David Bashevkin

David Bashevkin (or Dovid Bashevkin, born February 15, 1985) is an American Orthodox rabbi, writer, adjunct professor, and podcast host. He serves as Director of Education at NCSY, an Orthodox Union youth group.

Early life and education

Bashevkin grew up in

Bashevkin began his academic career as an associate director of education at NCSY, the youth division of the Orthodox Union, from 2010 to 2013 before becoming the group's director of education.^[6] As the leader of NCSY, he has directed many youth seminars and programs and has also developed curricula for staff and teens.^[7]

Academia

Bashevkin served as an adjunct professor at Long Island University from 2010 to 2011. He currently teaches courses on public policy, religious crisis, and rabbinic thought at YU in the Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies as well the Sy Syms School of Business.^[8]

Podcasts

Bashevkin developed a Tablet Daf Yomi podcast called Take One with Liel Leibovitz. In 2020, Bashevkin launched the 18Forty podcast to treat traditional Jewish issues in a modern context.^[9] The podcasts are organized by monthly topics, with each topic featuring 2-4 guests. Past topics included Biblical criticism, "Off the derech" and Jewish mysticism, and included guests such as Joshua Berman, Shulem Deen, Kelsey Osgood and Gil Student.^[10]

Publications

Books

Bashevkin believes in the study of

• Thoughts and Prayers Do Help, Wall Street Journal (June 1, 2022).
• #MeToo Should Include #SinToo, Wall Street Journal (October 3, 2019).
• Failure Comes To Yeshivah, Jewish Action (Spring 2019): 62–64.
• Rabbi’s Son Syndrome: Religious Struggle in a World of Religious Ideals, Jewish Action (Summer 2017): 38–44.
• Medium Matters: The Medium and Message of Torah in the Digital Age, Shavuot-To-Go (2016): 6–9.
• A Radical Theology and a Traditional Community: On the Contemporary Application of Izbica–Lublin Hasidut in the Jewish Community, TorahMusings.com (August 2015): 54–68.
• The Forgotten Talmud: On Teaching Aggadah in High Schools, Jewish Action (Fall 2015).
• Life is Full of Failure: Bio Blurbs Should Be Too, First Things (May 8, 2014).
• The Custom to Recite the Priestly Blessings After Birkat ha-Torah, ha-Maor 68:1 (2015): 86-90 (in Hebrew).
• The Pew Report’s Lesser-Known Cousin: The Phew Report, Jewish Action (Summer 2014).
• The Jewish Community Confronts Its Crisis Crisis, Jewish Action (Summer 2013).
• Perpetual Prophecy: An Intellectual Tribute to Reb Zadok ha-Kohen of Lublin on his 110th Yahrzeit, Seforim (August 19, 2010).
• Jonah and the Varieties of Religious Motivation, Lehrhaus (October 9, 2016). Archived 2016-10-12 at the Wayback Machine

Personal life

Bashevkin is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey.^[14]

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