David Bashevkin: The Anniversary Episode
In this anniversary episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with our host, David Bashevkin, to reflect on the last year of episodes.18Forty has explored many important and interesting topics and h...
22 Jun 202157min
Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter: Should We Censor Jewish History? [Censorship 3/3]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter - rabbi, professor, and historian - about censorship as it relates to Jewish history.Though censorship exists in many areas, ...
15 Jun 20211h 30min
Jonathan Rosenblum: Communal Boundaries and Cancel Culture [Censorship 2/3]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Jonathan Rosenblum - journalist and author of multiple ArtScroll biographies - about censorship and specifically how it applies to biographies.One of...
8 Jun 20211h 3min
Altie Karper: When a Book Is Banned [Censorship 1/3]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Altie Karper, editorial director of Schocken Books, about censorship and cancel culture.Every community has boundaries, and every community needs a w...
1 Jun 20211h 15min
Protecting us from Ourselves: An Anonymous Perspective on Divorce [Agunah Crisis 4/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to an anonymous divorced man who gives us his perspective on the divorce process and the need to protect oneself from his own darkest inclinations.While...
11 Mai 20211h 7min
Bari Mitzmann: Social Media & Agunah Advocacy [Agunah Crisis 3/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Bari Mitzmann - Instagram content creator and host of the Women of Valor podcast - about social media advocacy, particularly in regard to the agunah ...
4 Mai 20211h 10min
Keshet Starr: How Should we Advocate for Agunot? [Agunah Crisis 2/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Keshet Starr - CEO of ORA - about what it’s like to work on the front lines of agunah activism. As the CEO of ORA - the Organization for the Resoluti...
27 Apr 20211h 3min
Rabbi Shlomo Weissman: The Rabbinic Will and Agunot [Agunah Crisis 1/4]
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Shlomo Weissman - head of Beth Din of America, YU Professor, and former lawyer - about the halakhic complexities of, and attempted solutions fo...
20 Apr 20211h 28min
