May 6, 2025

The Complexity of Hesder Revisited

In Israel this week tens of thousands of reserve soldiers have been called for yet another round of duty. The mounting costs and sacrifices of the war, alongside the ongoing strife related to questions of the Haredi draft exemption, present another occasion to re-read “The Ideology of Hesder” by R. Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l. R. Mayer Lichtenstein suggests the message derived from his father’s unique ability to live with complexity, and chart a course for committed halakhic and ethical living, requires adjustments in both the Hesder and Haredi worlds.
May 4, 2025

PODCAST: R. Lichtenstein on Women’s Torah Study

TRADITION’s subscribers have already received our recent issue containing content commemorating R. Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l, timed with his 10th yahrzeit marked this month. Five years ago we were pleased to publish Tonya Mittelman’s essay, “Women in the Torah World in the Thought of Rabbi Lichtenstein.” Toni, a distinguished educator and daughter of R. Lichtenstein, joins Mali Brofsky to discuss the article in our podcast.
May 1, 2025

TRADITION Questions: The New “New Jew”

Special for Yom HaAtzmaut: Chaim Strauchler questions an ironically “new” name for the Jewish people – The People of Forever. In tracking the origins of the term, he asks what the phrase communicates about the connection between Zionism and Jews of the Diaspora – past and future.
April 29, 2025

PODCAST: Rav Lichtenstein’s Legacy

As we mark the 10th yahrzeit of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l  the Tradition Podcast catches up with two contributors to our recent Spring issue exploring his thought. Alongside a never-before published essay by R. Lichtenstein, “Relevance and Reverence,” exploring challenges in Jewish education – we bring you Michael S. Berger’s analysis of its ongoing relevance. In this episode we talk with Michael about the topics raised in the two essays. Later in the episode we hear from Shlomo Zuckier about his contribution to the volume, revisiting R. Lichtenstein’s classic essay, “Does Jewish Tradition Recognize an Ethic Independent of Halakha.”
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