PODCAST: Historical Realities and Educational Methodologies
As part of the Tradition Today Summit, held on November 9, 2025, convened by Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Studies and TRADITION’s publisher the Rabbinical Council of America, we hosted a community wide public Keynote Address by Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter on “Historical Realities and Educational Methodologies: Then and Now.” This was the capstone to a daylong closed conference exploring “Educating Our Children to Be Ovdei Hashem in a Modern World: Challenges and Opportunities.”
Evening Keynote Address Program
Greetings: R. Jeffrey Saks, Editor, TRADITION
R. Chaim Strauchler, Rinat Yisrael & TRADITION
R. Menachem Penner, Executive Vice-President, RCA
Lecture: R. Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, Yeshiva University
Respondents: R. Dr. Michael Berger, Dean, Azrieli Graduate School
Ms. Miriam Krupka Berger, Associate Principal, Ramaz Upper School
Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Kobrin, Rosh Yeshiva & Head of School, North Shore Hebrew Academy
View the lecture’s accompanying source packet.
The Tradition Today Summit was hosted at Congregation Rinat Yisrael, in Teaneck, NJ, and supported by Henry & Golda Reena Rothman.
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