In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we hear questions, criticisms, complaints, thoughts, and feedback from our listener community. 

We respond to your comments about the direction of the podcast, the diversity of Jewish experience, and the increased centrality of Israel of our lives. In this episode we discuss:

• How has the 18Forty mission evolved in light of changes in the world and in Jewish life?
• Is there an opposite phenomenon to “gvir culture”?
• How should we discuss important issues that are contentious and divisive, such as the Haredi draft and the identity of the messiah?

Tune in to hear a conversation about how 18Forty might become “a beis medrash for the Jewish People.”

Voicemails begin at 19:23

References:

“Switch To Orthodoxy: Continuity Rather Than Triumph” by Sergey Kadinsky

“First-ever Solomon Schechter day school in North America goes Orthodox” by Jackie Hajdenberg

Donate to 18Forty

Subscribe on YouTube

18Forty Podcast: “Pawel Maciejko: Sabbateanism and the Roots of Secular Judaism”

18Forty Podcast: “Joshua Leifer and Shaindy Ort: How Progressive Activists Rediscovered Traditional Jewish Life”

Sliding to the Right: The Contest for the Future of American Jewish Orthodoxy by Samuel C. Heilman

Beyond Sectarianism: The Realignment of American Orthodox Judaism by Adam S. Ferziger

Authentically Orthodox: A Tradition-Bound Faith in American Life by Zev Eleff

Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History by Zev Eleff

18Forty Podcast: “Eli Rubin: Is the Rebbe the Messiah?”

Basi Legani, 5711 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe

18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers

“My Chevruta” by Itzhak David Goldberg

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support.