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Noa Lewis: How Can We Help Israel? Finding Our Purpose
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Noa Lewis, CEO of Echad and a volunteer with the IDF’s women’s…
3 Songs To Listen to During Israel’s War
Song and war have long held a strange fellowship. The very term “war song” is ambivalent; it can refer to a song…
The Opportunity and Difficulty of Unity: On the Israel March
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Eric Fingerhut—president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America—and Rabbi…
Why Jews Need to Have Faith in Reason
This is the first essay of 18Forty’s new “Faith in Reason” series with Rabbi Steven Gotlib, released every month. Sign up for…
Why Israelis Are Getting Married Despite War and Terror
“Why can’t they wait? Does Jewish law obligate them to go ahead, no matter what?” The question came from a journalist, representing…
Doron Perez: Our Heart: One Child Married, One Child Missing
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Doron Perez, executive chairman of the Mizrachi World Movement, about the…
What Crisis Does to My Faith
“To the believer, there are no questions; to the skeptic, no answers.” Whoever so brazenly wrote those words clearly didn’t spend enough…
Yosef Zvi Rimon: What Happens To Jewish Law During War?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, the esteemed Israeli posek, about the role of…
What You’re Misunderstanding About the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
If you grew up reading English-language coverage of Israel, you know Matti Friedman. You may not know you know Matti, but you…
What Is Happening With Jewish Students and Antisemitism?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to journalist Matti Friedman, author of Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the…
Daniel Statman: Can War Be Moral? On Moral Philosophy and War
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Daniel Statman, a professor of philosophy at the University of Haifa, about…
How Can I Bring a Baby Into This World After Hamas’ Atrocities?
The atrocities suffered by Israel from Hamas’ terrorism struck the soul of all Jews, whether in Israel or in the Diaspora. The…