Inherit Memory
Parshat Devarim asks what it means to inherit a past you never lived, and why Judaism insists you live it anyway.
Carmi Schwartz: The Road That Got Us Here
We talk to Jewish communal executive Carmi Schwartz about lessons he’s learned in his 90-plus years as a member and leader of…
Elliot Wolfson: ‘Jewish mysticism is the garment that I wear in this world’
Elliot Wolfson joins us to discuss the mechanics of prayer, the constant recreation of time, and Pardes.
Where Do You Bring Your Hardest Questions?
As Bamidbar comes to a close, Matot-Masei suggests that religious maturity is knowing which questions not to carry alone.
Jenna Weissman Joselit: Being Jewish in America
We talk to Jenna Weissman Joselit about the everyday expressions of Judaism that reinforce the identity and distinctiveness of the Jewish People.
Efraim Palvanov: ‘Every person can be the Messiah’
Efraim Palvanov answers questions on misinformation, prayer as self-reflection, and every Jew’s role in bringing Mashiach.
“I, Too, Am America”: Five Poems for America’s 250th
A personal return to the poems that taught me how to imagine America
Why the Rabbis Were Afraid of Pinchas
The Torah’s most controversial hero raises a question every society must answer: When, if ever, is conviction enough?