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Elli Fischer: ‘The Torah ideal is for Israel to be a religious state’
The Torah wants Israel to be a religious state, Rabbi Elli Fischer says. Just, maybe, not right now.
Yoav Heller: ‘Israel will be in existential peril if society continues to fragment’
Twice in its history, Jewish sovereignty collapsed in the last quarter of its first century. Yoav Heller believes Israel must heed this…
It’s Not About Kahane. Here’s Why Jews Support Ben-Gvir
In “Why Is Meir Kahane Making a Comeback Among Orthodox Jews?”, Zev Eleff and Menachem Butler provide a detailed historical analysis of…
The Gopins: When a Child Cannot Read
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Bayla Gopin—a student with dyslexia— and her mother, Chana, who brought Bayla…
Mikhael Manekin: ‘This is a land of two peoples, and I don’t view that as a problem’
Wishing Arabs would disappear from Israel, Mikhael Manekin says, is a dangerous fantasy.
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…