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Tuesday · 1 hr 21 min
The Legacy of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks [Re-Release]
On 20 Cheshvan, we marked the sixth yahrzeit of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. So today we're revisiting the episode we made discussing his legacy on his first yahrzeit, in 2021. In this special episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Professor Jonathan...
October 26 · 50 min
Lahav Harkov: Israel's Next Election: What's Really at Stake?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Lahav Harkov, senior political correspondent for Jewish Insider, for a basic primer on how Israeli elections work, how Israel’s political camps came to divide the way they have, and what choice...
October 20 · 1 hr 30 min
Judah Mischel: How To Be a Jewish Optimist
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rav Judah Mischel, executive director of Camp HASC and author of the Baderech series, about how to become a Jewish optimist by choosing to see the good in every corner of Klal Yisrael. In this...
October 15 · 1 hr 46 min
On Presence, Questions, and Independence: Remembering Rav Ezra Neuberger
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we mark the yahrtzeit of Rav Ezra Dovid Halevi Neuberger with remembrances from Dovid Bashevkin and David Fohrman of a teacher who valued privacy, presence, and intellectual honesty, and who taught his students...
October 7 · 1 hr 39 min
Elliot Kaufman: October 7 and What Came After
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Elliot Kaufman, a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board and co-author of https://www.amazon.com/War-Room-Israels-Against-Iranian/dp/B0G2JWY3TG/, about what happened inside Israel's war...
September 29 · 1 hr 32 min
Seforim Chatter x 18Forty: How Jewish History Changes the Way We Learn Torah
In this episode, Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin and Nachi Weinstein discuss Jewish history, reading, publishing, podcasting, and the ideas behind Bashevkin’s book I Read This Over Shabbos. They explore how accessible writing and serious historical study can...
September 22 · 49 min
Liel Leibovitz: Why the Talmud Is So Hard To Love—and Worth Loving
Today, we're sharing one of our episodes from our new program Talmud Daily, featuring our dear friend Liel Leibovitz. You can sign up for Talmud Daily at https://talmuddaily.org/, and you can subscribe in your podcast app by searching Talmud Daily. ...
September 15 · 1 hr 50 min
YY Jacobson: The Teshuva of Coming Back to Yourself
This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi YY Jacobson, one of the foremost online teachers of Torah, about how each of us can experience redemptive consciousness by feeling Hashem's...
September 8 · 1 hr 56 min
Etan Epstein: New Journeys in Torah Learning
This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar. Join Talmud Daily! A new free program from 18Forty. Ten-minute episodes a day (video + audio). Plain English. No prior knowledge assumed. No Hebrew required. Join here: https://talmuddaily.org/ In...
September 1 · 1 hr 36 min
Tania Friedlander: Teshuva and Becoming Capable of More
This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar. Join Talmud Daily! A new free program from 18Forty. Ten-minute episodes a day (video + audio). Plain English. No prior knowledge assumed. No Hebrew required. Join here: https://talmuddaily.org/ In...
August 25 · 2 hr 11 min
Ben and Yael de Toledo: Baalei Teshuva Building Community in Israel
This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar. Join Talmud Daily! A new free program from 18Forty. Ten-minute episodes a day (video + audio). Plain English. No prior knowledge assumed. No Hebrew required. Join here: https://talmuddaily.org/. In...
August 19 · 1 hr 35 min
Shlomo Pill: When a Rabbi Doctor Struggles With Addiction
This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar. Join Talmud Daily! A new free program from 18Forty. Ten-minute episodes a day (video + audio). Plain English. No prior knowledge assumed. No Hebrew required. Begins August 24, 2026. Join here:...
August 13 · 1 hr 47 min
Mendel Horowitz: A Good Enough Elul
Join Talmud Daily! A new free program from 18Forty. Ten-minute episodes a day (video + audio). Plain English. No prior knowledge assumed. No Hebrew required. Begins August 24, 2026. Join here: https://talmuddaily.org/ In this episode of the 18Forty...
August 5 · 1 hr 44 min
Berel Leib Epstein: Why Be a Believer?
This episode is sponsored by Dina and Daniel Heiss, in honor of the 10th yahrzeit of Dina’s father, Zev Yehudah ben HaRav Yisrael Michel. May his neshama have an aliya. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to author and theoretical...
July 28 · 55 min
YY Jacobson: 'Jews were chosen to hold onto the frequency of redemptive consciousness' [18 Questions, 40 Mystics]
While we await the next installment of the 18Forty Podcast, we invite you to enjoy this episode from our serires 18 Questions, 40 Mystics. In this insightful conversation, Rabbi YY Jacobson presents Jewish mysticism as a dynamic framework for...
July 21 · 2 hr 22 min
Shalom Rosner and Sara Zimbalist: Loss, Faith, and Gratitude
In our annual Tisha B'Av episode of the 18Forty Podcast on the theme of loss, we speak with Rabbi Shalom Rosner, who delivered a widely shared eulogy for Eliyahu Moshe ("Eli Mo") Zimbalist, who was killed early in the Gaza war. We also speak with Eli...
July 14 · 1 hr 33 min
Carmi Schwartz: The Road That Got Us Here [American Jewish History 4/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Jewish communal executive Carmi Schwartz about lessons he’s learned in his 90-plus years as a member and leader of the Jewish community. In this episode we discuss: —What draws a professional to...
July 7 · 1 hr 27 min
Jenna Weissman Joselit: Being Jewish in America [American Jewish History 3/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Jenna Weissman Joselit, a professor of Jewish studies and history, about the everyday expressions of Judaism that reinforce the identity and distinctiveness of the Jewish People. In this episode we...
June 30 · 1 hr 26 min
Zev Eleff: 250 Years of American Judaism [American Jewish History 2/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to historian Zev Eleff about what 250 years of Jewish life in America can teach us about religion, identity, and the future of American Judaism. In this episode we discuss: —Why did colonial Jews...
June 24 · 1 hr 36 min
Elana Moskowitz: In Appreciation of My American Jewish Childhood [American Jewish History 1/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Elana Moskowitz, an educator at Michlelet Mevasseret Yerushalayim, about how her American Jewish upbringing shaped her life and worldview. Moskowitz grew up Orthodox in America in the 1990s—alongside...

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