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David Bashevkin

  • Founder and Writer, 18Forty
  • Education Director, Orthodox Union
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As seen in: 18Forty, The Wall Street Journal, Substack, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Forward, My Jewish Learning, Cleveland Jewish News, Philadelphia Jewish Exponent and
Rejected from many prestigious fellowships • Educator @YUNews • Talmud @tabletmag • PhD @thenewschool • Founder @18_forty • I read over Shabbos @ShabbosReads
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When Nations Choose Good Over Evil

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By David Bashevkin
| 18Forty
This piece first ran on our Substack, Reading Jewish History in the Parsha. We’re pleased to share it here on our website. The whole beginning of Sefer Bamidbar prepares us collectively and individually to this special moment when the Torah says: “These are the travels of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they traveled” (Bamidbar 10:25). Suddenly then, we have an interaction between Moshe Rabbeinu and his father-in-law Yitro.
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Navigating Faith Without Visible Signs

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By Steven Gotlib, Yehuda Fogel, David Bashevkin
| 18Forty
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in your inbox by subscribing here. Questions or feedback? Email Rivka Bennun Kay at Shabbosreads@18forty.org. You have probably used the phrase “I’m waiting for a sign” without irony. Maybe it was about a job offer that never came, or a moment in shul when the words felt hollow and you wondered whether anyone was listening on the other end.
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Can Nature Teach Torah? R. Yerucham Levovitz Thought So.

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By David Bashevkin, Yehuda Fogel
| 18Forty
When I first encountered the religious worldview of Orthodox Judaism, I was already a year into a degree in microbiology. Questions about the relationship between Torah and science naturally shaped my early journey into Jewish thought. And though subsequent years spent in yeshiva, kollel, and graduate study in Jewish philosophy have given me many satisfying answers—they have also opened a deeper question.
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