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Sarah Hurwitz and Alex Edelman: On Introducing Judaism
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to returning guest comedian Alex Edelman, whose show has made it to Broadway,…
Josh Foer: How Can You Make a Digital Library for All?
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‘So, Come—Let’s Dance!’: How Rav Dov Singer Led Me into Life
“When I heard that the Rav was coming, I was so excited, I almost wanted to dance.” Halfway through my first year…
The White Fire Burns: A Talk on Education that Begins from Within
This essay was originally published in Hebrew in Karov Elekha: Avodat Hashem b’Ruach Hasidit 282, Menachem Av, 1999. A glossary of Hebrew…
Toward a Jewish Theology of Consciousness
The mystery of consciousness has long vexed philosophers and scientists alike. Attempting to explain the conscious experience has proven to be quite…
We Live in a World of Words and Letters
Excerpted and adapted from Birth of the Spoken Word, by Dovid’l Weinberg. March 2020. Reprinted with permission. Receive a 20% discount when…
What Prayer Means to Me
Becoming Friends with Prayer When I was in first grade, I received my first siddur. Like many my age, it was the…
The Torah of the Night: A Shavuos Reader
Download the full reader with all the articles here. There’s a poet by the name of Rodger Kamenetz. He’s best known for…
Dov Singer: Living a Prayerful Life
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dov Singer, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Mekor Chaim and founder of the…
Debbie Stone: Can Prayer Be Taught?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dr. Debbie Stone, an educator of young people, about how she teaches…
Moshe Koppel: Artificial Intelligence and Torah
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to returning guest Moshe Koppel—a computer scientist and Talmud scholar—about Torah and its…
Dovid’l Weinberg: The Song of Prayer
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dovid’l Weinberg—a rabbi, educator, musician, poet, and author—about the wide range of…