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Three Reasons Why We All Love Censorship
Why do we all love the things we aren’t supposed to love, so very much? Why is looking into people’s illumined windows…
Jonathan Rosenblum: Communal Boundaries and Cancel Culture
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Jonathan Rosenblum – journalist and author of multiple ArtScroll biographies – about…
Censorship Uncensored: A Timeline of Jewish Censorship
Picture a frustrated writer sitting at a desk. In the wastebasket next to the simple writing desk, there are scraps and scarps…
What Censorship Means to Me
People have tried to cancel me. At least twice. I’ve discussed the second time because it was about this very podcast. I’m…
Altie Karper: When a Book Is Banned
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Altie Karper, editorial director of Schocken Books, about censorship and cancel culture.
The Israeli Peace Activist and Religious Leader You Need to Know
Download the full reader here. This week, we are doing something different. Welcome to 18Forty Profiles, where we introduce you to the…
This Shavuot, Let’s Find God in This Changing World
Where does one go to find God? At different times of our lives, this question has different implications. For some of us,…
Protecting Us From Ourselves: An Anonymous Perspective on Divorce
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to an anonymous divorced man who gives us his perspective on the divorce…
Our Top Three Takeaways On the Agunot Crisis
1. A get is not, and should never be, a bargaining chip. Get refusal is abuse. Yup. Basically what it sounds like…
18Forty in Review: Birthday Edition
One year ago today, 18Forty revealed itself to the world, in a flash of dark colors and provocative tweets. ‘What is 18Forty,…
The Learned and the Lived: An Agunah Timeline
If a society is only as strong as its most vulnerable population, then perhaps a legal system is only as strong as…
What the Agunah Crisis Means to Me
It’s no secret I spend too much time on social media. It’s a fascinating but sometimes harrowing world. I’ve developed real friendships,…