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We Need Mysticism Now More Than Ever
There are many doorways to mysticism. The great Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld once made the following observation: “These days, you meet some young…
Samuel G. Freedman: Can Jew vs. Jew Ever Become Jew with Jew?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Professor of Journalism at Columbia and author, Samuel G. Freedman, to…
Can Jew vs. Jew Ever Become Jew With Jew?
How can we appreciate disagreement in a discourse ruled by dispute? How can denizens of the 21st century, with all the intellectual self-isolation…
This Yom Kippur, Consider the Caterpillar
This special edition Weekend Reader for Yom Kippur includes our favorite articles on religious change. View and download the full reader here.…
Bethany S. Mandel: Jews without Community
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with conservative journalist and cultural commentator, Bethany S. Mandel, to talk about…
Jewish Community as Home
Can you love Judaism, but not Jews? Can one be a member of the Jewish community while living outside the institutions that…
Laura E. Adkins: Is There Room for All Opinions?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Laura E. Adkins, the JTA’s opinion editor and an adjunct professor…
Two Jews, Three Opinions? Sounds Like Heteroglossia
What opinions in the Jewish conversation are valid? Who gets a voice? Laura E. Adkins is the opinions editor for the Jewish Telegraph…
‘Out of the Wonder We Came’: Reflections on Jewish Peoplehood
Who are the Jewish people? In this week’s Weekend Reader, we look to some of the great Jewish thinkers from past…
Rav Aaron Lopiansky: What Tribes do you Contain Inside?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Rav Aaron Lopiansky, Rosh HaYeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington,…
What Tribes Do You Contain Inside?
How can one person love a whole nation? And how can the love for a nation be a textured love, an appreciation…
What Jewish Peoplehood Means to Me
The first memory I have of being conscious of being Jewish was on vacation with my family when I was about five…