December 20, 2024
R. Joseph Grunblatt, whose 11th yahrzeit is observed this Shabbat, was a talmid hakham, teacher, intellectual, orator, spiritual guide, and communal leader. His successor as rabbi of Queens Jewish Center, Judah Kerbel, takes us on a tour of R. Grunblatt’s writings in the TRADITION Archives, highlighting his openness, thoughtfulness, independence, and courage.
December 19, 2024
R. Moshe Feinstein is known for his patriotic embrace of his adopted home in the United States. But Moshe Kurtz’s closer look presents a more nuanced and skeptical version of R. Feinstein’s positions on an array of issues, including his many reservations about American public policy, and the fundamental nature of non-Jewish society.
December 17, 2024
How can a rabbi instill hope and meaning even on a cancer ward? How does one learn how to really listen? Is it really possible to help people make sense of and even find meaning in their suffering? These and other weighty questions are addressed by Hanan Balk in his important book, “Wisdom from the House of Healing: Transformative Encounters of a Hospital Chaplain” (Ktav), reviewed by David Fine.
December 16, 2024
TRADITION’s Winter 2024 issue featured an essay by Dr. Aliza Bazak on “Shaming in Rabbinical Court Rulings in Israel: A Modern Commentary on Medieval Rabbinic Sanctions in Divorce Cases,” examining the mechanism of shaming as a tool to obligate recalcitrant husbands to grant their wives a divorce. She suggests that, as opposed to Jewish communities elsewhere, in Israel shaming is not an effective measure in obligating husbands to grant a divorce. Bazak was a guest on the “Medabrim Mishpatim” program to discuss her TRADITION essay. Watch now…
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