November 26, 2024
Responding to a recent column in Moshe Kurtz’s “Unpacking the Iggerot” series, Yitzchak Blau draws our attention to a difference of tone and orientation between rabbis Moshe Feinstein and Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg concerning celebrating a Bat Mitzva and the induction of young women into serious and mature Jewish life and learning.
November 24, 2024
Adam Kirsch’s “On Settler Colonialism” (W.W. Norton) aims to explain the rise and appeal of a flawed academic theory, its fixation with Israel, and why it must ultimately fail. Sruli Fruchter reviews…
November 21, 2024
To commemorate Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ fourth Yahrzeit, TRADITION turns its questioning gaze inward. Last year was the 50th anniversary of R. Sacks’ first major publication, “Alienation and Faith.” The essay probed a core assumption of R. Soloveitchik’s “Lonely Man of Faith”—the Jew is fated to an existence that is divided, alienated, and lonely. At the young age of 25, R. Sacks disagreed. Chaim Strauchler examines the article’s publication and reception.
November 20, 2024
As the Jewish world prepares to mark the 4th yahrzeit of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l tomorrow, 20 Marheshvan (Thursday, November 21) we republish Dr. David Shatz's insightful testimonial to the impact of R. Sacks as an original Orthodox thinker. During those dark days of Covid when we lost R. Sacks' important voice, TRADITION offered a variety of content memorializing him and exploring his teachings. See the links appended to this post to review those items, and visit the Rabbi Sacks Legacy site to participate in the Global Day of Learning.
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