May 29, 2025

TRADITION Questions: The Rule of Law

Chaim Strauchler notes popular worries surrounding the rule of law and juxtaposes these concerns to basic themes of Shavuot – z’man matan Torateinu – namely the centrality of law within Jewish thought. How does Judaism preserve the rule of law in the face of forces that attempt to confound it?
May 25, 2025

A New Offering: Zechariah Haber’s Legacy

As we approach the holiday of the giving of the Torah, David Shatz profiles a remarkable work by Zechariah Haber z”l, who fell in battle in Gaza, leaving behind a profound body of Torah scholarship, now published posthumously as “Minha Hadasha” (Yeshivat Har Etzion). “Its pages,” Shatz writes, “amply display the analytic brilliance of Torah, her richness and beauty; while the persona and life story of author augments our reverence for those who not only passionately love Torah, but stand ready to sacrifice their lives for the nation that treasures her.”
May 22, 2025

Unpacking the Iggerot: Brooklyn Eruv Battles

In our sequel to the Manhattan eruvin controversy, Moshe Kurtz explores the battle for Brooklyn eruvin, with a particular focus on the fraught exchange between Rabbis Moshe Feinstein and Menashe Klein. He also explores to what degree poskim were willing to incorporate societal factors into their otherwise technical halakhic debate.
May 19, 2025

RESPONSE: Distracted by COVID

Responding to TRADITION’s recent COVID+5 symposium, Yaakov Blau questions assumptions about the impact of the pandemic on schooling, and asks if we haven’t been using the events of 5 years ago as a distraction from more systemic and underlying problems facing Jewish education.
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