October 23, 2025

The BEST: Porgy and Bess

George and Ira Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” fuses opera, jazz, and spirituals to create a uniquely American sound. Drawing on Jewish liturgical melody, the Gershwins transformed sacred motifs into secular skepticism. Chaim Strauchler reflects on how their work embodies both creative synthesis and moral tension in the pursuit of the artistic and spiritual “BEST.”
October 21, 2025

Tradition Today Summit Keynote

Join us in Teaneck on Sunday evening, November 9 for an in-person event: Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter and a panel of respondents on “Historical Realities & Educational Methodologies”— the open to the public Keynote event of the Tradition Today Summit.
October 18, 2025

R. Sacks’ Intellectual Legacy

TRADITION, together with the Rabbi Sacks Legacy, has published its largest ever issue dedicated to the thought of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt”l—view the table of contents, volume introductions, sample chapters, and essay abstracts. Join is online for a special “issue launch” on Sunday, November 2, as part of the series of events to be held worldwide in advance of R. Sacks’ fifth yahrzeit.
October 16, 2025

Unpacking the Iggerot: Deleting the Divine

There is a fairly self-understood principle in halakha that it is forbidden to erase the Holy Name of God. What then are the implications for recordings found on our phones and laptops? With this new season on “Unpacking the Iggerot” Moshe Kurtz shows us how R. Moshe Feinstein addressed questions that emerged with new technologies.