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Rav Judah Mischel: A Change in Progress
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rav Judah Mischel – executive director of Camp HASC and founder of…
Words with Heart: A Summer Non-Fiction Reading List
In a song that is now a classic of Israeli music, the singer croons about a wall, (the Wall), singing that “There…
Risky Reading: A Summer Fiction Reading List
This week, we present a list of fiction books that we hope to read deeply this summer. We have suggestions from David…
Rachel Grady: Documentary Film
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rachel Grady – documentary filmmaker of One of Us and Jesus Camp…
David Hopen: Fiction
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to David Hopen – law student and author of The Orchard – about…
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt: Non-Fiction
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt – journalist – about her relationship with writing.
Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel: How Can God be Found After Trauma?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel—speaker, educator, and yoetzet halacha— about the effects of…
Finding a Language of Loss
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled,” 1991. Felix’s piece is a lamentation, after the death of his partner, and evokes the emptiness in life after…
On Loss: A Parent
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dani Ritholtz – rabbi and author – about the loss of his…
On Loss: A Spouse
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Josh Grajower – rabbi and educator – about the loss of…
Jewish Peoplehood Roundup
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, our host, David Bashevkin, reflects on 18Forty’s Jewish peoplehood episodes.
Strangers in a Once Strange Land: A July 4th Reader
Find the full July 4 reader with all materials attached here. What does it mean to be a stranger in a strange…