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Teshuva Is Endless
“Turn it over and turn it over, for everything is in it” (Pirkei Avot 5:22). I think of teshuva as a process…
Jonah: The Dynamics of Compassion
In this essay, I want to make two rather strange suggestions. One concerns the question of rachamim—compassion, as both a human and…
Letting Go of the Scary God
When I was in high school, I loved mock trial. For those unfamiliar with the “sport,” picture the Law & Order courtroom…
A Letter to Those Going Through Divorce—and Everyone Else
There are few things we frum Jews are more afraid of than divorce. Scroll through Jewish publications and you will find ominous…
Antonio García Martínez: Optionality and Choosing Judaism
In this episode of 18Forty, tech entrepreneur Antonio Garcia Martinez discusses his powerful “Why Judaism?” essay series, chronicling his conversion to Judaism…
Why Judaism?
“Stuck in a secular modernity that’s lost the plot, and that no longer knows what it is or where it’s going, I…
Judgment on Rosh Hashanah: Analysis of Content and Process in a Talmudic Aggadah
On Rosh Hashanah, all creatures pass before God like sheep (Mishnah Rosh Hashana 1:2). This famous idea is a curious one, riddled…
Rabbi Beryl Gershenfeld: What We Can Learn About Teshuva From Jewish Outreach
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, R. Beryl Gernshenfeld, one of the leaders of the Jewish outreach movement, joins us in…
Listener Questions
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we listen to voicemails sent in by you, our listeners, and reflect on the community…
Ari Koretzky: In Conversation with Dovid Bashevkin
Among the many questions we receive at 18Forty, there are some we find recurring: Who does 18Forty serve? What is its purpose?…
On Loss: A Child
Mirlana Morris talks about the loss of her son, Donny, and perpetuating the memory of a loved one.
It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Emotional Illiteracy and the Culture of Blame
Excerpted from IT’S OKAY THAT YOU’RE NOT OKAY: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand, by Megan Devine. Sounds…