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Why Is Meir Kahane Making a Comeback Among Orthodox Jews?
The American specter of Rabbi Meir Kahane reappeared last week when Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir traveled to the United…
Talia Khan: A Jewish Israel Activist and Her Muslim Father
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Talia Khan—a Jewish MIT graduate student and Israel activist—and her father, an…
Susan Cain: A Daughter’s Bittersweet Longing for Her Mother
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to bestselling author Susan Cain about her relationship with her mother, an Orthodox…
How a Japanese Novelist Guided Me to My Soul’s Depths in Wartime
A couple of weeks into the Israel-Hamas War, I dreamed that my army base was a building with endless mazes of stairs…
The Dardik Family: A Child Moves Away From Zionism
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Judah, Naomi, and Aharon Akiva Dardik—an olim family whose son went to…
Anshel Pfeffer: ‘The idea that you’ll obliterate Hamas is as realistic as wanting to obliterate Chabad’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not surprise Anshel Pfeffer over the last 17 months of war—and that’s the most disappointing part.
I Wanted Absolute Faith in God. I Got Something Else Instead.
I’m eight years old, and I push open the heavy front door of my grandparent’s house and squint into the darkness of…
The Samter Family: American Parents With Israeli Sons Fighting in Gaza
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yehuda, Bayla, Elisha, and Avi Samter—members of a family that made aliyah…
Mosheh Lichtenstein: ‘Jewish values don’t celebrate might’
Judaism does not value power and might, Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein says—in fact, it abhors it.
Sylvia and Simon Jacobson: How Different Generations Talk About Jewish Life
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Simon Jacobson—a leading rabbi in the internet age who previously worked…
Eitan Hersh: Can the Jewish Left Talk With the Jewish Right?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Eitan Hersh, a professor of political science at Tufts University, about teaching…
