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Leslie Ginsparg Klein: The Culture of Jewish Education
In this edition of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dr. Leslie Ginsparg Klein—an expert on the history of Orthodox girls’ education—about…
Lost in Translation: The Cost of Abandoning Hebrew
From my perspective as an educator, the purpose of formal Jewish education is to help a child become a Jew. I say…
Michael A. Helfand: Church, State, and Jewish Education
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we speak to Michael A. Helfand, a Pepperdine Law professor specializing in religious liberty, about…
What Jewish Education Means to Me
Where My Education Began My Jewish education began on my living room couch. I was about five years old and I came…
Yisroel Kaminetsky: The Goal of Jewish Education
In this edition of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to David’s rebbe, Rav Yisroel Kaminetsky, longtime principal of DRS Yeshiva High School,…
Listener Questions
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, you, our listeners, feature as our guests as we listen to your responses to our…
Malka Simkovich: The Secrets of Second Temple Judaism
In this edition of the 18Forty Podcast, we are privileged with the return of Dr. Malka Simkovich.
When Marriages Don’t Make It
The reality is that not every marriage will, or should, continue until one of the partners dies. That’s something we need to…
Yitzchak Breitowitz: Navigating Controversy
In this edition of the 18Forty Podcast, we speak with Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz about the key Jewish issues of our time and…
5 Steps for Systemic Change in The Shidduch Crisis
Recent research has challenged the common assumption that there is a Shidduch Crisis raging rampant among our Orthodox emerging adults. Whether or…
Channah Cohen: The Crisis of Experience
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we speak with Channah Cohen, a researcher of the OU’s study on the “Shidduch Crisis.”
‘The Crisis of Experience’: What Singlehood Means in a Married Community
I finally hung up the phone and was immediately engulfed in a wave of hopelessness. There is so much pain and such…