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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…
Kaddish Gave Me Words After the Bibas Family’s Deaths
Over the last 500-plus days, my wife and I held our children the way we imagined Shiri Bibas would have held Ariel…
Jonathan Dekel-Chen: My Son was a Hostage in Gaza for 43 Million Seconds. He Felt Every One.
Sagui Dekel-Chen was held hostage in Gaza for 498 days—or 43 million seconds. He came home on Feb. 18.
David Bashevkin: 5 Things SNL Taught Me About Life (Purim Special)
In this Purim episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David Bashevkin talks about what Saturday Night Live has taught him about life, creativity, and running…
Ken Brodkin: A Shul Becomes Orthodox
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Ken Brodkin, rabbi of New Jersey’s Congregation B’nai Israel, about how…
American and Israeli Jews Are Out of Sync: Mind the Gap to Bridge the Gap
In 2013, clinical psychologist Susan Silk and her husband Barry Goldman publicized their Ring Theory, a model for how to relate to…
Lizzy Savetsky: Becoming a Jewish Influencer and Israel Advocate
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Lizzy Savetsky, who went from a career in singing and fashion to…
Yishai Fleisher: ‘Israel is not meant to be equal for all — it’s a nation-state’
Israel should prioritize its Jewish citizens, Yishai Fleisher says, because that’s what a nation-state does.
