April 22, 2021

The BEST: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Writing for The Best, Elie Weissman reviews "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," the John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart western classic, as a Zionist allegory.
April 20, 2021

RESPONSE: Chesterton’s Orthodox Insights

Responding to a recent feature on G.K. Chesterton’s “Orthodoxy,” Yitzchak Blau draws our attention to some additional aspects of that great essayist’s words which offer a sense of the power of Chesterton’s prose and the keenness of his insight.
April 18, 2021

Of Love, Holiness, and the Other

For Parashat Kedoshim read Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s “Of Love, Holiness, and the Other” (Winter 2021). The renowned educator and author explores themes in the “morality of aspiration” as a path to holiness, especially as it should guide interpersonal relationships.
April 15, 2021

PODCAST: Rabbi Sacks Bookshelves Project

In this TRADITION Podcast authors from our R. Sacks Bookshelves Project discuss why R. Sacks read and quoted the books that he did and the role those works played in his leadership and philosophy. They look at some common themes emerging from the project and the optimistic view of humanity with which R. Sacks leaves us, his readers and disciples.