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The Art of Bibliographies: Thoughts on the Liberation of Knowledge
These past weeks, 18Forty has shared bibliographies—or tasting menus, as we like to call them—with our readers. We want to share some…
OTD Highlights
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down for a special session with our host, David Bashevkin, to discuss one…
A Menu—or Bibliography—of Mysticism
What is mysticism? More broadly, what is spirituality? This question haunts many contemporary discussions, and hangs as a spectre above all attempts…
Talmud Highlights
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down for a special podcast with our host, David Bashevkin, to review the…
This Storm Is What We Call Progress: From 1840 to Today
How do we find ourselves in a time of rapid change? This question haunted Walter Benjamin (1892 – 1940), one of the…
Why 1840?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down for a special podcast with our host, David Bashevkin, to discuss the…
How Do Mysticism and Social Justice Intersect?
What place does mysticism have in a conversation about social justice? For many people – and many times – mysticism was identified…
Eli Rubin: How Do Mysticism and Social Action Intersect
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Eli Rubin – writer and researcher at chabad.org – to think…
Social Justice: Thoughts From Our Community
In Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ To Heal a Fractured World, the late and great Rabbi Sacks shared a deeply moving teaching about the…
How Should We Educate About Social Justice?
Does Orthodox Judaism have a privilege problem? This is the question that Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz has outspokenly been raising for the…
Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz: How Should We Educate About Social Justice?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz – Shalom Hartman Institute Fellow, SAR Associate…
Jewish Social Justice Throughout the Ages
Like every timeline we have put together, the history of Jews and social justice is by no means a simple history. Given…