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How Different Jewish Communities Date
On this episode of 18Forty, we explore the world of Jewish dating.
We Are Not a ‘Crisis’: Changing the Singlehood Narrative
I still remember where I was standing in my seminary beit midrash when a friend of mine approached me with “my husband”…
Zahava Moskowitz: Singled Out
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Zahava Moskwowitz, host of the Singled Out podcast.
What You Need to Know About Building Safe and Healthy Relationships
The first time I read Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ Celebrating Life, I was struck by his chapter about marriage. I was navigating…
Red Flags: A Conversation with Shalom Task Force Featuring Esther Williams and Shana Frydman
We have a deeply moving conversation on the topic of red flags in relationships.
David Bashevkin: My Dating Story – On Religious & Romantic Commitment
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Dovid Bashevkin dives deeply into the world of dating.
What Commitment Means to Me
On November 30, 2008, when I was 23 years old, I wrote a short document that I saved on my computer: “This…
The History of Halacha, from the Torah to Today
This essay is the last in the author’s five-part series for 18Forty’s explorations of the origins of Judaism. The fourth can be…
Yosef Bronstein: Rav Tzadok & Rav Kook on Jewish History
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yosef Bronstein about our history through the eyes of Rav Tzadok and…
Rav Tzadok of Lublin on History and Halacha
Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen Rabinowitz of Lublin (1823-1900) was born to a misnagdic family in Latvia. The son of a rabbi, he was…
The Reform Movement Challenged the Oral Torah. How Did Orthodox Rabbis Respond?
This essay is the fourth in the author’s five-part series for 18Forty’s explorations of the origins of Judaism. The third can be…
