<b>Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.</b><br /><br /><b>This episode is sponsored by an anonymous friend who supports our mission.</b><br /><br />In this episode of the <i>18Forty Podcas</i>t, we talk to Rabbi Simon Jacobson—a leading rabbi in the internet age who previously worked closely with the Lubavitcher Rebbe—and his mother, Silvia, who was born into a Chabad family in Europe nearly 90 years ago.<br /><br />Together, they have witnessed and experienced the development of the Chabad movement and the Jewish People over several historic eras. In this episode we discuss:<b><br /></b><br /><ul><li>How has Chabad managed to maintain continuity over wildly different generations and historical contexts? </li><li>What can the mystical notions of <i>tzimtzum</i>, concealment, and revelation teach us about parenting? </li><li>How has the way we talk about “trauma” evolved over generations?</li></ul>Tune in to hear a conversation about how we can transmit tradition to our children with confidence and rootedness in order to find a dwelling place for God in every generation. <br /><b><br /></b>Interview begins at 11:15.<br /><b><br /></b>Rabbi Simon Jacobson heads The Meaningful Life Center, called a “<a href="https://18forty.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e5fe6ac24e4238308a750e693&amp;id=572062837f&amp;e=00fd599c3b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spiritual Starbucks</a>” by <i>The New York Times</i>, which bridges the secular and the spiritual through a wide variety of live and online programming. He is the author of the best-selling book <i>Toward a Meaningful Life</i>, a William Morrow publication that has sold over 400,000 copies to date. Rabbi Jacobson is a speaker, educator, and mentor.<br /><br />Sylvia, Simon's mother, is the matriarch of the Jacobson family. <br /><b><br />References:</b><br /><b><br /></b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kabbalah-Rupture-Modernity-Existential-Mysticism/dp/1503642070" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism</a> </i>by Eli Rubin<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Meaningful-Life-New-Schneerson/dp/0060732784" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Toward a Meaningful Life</i></a> by Simon Jacobson<br /><br />“<a href="https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/music_cdo/aid/140800/jewish/Tzomo-Lecho-Nafshi.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tzomo Lecho Nafshi</a>”<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449264" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Count of Monte Cristo</a> </i>by Alexandre Dumas<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Classics-William-Makepeace-Thackeray/dp/0141439831" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Vanity Fair</i></a> by by William Makepeace Thackeray<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Algemeiner</a></i><br /><br />“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWjLis7eBnI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rabbi Simon Jacobson Appears on Larry King Live | June 1994</a>”<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Way-Flesh-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486434664" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>The Way of All Flesh</i></a> by Samuel Butler<br /><b><br />For more 18Forty:</b><br /><b></b><br />NEWSLETTER: <a href="http://18forty.org/join" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">18forty.org/join<br /></a>CALL: (212) 582-1840<br />EMAIL: info@18forty.org<br />WEBSITE: <a href="http://18forty.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">18forty.org<br /></a>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/18forty/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@18forty</a><br />X: <a href="https://x.com/18_forty" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@18_forty</a><b><br /></b><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a...

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Sylvia and Simon Jacobson: How Different Generations Talk About Jewish Life [Divergence 1/6]

MAR 25, 2025109 MIN
18Forty Podcast

Sylvia and Simon Jacobson: How Different Generations Talk About Jewish Life [Divergence 1/6]

MAR 25, 2025109 MIN

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<b>Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel.</b><br /><br /><b>This episode is sponsored by an anonymous friend who supports our mission.</b><br /><br />In this episode of the <i>18Forty Podcas</i>t, we talk to Rabbi Simon Jacobson—a leading rabbi in the internet age who previously worked closely with the Lubavitcher Rebbe—and his mother, Silvia, who was born into a Chabad family in Europe nearly 90 years ago.<br /><br />Together, they have witnessed and experienced the development of the Chabad movement and the Jewish People over several historic eras. In this episode we discuss:<b><br /></b><br /><ul><li>How has Chabad managed to maintain continuity over wildly different generations and historical contexts? </li><li>What can the mystical notions of <i>tzimtzum</i>, concealment, and revelation teach us about parenting? </li><li>How has the way we talk about “trauma” evolved over generations?</li></ul>Tune in to hear a conversation about how we can transmit tradition to our children with confidence and rootedness in order to find a dwelling place for God in every generation. <br /><b><br /></b>Interview begins at 11:15.<br /><b><br /></b>Rabbi Simon Jacobson heads The Meaningful Life Center, called a “<a href="https://18forty.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e5fe6ac24e4238308a750e693&amp;id=572062837f&amp;e=00fd599c3b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Spiritual Starbucks</a>” by <i>The New York Times</i>, which bridges the secular and the spiritual through a wide variety of live and online programming. He is the author of the best-selling book <i>Toward a Meaningful Life</i>, a William Morrow publication that has sold over 400,000 copies to date. Rabbi Jacobson is a speaker, educator, and mentor.<br /><br />Sylvia, Simon's mother, is the matriarch of the Jacobson family. <br /><b><br />References:</b><br /><b><br /></b><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kabbalah-Rupture-Modernity-Existential-Mysticism/dp/1503642070" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity: An Existential History of Chabad Hasidism</a> </i>by Eli Rubin<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Meaningful-Life-New-Schneerson/dp/0060732784" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Toward a Meaningful Life</i></a> by Simon Jacobson<br /><br />“<a href="https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/music_cdo/aid/140800/jewish/Tzomo-Lecho-Nafshi.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tzomo Lecho Nafshi</a>”<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Count-Monte-Cristo-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449264" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Count of Monte Cristo</a> </i>by Alexandre Dumas<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Classics-William-Makepeace-Thackeray/dp/0141439831" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>Vanity Fair</i></a> by by William Makepeace Thackeray<br /><br /><i><a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Algemeiner</a></i><br /><br />“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWjLis7eBnI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rabbi Simon Jacobson Appears on Larry King Live | June 1994</a>”<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Way-Flesh-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486434664" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><i>The Way of All Flesh</i></a> by Samuel Butler<br /><b><br />For more 18Forty:</b><br /><b></b><br />NEWSLETTER: <a href="http://18forty.org/join" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">18forty.org/join<br /></a>CALL: (212) 582-1840<br />EMAIL: [email protected]<br />WEBSITE: <a href="http://18forty.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">18forty.org<br /></a>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/18forty/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@18forty</a><br />X: <a href="https://x.com/18_forty" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@18_forty</a><b><br /></b><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support</a>.