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After October 7, Motherhood Taught Me Radical Hope
12 years after my last child, I decided to have another baby—always an inherently hopeful act—just in time for the world to…
What I’m Reading in the Sukkah This Year
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas. Receive this free newsletter…
AI Has No Soul—So Why Did I Bare Mine?
Artificial intelligence has no soul, and while that means it has no way to truly connect, think, or feel, that also means…
Three Jewish Ways To Fight (Your) Demons
Reading Jewish History in the Parsha is a weekly newsletter from 18Forty, where guest writers contribute their insights on Jewish history and…
Moshe Benovitz: Why Religious Change Doesn’t Always Last
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, recorded live at Stern College, we speak with Rabbi Moshe Benovitz, director of NCSY Kollel,…
Moshe Benovitz: Why Religious Change Doesn’t Always Last
We speak with Moshe Benovitz about what makes religious change real and sustainable.
Me and My Homeless Prayers
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas. Receive this free newsletter…
Between the Piaseczna Rebbe and Rav Kook: The Case for Expressing Religious Emotions
This piece explores a Jewish perspective on expressing religious emotions instead of keeping them private. The last piece was the counter-perspective. What…
On the Honest Work of Becoming
Reading Jewish History in the Parsha is a weekly newsletter from 18Forty, where guest writers contribute their insights on Jewish history and…
What the 18Forty Team is Reading to Think About Teshuva
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas. Receive this free newsletter…
Naftuli Moster: Leaving Haredi Education Activism
We speak with Naftuli Moster about why he changed his understanding of the values imparted by Judaism.
Why Naftuli Moster Left Haredi Education Activism
We speak with Naftuli Moster about how and why he changed his understanding of the values imparted by Judaism.