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Joey Rosenfeld: ‘All Jews are by definition mystics’
Rav Joey Rosenfeld’s entryway into mystical thought began with the writings of Franz Kafka and Albert Camus.
How My Favorite Book Brought Me Closer to My Family This Thanksgiving
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…
Of Maariv and Menorahs
This piece first ran on our Substack, Reading Jewish History in the Parsha. We’re pleased to share it here on our website.…
How To Navigate Your Family This Thanksgiving
Trump vs. Biden (or Kamala), Israel vs. America, Orthodoxy vs. Conservatism: The dinner table becomes a forum where my family feels a…
We Asked Jews About AI. Here’s What They Said.
This series, recorded at the 18Forty X ASFoundation AI Summit, is sponsored by American Security Foundation.
5 Things Vayetzei Teaches About God Meeting Us When We’re Broken
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
The Best Book to Understand Empathy
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas. Receive this free newsletter…
In an Age of Deepfakes, the Torah Reminds Us How Truth is Verified
AI’s expanding possibilities never cease to fascinate me. Anyone who knows me knows how deeply involved I am with artificial intelligence. I…
The Paradox of Money and Wealth
What Yitzchak’s wells and Yaakov’s choices reveal about the long game of spiritual growth and material success
5 Things Toldot Teaches About Repeating—and Repairing—Family Cycles
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
5 Ways You Can Use AI in Jewish Life
So far on 18Forty’s series on artificial intelligence, we’ve talked about the problems posed by AI: how it can amplify society’s antisemitic…
AI & Halacha: On Transparency and Accountability
Rabbi Gil Student speaks with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper and Sofer.ai CEO Zach Fish about how AI is reshaping questions of Jewish practice.