March 25, 2025

Sarah Schenirer: 90th Yahrzeit

Tomorrow (March 26), the Jewish world marks Sarah Schenirer’s 90th yahrzeit. Sample relevant content in the TRADITION Archives which shows how the Bais Yaakov movement's revolutionary achievements were how they rewrote the script for Jewish girlhood, and prescribed that Orthodox primary education, including in Torah studies, was to be the standard experience.
March 20, 2025

TRADITION Questions: Zionist Elections & Jewish Election

“You may already be the winner of one million dollars!” In this week’s TRADITION Questions, Chaim Strauchler explains how your ability to determine the spending of 1 billion dollars differs from the old Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes. He finds meaning in what this odd election for the World Zionist Congress says about the history of Zionism and modern Jewish identity.
March 18, 2025

PODCAST: Religious Zionism’s Triple Cord

In this episode of the Tradition Podcast, our associate editor Yitzchak Blau interviews author, researcher, and Makor Rishon columnist Yair Sheleg about his recent Hebrew book “HaHut HaMeshulash,” whose English title might be offered as “The Triple Chord: A Short History of Religious Zionism.” Rav Kook believed that Religious Zionism combines elements of religion, nationalism, and liberalism. Sheleg asks if contemporary Religious Zionism has remained loyal to this triple mission. If not, why not—and where has it fallen short? 
March 13, 2025

Unpacking the Iggerot: Pink Pistols and Pikuah Nefesh

From life-threatening scenarios to light-hearted Purim revelry, pinning down the precise parameters of the Biblical injunction against cross-dressing can be a tricky one. And whether it be in the American workplace or the Israeli frontiers, Moshe Kurtz has catalogued R. Moshe Feinstein’s array of rulings that have formed our understanding of this enigmatic halakha.