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Remembering Rav Henkin

This evening (9 Tevet) marks the fifth yahrzeit of R. Yehuda Herzl Henkin zt”l. Revisit content exploring his legacy published in TRADITION.

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REVIEW: The Most Reluctant Convert

What does a movie about Christian apologist C.S. Lewis’ “conversion” to a life of faith have to teach believing Jews and those who struggle with belief? Apparently quite a lot says David Farkas in this film review.

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Transactional Politics: A Critique

Chaim Strauchler critiques a form of Jewish support for NYC’s mayor elect, describing it as a transactional model of Jewish politics prioritizing narrow communal gain over collective responsibility. He claims that such politics fragments Jewish advocacy, undermines democratic citizenship, and abandons Israel. Strauchler calls instead for a Zionist-inflected ethic of responsibility to the Jewish people and the American common good.

 

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PODCAST: Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity

Eli Rubin’s “Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity” (Stanford University Press) presents a groundbreaking study of Chabad Hasidism. Through close readings of primary texts, historical analysis, and engagement with modern philosophy, Rubin traces the historical evolution of the movement’s theology. Todd Berman, who recently reviewed the book for TRADITION, held a conversation with Rubin at Jerusalem’s Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi.

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The BEST: The Magic Mountain

Chaim Strauchler profiles Thomas Mann’s “The Magic Mountain” which depicts a world where time, agency, and moral responsibility erode, symbolized by illicit gambling. Strauchler suggests that this culture of passivity mirrors today’s rise in youth gambling and reflects a broader loss of faith in cause-and-effect pathways to success. Jewish historical and contemporary parallels, from Haredi lotteries to R. Leon Modena’s Hanukka-season gambling, show how magical thinking emerges when predictable structures falter. Hanukka ultimately calls us back to courageous agency.

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PODCAST: Mrs. Cooperman’s Shabbat

This week we’ll celebrate Shabbat, Rosh Hodesh, Hanukka—and all readers of TRADITION know what that means: It’s Mrs. Cooperman’s Shabbat and a chance to check in with our distinguished editor emeritus, Rabbi Emanuel Feldman.

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Unpacking the Iggerot: Sunrise, Sunset & Sunset

You’ve heard of Einstein’s theory of Spacetime Relativity. But have you heard of R. Moshe Feinstein’s approach to the relativity of time? Check out Moshe Kurtz’s breakdown of the unique approach to zmanim that is introduced in the responsa of the Iggerot Moshe.

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Remembering Rav Neria

In 1935 a then 22-year-old Moshe Zvi Neria was eyewitness to the only meeting between Rabbi Soloveitchik and Rav Kook. Years later he reminisced with R. Soloveitchik and published a record of those memories. As we mark R. Neria’s 30th yahrzeit today, read Jeffrey Saks’ presentation of that encounter between the Rav and HaRav.