At this writing, ten days into the war, the initial shock, horror, and trauma have in no way abated and all thoughts are on the “matzav”—a most abnormal situation. TRADITION’s editor, Jeffrey Saks, writing from Israel, considers the challenges for our religious community, the heartening reality of Jewish unity, and some sharp questions it poses for our way forward.

Join TRADITION and the Rabbinical Council of America for a Zoom event bringing together authors from our recent special issue on “The Yom Kippur War After 50 Years” as they discuss insights from their contributions to our pages and the sudden, tragic timeliness of that issue for events unfolding in Israel. Tuesday Oct. 10 at 1PM (Eastern) / 8PM (Israel).

Reflecting on what he wrote 25 years ago in TRADITION’s “Sea Change in American Orthodoxy” symposium, Prof. Samuel Heilman assesses what he got right about the slide to the right, trends he did not anticipate, some ironic alignments, and unfortunate ways that the Haredi community is more compartmentalized than Modern Orthodoxy.