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How Jewish Communities Can Help Couples Going Through Divorce
Divorce sits in a strange place in Jewish communal life, widespread and life-altering but treated as an exception rather than an expectation. …
The Gold, the Wood, and the Heart: 5 Lessons on Beauty in Worship
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
Aaron Kotler: Inside the Lakewood Yeshiva
We speak with Rabbi Aaron Kotler about the beginnings of the American yeshiva world.
Moshe Idel: ‘The Jews are supposed to serve something’
Prof. Moshe Idel joins us to discuss mysticism, diversity, and the true concerns of most Jews throughout history.
Three New Jewish Books to Read
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…
What’s Next for Jewish Students in Secular College?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we speak with Rabbis Eitan Webb and Ari Israel, head of a campus Chabad and…
Why So Many Laws? Mishpatim and the Making of a Moral Society
This piece first ran on our Substack, Reading Jewish History in the Parsha. We’re pleased to share it here on our website. …
The Four Pillars That Actually Shape Jewish High School
What are the most important values in a Jewish high school education? In 2017, the Jewish Federations of North America contracted Rosov…
5 Ways the Torah Trains Us to Love Our Enemies
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
Elisheva Carlebach & Debra Kaplan: The Unknown History of Women in Jewish Life
We speak with Professors Elisheva Carlebach and Debra Kaplan about women’s religious, social, and communal roles in early modern Jewish life.
Chava Green: ‘From God’s perspective, men and women are exactly the same’
Dr. Chava Green joins us to discuss the role of women in the Messianic Era and seeing God in the everyday.
5 Perspectives on Sinai in an Age of Empiricism
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…