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Michael Oren: ‘We are living in biblical times’
Israel is a heroic country, Michael Oren believes—but he concedes that it is a flawed heroic country.
Jonathan Rosenblum Answers 18 Questions on the Haredi Draft, Netanyahu, and a Religious State
Talking about the “Haredi community” is a misnomer, Jonathan Rosenblum says, and simplifies its diversity of thought and perspectives. A Yale-trained lawyer…
Micah Goodman: ‘I don’t want Gaza to become our Vietnam’
Micah Goodman doesn’t think Palestinian-Israeli peace will happen within his lifetime. But he’s still a hopeful person.
The Summer Americans Did Nothing
The American mainland was divided into two countries for the better part of 1967: San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district and everywhere else. Affectionately…
The Erasure of Sephardic Jewry
Mixed Orthodox Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities exist all around the United States. Most of the time, the Ashkenazi voices are stronger than…
Ayala Fader: How Do Haredi Jews Deal With Religious Doubt?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Ayala Fader—an anthropologist who studies American Haredi communities and their “hidden heretics”—about…
Jonathan Rosenblum: ‘Would you want to live in a country run by Haredim?’
Talking about the “Haredi community” is a misnomer, Jonathan Rosenblum says, and simplifies its diversity of thought and perspectives.
18Forty: Exploring Big Questions (An Introduction)
18Forty is a new media company that helps users find meaning in their lives through the exploration of Jewish thought and ideas.…
Talmud
There is circularity that underlies nearly all of rabbinic law. Open up the first page of Talmud and it already assumes that…
OTD: Leaving Religion
In order to understand why some people leave religion, we need to understand why people join and stay in the first place.…
Comedy
As we live through the ups and downs of life, laughter begins to play an invaluable role in our mental well-being. In…
Who Wrote The Bible? | Biblical Criticism
No book in human history has had its authorship contested – and no book has had as much at stake — as…