An old newspaper discovered in a piano bench prompts Chaim Strauchler to open a time capsule of Orthodox American Jewish life. Read his final installment of TRADITION Questions.

Chaim Strauchler questions the non-materialist social effects of contemporary Yom Tov travel programs and their growing popularity.

Chaim Strauchler notes popular worries surrounding the rule of law and juxtaposes these concerns to basic themes of Shavuot – z’man matan Torateinu – namely the centrality of law within Jewish thought. How does Judaism preserve the rule of law in the face of forces that attempt to confound it?

Will Lag B’Omer be different after terrible fires destroyed forests near Jerusalem this month? Chaim Strauchler questions the basis for Lag B’Omer’s ritualized bonfires and the lessons contained within their embers.