The Tradition Podcast discusses Gidon Rothstein’s thoughtful and sensitive review of Elisha Aviner’s “Dor Tahpukhot” and its advice to parents whose children have left the fold. Joining Jeffrey Saks to discuss the issue, Rothstein considers the book’s very specifically Israeli focus, and how its lessons might be adapted – or not – for an American audience.

The Tradition Podcast catches up with some of our regular columnists to discuss how their work helps us expand our reach in shaping the communal conversation over the journal’s digital-direct platforms. Yitzchak Blau offers a review of what he has been exploring over 30 installments of his “Alt+SHIFT” column, now going on hiatus. What’s involved in the act of cultural “translation” of Hebrew content for an American audience—and why is it important? Later in the episode we meet Moshe Kurtz, who will be stepping in with a new series, “Unpacking the Iggerot,” exploring themes and topics at the intersection of halakha and hashkafa as they arise from the Iggerot Moshe of R. Moshe Feinstein.