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Matisyahu: Teshuva in the Spotlight
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to musician Matisyahu Miller—known as “Matisyahu”—who has publicly re-embraced his Judaism and Zionism…
Despondent, Unmoored, Hopeful: How Israeli Thinkers Feel After October 7
How do Israeli thinkers feel after October 7?
The Memories We Hold: How October 7 Has Forever Changed Us
In this special episode of the 18Forty Podcast, in honor of the anniversary of October 7, we revisit and reflect on the…
On Jewish Peoplehood in the American Orthodox Community
This essay was originally published in Yeshiva University’s Torah To-Go Series. It is republished here in its original form. Following the Six-Day…
Emmi Polansky: Finding Agency as a Single Mother
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Emmi Polansky, known on social media as @livingemunah, about her journey finding agency as…
Rivka Ravitz: ‘Being separated is at the core of being Haredi’
Rivka Ravitz may be a long-time Haredi political thinker, but that doesn’t mean she thinks politics is always the answer.
Tuvia Tenenbom: How a Secular Jew Came To Love the Haredi World
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Tuvia Tenenbom, a formerly Haredi and now secular Jew and the author…
David Stav: ‘Israel as a state should not be a religious state’
David answers 18 questions on Israel, including Israel’s democratic character, the Haredi draft, and Messianism.
Why Developing a Healthy Body Image is Part of Teshuva
“Ugh, I feel so disgusting that I ate so much over yontif.” “I’m going to have to go on a serious diet…
Yussie Zakutinsky: Connecting to a Disconnected Jewish People
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yussie Zakutinsky, rabbi of K’hal Mevakshei Hashem in Lawrence, New York, about…
Haviv Rettig Gur: ‘Hamas is upset the death toll in Gaza isn’t higher’
Haviv answers 18 questions on Israel.
How and Why I Became a Hasidic Feminist
My story from radical feminist to Hasidic feminist begins where most feminist stories do: a march. In the spring of 2010, as…