November 30, 2025

New and Noteworthy Books

TRADITION’s seasonal roundup of noteworthy new titles in Jewish studies and learning, with offerings on a range of Biblical books, American Modern Orthodoxy on Aliya, libraries and Jewish printing, Rav Kook in translation, engaging dispute, and more…
November 26, 2025

Unpacking the Iggerot: Celebrating Thanksgiving

What did the All-American rabbi think of one of the most iconic American holidays? Moshe Kurtz explains that it depends on which of R. Moshe Feinstein’s several responsa one is looking at.  Unpack the Thanksgiving Iggerot Moshe….  
November 23, 2025

PODCAST: Rabbi Sacks on the Joys and Dangers of Leadership

TRADITION is delighted to share this recording of a talk by Dr. Erica Brown delivered through Yeshiva University’s Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership, commemorating the recent 5th yahrzeit of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Brown speaks about her contribution to TRADITION’s special issue on the Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Sacks, titled “Staying Alive: The Dangers of Leadership.” 
November 20, 2025

The BEST: Kuma

“Kuma” is a breathtaking, nearly ten-foot illustrated scroll by the late Staff Sgt. Eitan Rosenzweig, who created it when he was nineteen years old. The artwork, on display in the Bible Lands Museum, weaves together Jungian theories of the unconscious, the mythologist Joseph Campbell’s concept of the heroic journey, and imagery drawn from Western art and Jewish history. Sarah Rindner Blum, says it is a work of art that one must study rather than merely observe.