18Forty Podcast

18Forty Podcast episodes:

• 04.20.2024

  Rachel Goldberg-Polin: A Hostage’s Mother Fighting for His Freedom

  Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.In this special episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rachel Goldberg-Polin—whose son, Hersh, was kidnapped by Hamas and is still held hostage in Gaza—about heading into...

  
• 04.16.2024

  A Haredi Mother Sending Her Children To Serve [Divergence 4/5]

  Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to a Haredi mother named Dina about her two children who serve in the IDF, one of whom was...

  
• 04.09.2024

  Finding a Home for Haredi IDF Soldiers [Divergence 3/5]

  Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.This episode is sponsored by the incredible organization Osey Chail, a non-profit organization serving lone soldiers from Haredi and Hasidic homes who are serving in the IDF. In this...

  
• 04.02.2024

  Haskel and Josh Lookstein: Finding Your Path in a Rabbinic Dynasty [Divergence 2/5]

  Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.A pre-Pesach message from our partners at Twillory: You can use the coupon code PESACH18 for $18 off all orders of $250  or more, or use the coupon...

  
• 03.26.2024

  Rachel Yehuda: Intergenerational Trauma and Healing [Divergence 1/5]

  This series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.This episode is sponsored by Twillory. New customers can use the coupon code 18Forty to get $18 off of all orders of $139 or more. In this episode of the 18Forty...

  
• 03.19.2024

  Yael Muskat and Martin Galla: Entering Adulthood: Inside a College Counseling Center

  Our mental health series is sponsored by Terri and Andrew Herenstein.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we wrap up our mental health series by talking to Dr. Yael Muskat, director of Yeshiva University’s Counseling Center, and her longtime colleague...

  
• 03.12.2024

  Regine Galanti: Childhood: Addressing Children’s Mental Health [Mental Health 5/6]

  Our mental health series is sponsored by Terri and Andrew Herenstein.This episode is sponsored by Twillory. New customers can use the coupon code 18Forty to get $18 off of all orders of $139 or more. In this episode of the 18Forty...

  
• 03.05.2024

  Yoni Rosensweig: How Does Mental Health Affect Halacha? [Mental Health 4/6]

  Our mental health series is sponsored by Terri and Andrew Herenstein.This episode is sponsored by Twillory. New customers can use the coupon code 18Forty to get $18 off of all orders of $139 or more. In this episode of the...

  
• 02.27.2024

  Elie Schulman: Does Therapy Work? A Patient’s Journey [Mental Health 3/6]

  Our mental health series is sponsored by Terri and Andrew Herenstein.This episode is sponsored by someone supporting 18Forty’s work.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we listen in on a conversation between David Bashevkin and his dear and longtime friend...

  
• 02.20.2024

  Yakov Danishefsky: Religion and Mental Health: God and Us [Mental Health 2/6]

  Our mental health series is sponsored by Terri and Andrew Herenstein.This episode is sponsored by Aleph Beta in light of their newly released season of the A Book Like No Other podcast. This podcast is a chance to learn alongside...

  
• 02.13.2024

  David Bashevkin: My Mental Health Journey [Mental Health 1/6]

  Our mental health series is sponsored by Terri and Andrew Herenstein.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David Bashevkin opens up about his mental health journey.Through the lenses of therapy, comedy, books, family history, and positive influences, David shares the...

  
• 02.06.2024

  Listener Feedback: Israel at War

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we listen and respond to feedback from the 18Forty community on the conversations of our Israel at War topic. Jews live in two different worlds—one before Oct. 7, and one after. The last...

  
• 01.23.2024

  Lipa Schmeltzer: How to Heal: A Personal Journey of Mental Health

  In this special episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we introduce the topic of mental health with a conversation featuring world-famous Jewish singer Lipa Schmeltzer. While many people know Lipa’s songs, far fewer know his journey of mental health—a story he...

  
• 01.16.2024

  Reuven and Shani Taragin: What’s Next: The Future of Religious Zionism

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rav Reuven and Rabbanit Shani Taragin, educational directors of World Mizrachi, about what comes next for Israel’s Dati Leumi (Religious Zionist) community. Additionally, we speak with Gideon Davis, a Religious...

  
• 01.09.2024

  What’s Next: Higher Education for Jews: David Wolpe, Talia Khan, and Steven Pinker

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Harvard Divinity School visiting scholar Rabbi David Wolpe, MIT PhD student Talia Khan, and Harvard professor Steven Pinker about the new reality for Jews in higher education.Since Simchas Torah, the...

  
• 01.02.2024

  Jonathan Gribetz: What’s Next: Teaching the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Jonathan Gribetz, a Princeton professor and scholar of Near Eastern and Judaic studies, about the history of Israel and Palestine. At a time in which we can feel as if...

  
• 12.26.2023

  Yossi Klein Halevi: What’s Next: The Future of Liberal Zionism

  In this episode of the18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yossi Klein Halevi, a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, about what it means to be a Zionist and a Jew post-October 7.Since Simchas Torah, we’ve spent lots of time...

  
• 12.21.2023

  Before We Say Goodbye to 2023

  In this minisode of the 18Forty Podcast, we reflect upon a year beyond words (and numbers).At every stop of the process in the wild journey that has been 18Forty, we’ve been motivated by our fantastic community members who have pushed...

  
• 12.19.2023

  Eli Paley: What’s Next: The Future of Israel’s Haredi Community

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Eli Paley, the publisher of Mishpacha magazine, about the role of Haredi society at this pivotal moment in Israel’s history. As we emerge from a time when Israel’s Haredi and...

  
• 12.12.2023

  Michael Eisenberg: What’s Next: The Civic Revolution in Israel

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Michael Eisenberg, a venture capitalist and staunch defender of Israel, about how the people of Israel have risen to the occasion by creating a “civic revolution.”With all that is at...

  
• 12.05.2023

  Noa Lewis: How Can We Help Israel? Finding Our Purpose

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Noa Lewis, CEO of Echad and a volunteer with the IDF’s women’s casualty-treatment unit, about the sense of purpose it takes to unify the Jewish People with the Land of...

  
• 11.28.2023

  The Opportunity and Difficulty of Unity: On the Israel March

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Eric Fingerhut—president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America—and Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff, a scholar and professor at Yeshiva University, about the need for Jewish unity and the barriers...

  
• 11.21.2023

  Doron Perez: Our Heart: One Child Married, One Child Missing

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Doron Perez, executive chairman of the Mizrachi World Movement, about the sacrifices the Jewish People must make to preserve the precious gift of the State of Israel. In a...

  
• 11.14.2023

  Yosef Zvi Rimon: What Happens To Jewish Law During War?

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, the esteemed Israeli posek, about the role of halacha during a war. Additionally, we are joined by Rabbi Shmuel Ismach, a rebbe at Yeshiva University and...

  
• 11.07.2023

  What Is Happening With Jewish Students and Antisemitism?

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to journalist Matti Friedman, author of Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai, about how the Israel-Hamas war is (mis)understood globally. Additionally, we speak to a series of students and...

  
• 10.31.2023

  Daniel Statman: Can War Be Moral? On Moral Philosophy and War

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Daniel Statman, a professor of philosophy at the University of Haifa, about what it means to wage a moral war.Professor Statman helped revise Ruach Tzahal, the IDF’s code of ethics,...

  
• 10.24.2023

  The Trauma of War: Mental Health Professionals in Israel

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk about mental health amid the current war with Dr. Danny Brom of Metiv, Mike Meyerheim and Susan Cohen of KeepOlim, Rabbi Reuven Taragin of Acheinu, Dr. Ayala Dayan, Dr. Jacob Freedman,...

  
• 10.17.2023

  Voices from Israel

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we listen to the voices of several of our brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisrael, including Naama, Tania Hammer, Gedalia Zemel, Rabbi Dov Fendel, Rav Elyada Goldvicht, Rabbanit Rachelle Fraenkel, Jeremy and Emily...

  
• 10.11.2023

  Reading Jewish History in the Parsha

  This podcast was recorded before the recent horrific terrorism against Israel and unspeakable atrocities inflicted upon the Jewish People. We decided to share this Torah initiative now to encourage learning the parsha each week for the protection and success of...

  
• 10.09.2023

  Pray for Israel

  In times like these, it feels impossible to find words. No individual has words to describe this horror, but we—the Jewish People—do have words.We turn to the only words we have left: words of prayer, of comfort, of our prophets,...

  
• 09.19.2023

  Estrangement and Reconciliation: Teshuva for Our Relationships [Teshuva 5/5]

  This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar, and this episode is sponsored by Dr. Leah Younger of Younger Psychology.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to psychologist Dr. Joshua Coleman, about the nuances of familial estrangement...

  
• 09.12.2023

  Rabbi Michael Rosensweig: The Majesty of Torah Study [Teshuva 4/5]

  This series is sponsored by our friends Mira and Daniel Stokar.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Michael Rosensweig, a Rosh Yeshiva and the Rosh Kollel of the Beren Kollel Elyon at RIETS, about how we...

  
• 09.05.2023

  Infidelity: Consequences and Aftermath [Teshuva 3/5]

  This series is sponsored by our friends Mira and Daniel Stokar.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to an anonymous guest about infidelity and its consequences and aftermath. Additionally, we receive the expertise of clinical psychologist Dr. Malika...

  
• 08.29.2023

  Martha Minow: When Law Should Forgive: On the Limitations of Teshuva [Teshuva 2/5]

  This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar, and this episode is sponsored by our friends at Shikey Press, a boutique publisher of Jewish content disrupting the traditional model of book publishing.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we...

  
• 08.22.2023

  Rav Daniel Kalish: The Song of Teshuva [Teshuva 1/5]

  This series is sponsored by Mira and Daniel Stokar, and this episode is sponsored by our anonymous friend R.G. In this episode of the18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Daniel Kalish, Menahel of the Mesivta of Waterbury, about how, with...

  
• 07.25.2023

  'Everything About Her Was Worth It': The Life of Yakira Leeba Schwartz A"H

  This episode is sponsored by Dani and Nechamie Silberberg-Chitrik, in appreciation of the 18Forty Podcast and the work it does in having meaningful and thought-provoking conversations across all areas of Jewish life. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we...

  
• 07.18.2023

  Yisroel Besser: How To Share Jewish Stories [Books II 4/4]

  This series is sponsored by an anonymous lover of books. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yisroel Besser, who authored many rabbinic biographies and brought David Bashevkin to Mishpacha magazine, about sharing Jewish stories. During his...

  
• 07.11.2023

  Dara Horn: On Jewish Fiction and Non-Jewish Fiction [Books II 3/4]

  This series is sponsored by an anonymous lover of books. This episode is sponsored by Twillory. Use the coupon code 18Forty to get $18 off of all orders more than $139. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk...

  
• 07.04.2023

  Sarah Hurwitz and Alex Edelman: On Introducing Judaism [Books II 2/4]

  This series is sponsored by an anonymous lover of books. This episode is sponsored by Twillory. Use the coupon code 18Forty to get $18 off of all orders more than $139. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk...

  
• 06.27.2023

  Josh Foer: How Can You Make a Digital Library for All? [Books II 1/4]

  This series is sponsored by an anonymous lover of books.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Joshua Foer, co-founder of Sefaria, about the revolutionary digital Jewish library of which he was the visionary.Prior to Sefaria, the possibility...

  
• 06.20.2023

  Dov Singer: Living a Prayerful Life [Prayer & Humanity 5/5]

  This episode is sponsored by our friends Rabbi Sruli and Hindy Motzen.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dov Singer, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Mekor Chaim and founder of the Beit Midrash L'Hitchadshut, about how prayer can...

  
• 06.13.2023

  Debbie Stone: Can Prayer Be Taught? [Prayer & Humanity 4/5]

  This episode is sponsored by Mosaica Press, whose books—including a range of titles on prayer—can be purchased for 18% off with the coupon code 18FORTY.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dr. Debbie Stone, an educator of...

  
• 06.05.2023

  Moshe Koppel: Artificial Intelligence and Torah [Prayer & Humanity 3/5]

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to returning guest Moshe Koppel—a computer scientist and Talmud scholar—about Torah and its intersection with artificial intelligence.In a world in which technology puts vast libraries of Torah at our fingertips, we...

  
• 05.29.2023

  Dovid'l Weinberg: The Song of Prayer [Prayer & Humanity 2/5]

  This episode is sponsored in memory of Rabbi Eliezer Skaist, HaRav Eliezer Daniel ben HaRav Eliyahu Dovid A"H, by his family.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dovid'l Weinberg—a rabbi, educator, musician, poet, and author—about the wide...

  
• 05.23.2023

  Samuel Lebens: The Hard Problem of Prayer [Prayer & Humanity 1/5]

  In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Samuel Lebens—a philosophy professor, rabbi, and Jewish educator—about the nature of consciousness.At a time when artificial intelligence can make us question what it even is that makes humans unique, we...

  
• 05.15.2023

  The How and Why of Moving to Israel [Zionism 4/4]

  This series is sponsored by Unpacking Israeli History.This episode is sponsored by Daf Yomi with Shaul C. Greenwald, a fast-moving energetic daf shiur, delivered with clarity and intensity. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to a series...

  
• 05.08.2023

  Elli Fischer: Can Israel Follow Jewish Law? [Zionism 3/4]

  This series is sponsored by Unpacking Israeli History.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Elli Fischer— a writer, translator, and editor—about the relationship between Jewish law and the Jewish state.For almost 2,000 years, we were able...

  
• 05.01.2023

  Bezalel Naor: Rav Kook's Mystical Vision of Zionism [Zionism: Bonus Episode!]

  This series is sponsored by Unpacking Israeli History.This week, we are sponsored by the Inaugural Global Jewish Fertility Support Summit, organized by the nonprofit I Was Supposed To Have A Baby. Taking place on Sunday, May 7th, via Zoom, this...

  
• 04.25.2023

  Lahav Harkov: How to Read Media About Israel [Zionism 2/4]

  This series is sponsored by Unpacking Israeli History.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Lahav Harkov, senior contributing editor and diplomatic correspondent of The Jerusalem Post, about the media we consume regarding Israel.Living in the diaspora and...

  
• 04.18.2023

  Noam Weissman: How to Unpack Israel's Story [Zionism 1/4]

  This series is sponsored by Unpacking Israeli History.In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Noam Weissman, executive vice president of OpenDor Media, about Israel education.In a world in which Israel is a key component of Jewish identity,...