Tradition Podcast - Tradition Online

November 11, 2025

Published by Tradition Online at November 11, 2025

Tradition Today Summit

On November 9th, 75 Jewish educators, rabbis, lay-leaders, and thought leaders gathered for the second Tradition Today Summit, convened together with the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education, on “Educating Our Children to Be Ovdei Hashem in a Modern World.” Listen to the opening remarks of the assembly with Rabbi Jeffrey Saks (Editor of TRADITION), Rabbi Etan Tokayer (President, RCA), and Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman (President, Yeshiva University).

November 9, 2025

Published by Tradition Online at November 9, 2025

Not By Might

In this episode of our podcast, Tzvi Sinensky, co-editor of TRADITION’s special issue on the intellectual legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, speaks with author Alex Israel about his essay in the volume, “Not by Might: Aversion to Power in Rabbi Sacks’ Writings.” They consider Rabbi Sacks’ 2016 debate with Rabbi Shlomo Riskin on the pages of “The Jewish Review of Books” about Jews’ complicated relationship with power, R. Sacks’ reading of Genesis’ “Divine Image” as a moral counterweight to power, and speculate about how he might have responded in the wake of October 7th.

November 3, 2025

Published by Tradition Online at November 3, 2025

The Intellectual Legacy of Rabbi Sacks

Listen to the recording of our online event marking the publication of TRADITION's special volume, published in partnership with the Rabbi Sacks Legacy, exploring the intellectual legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l.

October 26, 2025

Published by Tradition Online at October 26, 2025

Jane Austen and Halakhic Morality

December 16th will mark the 250th birthday of the renowned English novelist Jane Austen, and “Janeites” (as her fans call themselves) are aflutter worldwide. In this episode of the TRADITION Podcast Mali Brofsky chats with Yaffa Aronoff about her recent essay “The Perils of Gentle Selfishness: Jane Austen’s Emma and Halakhic Morality” (TRADITION, Winter 2025). The conversation serves as a demonstration of engagement with “the best” in literature, showing how it can redound to our growth as thinking religious beings.